Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ617179
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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Preparing Teachers for the Education of New Immigrant Students from Africa.
Alidou, Hassana
Action in Teacher Education, v22 n2A p101-108 Sum 2000
Analyzes emotional, linguistic, and cultural issues facing new African immigrants attending American schools, providing strategies for preparing teachers to welcome these students into their classrooms and develop effective intercultural communications with both the students and their parents (e.g., learn how to correctly pronounce their names, combat linguiscism, and learn the differences between American and African communication styles). (SM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Immigrants, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Minorities, Limited English Speaking, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Africa
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