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Ho, Li-Ching – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background/Context: There is a pressing need to consider how citizens should live together, especially in societies that are increasingly ethnically and politically diverse. Even though multicultural education is constructed very differently and serves very different purposes in different national contexts, relatively little attention has been…
Descriptors: Affordances, Barriers, Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries
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Suarez-Orozco, Carola; Pimentel, Allyson; Martin, Margary – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Newcomer immigrant students are entering schools in the United States in unprecedented numbers. As they enter new school contexts, they face a number of challenges in their adjustment. Previous literature suggested that relationships in school play a particularly crucial role in promoting socially competent behavior in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Proficiency, Longitudinal Studies