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ERIC Number: EJ568300
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Fact and Fiction: Stories of Puerto Ricans in U.S. Schools.
Nieto, Sonia
Harvard Educational Review, v68 n2 p133-63 Sum 1998
Explores research on Puerto Rican students in U.S. schools in combination with fiction by Puerto Ricans. Identifies four themes: colonialism/resistance, cultural deficit/cultural acceptance, assimilation/identity, and marginalization/belonging. Asserts that care is the missing ingredient in the education of Puerto Ricans. (SK)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Activism, Colonialism, Educational Experience, Fiction, Puerto Ricans
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Symposium--Colonialism and Working-Class Resistance: Puerto Rican Education in the United States.