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Iraqi Refugee Students: From a Collection of Aliens to a Community of Learners--The Role of Cultural Factors in the Acquisition of Literacy by Iraqi Refugee Students with Interrupted Formal Education

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Nykiel-Herbert, Barbara – Multicultural Education, 2010

To learn productively and experience academic success, students need access to curricula and instructional approaches that are "culturally relevant" and "culturally responsive". Culturally relevant/responsive pedagogy uses "cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes" and thus "empowers students…

Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Failure, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries