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Direct linkMatthews, Lear; Mahoney, Annette – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2005
Immigrant students from the English-speaking Caribbean face various forms of psycho-educational and socio-cultural dislocation in their attempt to fit within the structures of their new schools and communities in the United States. These students risk academic failure and delinquency and the possibility of remaining on the periphery of American…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Immigrants, Teaching Methods, Latin Americans
