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Stevenson, Alma D.; Gallard Martínez, Alejandro José; Brkich, Katie Lynn; Flores, Belinda Bustos; Claeys, Lorena; Pitts, Wesley – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2019
This article highlights how the preservation of heritage languages is essential in the construction of three Georgia Latina participants' cultural identities and the creation of support networks that allow them to develop resiliency and achieve academically. We conceptualize resiliency as a strategy developed by the Latina participants using…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Females, Resilience (Psychology), Native Language
Dinnan, Paula Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The U.S. Census bureau projects that by 2023, minorities will comprise more than half of all children. The population of school-aged Hispanic children is already the largest ethnic group, and the sheer number and rate of increase of these linguistically and culturally different students creates unfamiliar cultural challenges for school leaders.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Cultural Awareness, Administrator Effectiveness, Foreign Countries