| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 125 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Race and education in the twenty-first century
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Race and education in the twenty-first century.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Why an invisible surge of African immigrants -- Complicating race discourse : African-born students in U.S. schools -- Educational systems in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Africa -- Affirming African philosophies, epistemologies and worldviews -- Spirituality, religion and schooling of African-born students -- Language politics and the education of African-born students -- Gender and education matters in African contexts -- Conclusion : empowering pedagogical practice. |
| Summary |
This book addresses how educators create more inclusive K-12 classrooms for African-born students in American schools. The authors analyze how gender, spirituality, colonization, and religious affiliation as well as American-rooted factors complicate the integration of these students into the educational school system in the United States. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African students -- United States.
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African students. |
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United States. |
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Africans -- Education -- United States.
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Africans. |
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Education. |
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Immigrants -- Education -- United States.
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Educational sociology -- United States.
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Educational sociology. |
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Immigrants -- Education. |
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
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Immigrants. |
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Harushimana, Immaculée, 1960- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mthethwa-Sommers, Shirley, 1968- African immigrants' experiences in American schools. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016 9781498510714 (DLC) 2016036192 |
| ISBN |
9781498510721 (electronic book) |
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1498510728 (electronic book) |
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9781498510714 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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149851071X (cloth alkaline paper) |
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