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ERIC Number: EJ641719
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Accommodations for Assimilation: Supporting Newly Arrived Children from the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong.
Rao, Nirmala; Yuen, Mantak
Childhood Education, v77 n5 p313-18 Annual Theme 2001
Highlights the ways in which immigrant children from the Chinese mainland are helped to assimilate into Hong Kong society. Discusses programs to meet the challenges of securing age-appropriate school placements; adjusting to a new education system and curricula; adapting to a new school and social environment; facing segregation, prejudice, and marginalization; and adjusting to changes in family ecologies. (KB)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Program Descriptions, Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hong Kong
Note: Annual theme issue: "The Global Village: Migration and Education."