African Immigrants' Experiences in American Schools - Complicating the Race Discourse (Hardcover)

As the number of African-born students in American schools increases, it is important that schools enlarge the circle of diversity to include African-born students who are rendered invisible by their skin color and continent of origin.. African Immigrants' Experiences in American Schools: Complicating the Race Discourse is aimed at filling the gap in the literature about African-born students in American schools. This book will not only assist teachers and administrators in understanding the nuanced cultural, sociological, and socio-cognitive differences between American-born and African-born students; it will also equip them with effective interpersonal teaching strategies adapted to the distinct needs of African-born students and others like them. The book explores in depth salient African-rooted factors that come into play in the social and academic integration of African immigrant students, such as gender, spirituality, colonization, religious affiliation, etc. The authors examine American-rooted factors that complicate the adaptation of these students in the US educational school system, such as institutional racism, Afrophobia, Islamophobia, cultural discontinuities, curricular mismatches, and western media mis-portrayals. They also proffer pedagogical tools and frameworks that may help minimize these deleterious factors.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century
Release date:	October 2016
Authors:	Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers • Immaculee Harushimana
Dimensions:	237 x 158 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	146
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-1071-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Students / student organizations
LSN:	1-4985-1071-X
Barcode:	9781498510714

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