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Marguerite Lukes - Latino Immigrant Youth and Interrupted Schooling - 9781783093427 - V9781783093427
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Latino Immigrant Youth and Interrupted Schooling

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Description for Latino Immigrant Youth and Interrupted Schooling Paperback. This book provides an accessible and academically rigorous commentary on immigrant young adults' educational experiences. With a particular emphasis on Latino immigrants, this book is the first of its kind to present research on dropouts from this community as a unique subgroup. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL4; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.

This book offers an innovative look at the pre- and post-migration educational experiences of immigrant young adults with a particular focus on members of the Latino community.  Combining quantitative data with original interviews, this book provides an engaging and nuanced look at a population that is both ubiquitous and overlooked, challenging existing assumptions about those categorized as ‘dropouts’ and closely examining the historical contexts for educational interruption in the chosen subgroup.  The combination of accessible prose and compelling new statistical data appeals to a wide audience, particularly academic professionals, education practitioners and policy-makers.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783093427
SKU
V9781783093427
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Marguerite Lukes
Marguerite Lukes is the Director of National Initiatives for the Internationals Network for Public Schools and Assistant Professor at City University of New York's LaGuardia Community College. She is also Co-Chair of the Adult Literacy and Adult Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and an Executive Board Member for the New York State Association for Bilingual ... Read more

Reviews for Latino Immigrant Youth and Interrupted Schooling
In this important new book Marguerite Lukes focuses on the educational needs and challenges faced by a population that is nearly invisible to the American mainstream: disenfranchised immigrant youth. Through her detailed analysis Lukes helps her readers to see beyond the one dimensional characterizations that typically appear in the media so that they can appreciate the grit and agency that ... Read more

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