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Examining Whiteness as an Obstacle to Positively Approaching Immigrant Families in US Early Childhood Educational Settings
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Adair, Jennifer Keys – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
This article examines whiteness at the intersection of immigration and early childhood education as it was made visible during interviews with 50 preschool teachers in five US cities as part of the Children Crossing Borders (CCB) study. Findings show whiteness acting not only as a construct of privilege but also as an idea that manifests itself in…
Descriptors: Whites, Immigration, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
The Education of Hindu Priests in the Diaspora: Assessing the Value of Community of Practice Theory
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Verma, Michele – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The utility and limitations of Lave and Wenger's social theory of learning can be evaluated through specific case studies which enhance our understanding of how education proceeds in diverse contexts. Here I provide an ethnographic case study of the training of Caribbean-born Hindu "pandits" ("priests") living and working in…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Communities of Practice
An Examination of Native and Immigrant Students' Social Networking Using the College Search and Selection Process
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Neimeyer, Bruce Carlton – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation explores the use of formal and informal networks through cyber- and traditional communication methods in the college search and selection process by native and immigrant students to examine various postulates and propositions of social capital theory. In addition, the analysis of cybernetworks used by disadvantaged, college bound…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Statistical Significance, Data Analysis, School Counselors