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Central American Refugees and U.S. High Schools. A Psychosocial Study of Motivation and Achievement.
Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M. – 1989
This ethnographic study documents and interprets key school, work, and family life issues in the lives and experiences of a sampling of recent immigrants from the war-torn Central American nations; and suggests a psychocultural theory of achievement motivation. Information was gathered from observation in two urban high schools, interviews with 50…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adjustment (to Environment), Aspiration, Attitude Measures
Download full textFernandez, Ricardo; And Others – 1989
This study describes the individual, family, school, and community characteristics of Hispanic ninth-grade students enrolled in predominantly minority high schools in five major U.S. cities: Chicago, Miami, Milwaukee, Newark, and San Antonio. The data, which are reported for four groups--Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Central…
Descriptors: Cubans, Databases, Demography, Dropout Research
