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Neel, Marcia MacCagno – Arts Education Policy Review, 2017
Districts nationwide are challenged with how best to address the needs of an increasing number of non-English or limited-English speaking students. These young people are similarly challenged as they face new environs, unfamiliar cultural settings, and significant communication issues. Findings have indicated that an arts-rich education can assist…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Spanish Speaking, Music, Music Education
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Keegan, Patrick Joseph – High School Journal, 2017
In the context of transnational migration, schools are reimagining their role in preparing students to become democratic citizens. The qualitative research study described in this article explores the places where five Dominican transnational youth attending a New York City public high school for late-arriving migrants enacted their civic…
Descriptors: High School Students, Latin Americans, Trust (Psychology), Citizenship Education
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Corcoran, James – Written Communication, 2019
This article outlines findings from a case study investigating attitudes toward English as the dominant language of scientific research writing. Survey and interview data were collected from 55 Latin American health and life scientists and 7 North American scientific journal editors connected to an intensive scholarly writing for publication…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Research Reports, Periodicals, Scientific Research
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Gonzalez, Laura M.; Villalba, José A. – School Community Journal, 2018
Parents have long served a crucial role in their children's postsecondary success through guidance and support. In an effort to help Latina/o parents in emerging immigrant communities overcome any limits to their knowledge around college-going practices, this study evaluates the feasibility and beginning efficacy of a parent-focused,…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Parent Education, Parent Aspiration, Parent Role
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Niño, Juan Manuel – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
This qualitative study seeks to create a better understanding of the work of school superintendents. This study was conducted using ethnographic techniques as a way to describe the practice of a Latino superintendent in a borderland community in south Texas. Guiding questions for this study were: What goes on in the workday life of a…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Leadership Role, Leadership Styles, Qualitative Research
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Tavares, Celma – Educational Action Research, 2016
Human rights education (HRE) aims to achieve a change of mindsets and social attitudes that entails the construction of a culture of respect towards those values it teaches. Although HRE is a recent field of study, its consolidation in Latin America is a fact. During the latest decades several authors have carried out research related to HRE that…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Action Research, Educational Change, Educational Resources
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Carey, A'Keitha – Journal of Dance Education, 2016
I discuss my journey in the construction, pedagogy, and philosophy of the dance technique CaribFunk™. CaribFunk fuses Afro-Caribbean (traditional and social dance), classical ballet, modern, and fitness elements. It also encourages exploration of self while investigating identity, citizenship, and culture through a kinesthetic expression of the…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Dance, Visualization, Teaching Methods
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Petray, Marnie Jo; Shapiro, Rebecca; Vega, Gladys M. – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
Language, procedure, and identity are L2 teaching/learning essentials that may promote agency and stimulate synergies among knowledge, practice, and reflection (Diaz Maggioli, 2014; Duff, 2012). This meta-report presents three studies that collectively advance agency and endorse linguistic foundations as enrichment, differentiated instruction as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Professional Identity, Linguistics
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Morrison, Stephaney S.; Smith, Delores E.; Bryan, Julia A.; Steele, Janeé M. – Journal of School Counseling, 2016
Jamaican immigrant students are highly represented in U.S. public schools, primarily in regions concentrated throughout the east coast. Many of these students and their families have personal and social concerns that have implications for school counselors. In particular, scholars suggest that among this population, harsh methods of child…
Descriptors: Discipline, Parenting Styles, Latin Americans, Immigrants
Chavez, Hugo Alexander Moran – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influenced the success of Latino/a international students in graduate school at a Research I institution in the South East of the United States. The design of this study was qualitative. Purposive and snowball sampling were the methods to recruit the sixteen participants of this study.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Hispanic Americans, Campuses
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Norales, Francisca – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2011
The manner in which a person views the universe originates from her/his culture. If someone should be asked of the predominant element found in every culture that has for centuries given people their perspective of the universe, certainly, the answer would be, Religion! The responsibility of generating and preserving the elements of one's…
Descriptors: Music, Singing, Catholics, Religion
Amezaga Rivera, Lesbia Nannette – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Considering the signifying power of visuality to function as language as it constructs, fashions, and alters conceptualizations, and focusing on the Caribbean woman for my research, this study explored the dynamics involved in the construction of the Other by means of the colonial visual imagery and written discourse deployed by Europe and the…
Descriptors: Females, Latin Americans, Power Structure, Foreign Policy
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Sáenz, Victor B.; Ponjuan, Luis; Segovia, Jorge, Jr.; Del Real Viramontes, José – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter highlights the development of Project MALES (Mentoring to Achieve Latino Educational Success). At the center of Project MALES is a mentoring program that aims to cultivate an engaged support network for males of color at the University of Texas at Austin and across surrounding communities. Specifically, there is a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, Supervisory Methods, Social Networks
Nieto, Sonia – Harvard Education Press, 2015
In "Brooklyn Dreams," Sonia Nieto--one of the leading authors and teachers in the field of multicultural education--looks back on her formative experiences as a student, activist, and educator, and shows how they reflect and illuminate the themes of her life's work. Nieto offers a poignant account of her childhood and the complexities of…
Descriptors: Public Education, Multicultural Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs
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Roy, Kevin; Messina, Lauren; Smith, Jocelyn; Waters, Damian – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Many children in economically disadvantaged communities assume adult roles in their families. Negotiating the responsibilities and expectations associated with becoming what some young men describe as "man of the house" has important implications for how adolescent boys move into adulthood. In this study, we share insights from field…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, African Americans, Latin Americans, Males
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