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Alonso, Roxana Aguilar – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Using auto-ethnography, I write my story as Mexican international student in the role of pre-service teacher in Australia. I focus on exploring my socio-political status and its relationship to assuming a position to respond to education policies about working with students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and teaching…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Preservice Teachers, Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups
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Trueba, Enrique T. – TESOL Journal, 1998
The narratives of three Mexican immigrants to El Rincon, a fictitious name for a California town, illustrate the process of empowerment fostered by education. Narratives include those of a mother, a fourth-grade teacher, and a high school student aspiring to an engineering degree. Cultural context, working conditions, and the role of language in…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Context, Educational Attitudes, Empowerment
Hadden, Gerry, Comp. – 1997
In this book written for young people, six young Mexican immigrants tell about their immigration experiences and adaptation to life in the United States. These immigrant youths are 16-20 years old and include both legal and illegal immigrants, high school students and dropouts, and permanent immigrants and those planning to return to Mexico. An…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Literature, American Indians, Aspiration