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Direct linkGarcia, John A. – Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, 2012
This article builds upon the literature on immigrants and the vote by focusing on three legal and democratic principles: state versus national citizenship, dual domestic residency, and globalization/dual citizenship. It first delineates the discretion and powers that states can utilize to establish suffrage rights. The article next develops…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Democratic Values, Latin Americans, Citizenship
Download full textHendrickson, Blake – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2016
In March of 2011 Unite States president Barack Obama announced the "100,000 strong in the Americas" program during his visit to Chile (U.S. State Department, 2011). The initiative's goal is to reach 100,000 U.S. students studying in Latin America and 100,000 Latin American students studying in the United States. This interchange of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Study Abroad, International Educational Exchange, International Relations
Pinder, Patrice Juliet – Online Submission, 2013
The central goal of this study was to explore the influence of the African Caribbean students' home life on their chemistry achievement. The study utilizes a mixed-methods approach and two research designs. A quantitative correlational design (using Spearman Rho correlational analysis) and a phenomenological qualitative design were used. For the…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Chemistry, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants
Longman-Mills, S.; Gonzalez, W. Y.; Melendez, M. O.; Garcia, M. R.; Gomez, J. D.; Juarez, C. G.; Martinez, E. A.; Penalba, S. J.; Pizzanelli, E. M.; Solorzano, L. I.; Wright, M. G. M.; Cumsille, F.; De La Haye, W.; Sapag, J. C.; Khenti, A.; Hamilton, H. A.; Erickson, P. G.; Brands, B.; Flam-Zalcman, R.; Simpson, S.; Wekerle, C.; Mann, R. E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objectives: Research from developed countries shows that child maltreatment increases the risk for substance use and problems. However, little evidence on this relationship is available from developing countries, and recognition of this relationship may have important implications for substance demand reduction strategies, including efforts to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Evidence, Addictive Behavior, Drug Abuse
Corona, Victor; Nussbaum, Luci; Unamuno, Virginia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
Since the end of the last century, more than 10% of students in Catalonia's schools are immigrants, mostly concentrated in areas of Catalonia where the population speaks Castilian in everyday life. Although these newcomers are educated in Catalan, the majority use diverse varieties of Spanish as their language of everyday communication. In the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Latin Americans, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism
Planas, Núria – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2014
The data reported in this article come from a large project whose goal was to explore how Latin American students in Catalonia, Spain use their two languages--Spanish and Catalan--to support their learning of mathematics in small groups with other students who are Spanish- or Catalan-dominant. For 5 years, lessons from bilingual mathematics…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Spanish, Romance Languages, Bilingual Education
Paolantonio, Mario Di – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
Recently, a few buildings within the "Espacio para la memoria" in Buenos Aires have been designated as a UNESCO Centre where, amongst other educational activities, evidentiary materials of the past repression are to be stored and displayed. Another building in the complex houses a Community Centre operated by the Mothers of the Plaza de…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art, Exhibits, Memory
Washington, Melvin C.; Okoro, Ephraim A.; Okoro, Sussie U. – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
This study discusses the significance of emotional intelligence and intercultural communication competence in globally diverse classroom settings. Specifically, the research shows a correlation between degrees of emotional intelligence and human communication competence (age, gender, and culture). The dataset consists of 364 participants. Nearly…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intercultural Communication, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Meunier, Muriel; de Coulon, Augustin; Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar; Vignoles, Anna – Education Economics, 2013
We consider the relative academic achievement in primary school of second-generation immigrant children in the UK. The education progress of these groups of children is of historical interest and is also relevant to the policy debate today, since ethnic minority students in England continue to have lower levels of achievement in primary school,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Immigrants, Elementary School Students, Minority Group Students
Newman, Michael; Patino-Santos, Adriana; Trenchs-Parera, Mireia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
This study explores the connections between language policy implementation in three Barcelona-area secondary schools and the language attitudes and behaviors of Spanish-speaking Latin American newcomers. Data were collected through interviews and ethnographic participant observation document indexes of different forms of language socialization…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Latin Americans, Socialization, Language Planning
Eskay, M. K.; Onu, V. C.; Obiyo, N. O.; Igbo, J. N.; Udaya, J. – Online Submission, 2012
In every democratically heterogeneous society like America, different players are involved in contributing to the smooth running of its higher education. These players have differentiated body of knowledge with which to make America's higher education a premier one. However, that does not seem to be the case for many foreign-born African…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Immigrants, Case Studies, Racial Discrimination
Reyes, Kathryn Blackmer; Curry Rodriguez, Julia E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2012
People of color in the United States have utilized the liberationist "testimonio" as both methodology and narrative development. This essay provides a discussion about the roots of "testimonio" in Latin America and how it has been transformed, integrating qualitative research approaches, oral history, spoken word, and memoir…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Oral History, Interviews, Latin Americans
Owen, Jesse; Quirk, Kelley; Bergen, Carrie; Inch, Leslie J.; France, Tiffany – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
The current study examined the effectiveness of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) with lower-income and racial/ethnic minority (African American and Latino/a) couples. Additionally, we tested whether relationship outcomes varied based on the delivery format (i.e., group format vs. couple format). The sample included 321…
Descriptors: Income, Interpersonal Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Communication Skills
Guzman, Bianca – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
This narrative describes how my educational journey led me to become a Latina feminist community psychologist. My experiences as a Central American woman living in the United States has made me deeply committed to feminist community values and the importance of social justice. Throughout the journey, I connect how immigration status, culture, and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Feminism, Females, Psychologists
Davila, Denise – Journal of Children's Literature, 2012
In mainstream American culture, death is not usually talked about openly. It is discussed privately among adults because death is often regarded as a final ending. Nevertheless, many elementary school teachers discuss el Dia de los Muertos with their students. The celebration of el Dia de los Muertos, in contrast to dominant ideology, commemorates…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Public Libraries, Ideology, Nonfiction
