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Dabach, Dafney Blanca – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2014
This study investigates how teachers interact with immigrant-origin youth in school-based contexts of reception that mediate youth's educational opportunities. One understudied context is sheltered instruction, where English learners (ELs) are placed into separate content-area courses to target their linguistic needs. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Classroom Environment, English Language Learners, Teacher Attitudes
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Borrero, Noah E.; Yeh, Christine J.; Cruz, Crivir I.; Suda, Jolene F. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Schools are cultural contexts that have the power and potential to promote students' cultural assets or "other" youth in a way that keeps them from creating meaningful academic identities. In this study, we build on existing research and theory by defining "othering" as a personal, social, cultural, and…
Descriptors: Coping, Social Distance, Holistic Approach, Cultural Capital