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Claes, Ellen; Isac, Maria Magdalena – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
Tolerance is necessary for the functioning of mature democracies where social cohesion is strong. Results from The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016 show that, on average, European young people tend to be tolerant, but their attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Social Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Selvitopu, Abdullah; Gün, Fatih – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2020
The main purpose of this qualitative case study is to understand Afghan students' cross-cultural adaptation experiences by applying Kim's theory of cross-cultural adaptation. Within the first part of this study, we discuss cross-cultural adaptation theory and give some information about Afghan immigrants in Turkey. Then, Afghan students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Acculturation, Cultural Differences
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Kitchen, Richard – British Journal of Religious Education, 2020
In this article, I describe how Escuela Luz del Mundo (ELM), a progressive Christian school that served the Mexican immigrant community in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA was 'caught in the middle' between Christians and secular humanists. As the school's director, I had opportunities to interact with a variety of secular and non-secular organisations…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Religious Education, Immigrants, Mexican Americans
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Chapman, Mimi V.; Hall, William J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This study reports results from the outcome evaluation of "Yo Veo," a visual intervention with schoolteachers, which structures conversations about challenges that teachers face teaching Latino/Latina immigrant students. Method: The intervention was delivered to teachers at two middle schools in the southeastern United States,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Intervention, Teaching Experience, Hispanic American Students
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Churchill, David S. – History of Education Quarterly, 2008
In February 1899, the Committee of Physical Culture of the Chicago Public School Board approved an intensive "anthropometric" study of all children enrolled in the city's public schools. The study was a detailed attempt to measure the height, weight, strength, lung capacity, hearing, and general fitness of Chicago's student population.…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Boards of Education