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Little Liberals: A Child-Centred Approach to the Inculcation of Values
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In: Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository (2012)
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How to Tame a Wild Tongue: Language Rights in the United States
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In: Panayota Gounari (2012)
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Obesity prevention among Latino youth: School counselors’ role in promoting healthy lifestyles
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In: Counseling and School Psychology Faculty Publication Series (2012)
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A Child With Two Motherlands: Child Sojourners and Cultural Identity
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In: Master's Capstone Projects (2012)
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The main focus of the research for my Master’s Project has been children who sojourn in a different culture for several years. When studying social phenomena, social scientists often focus on adults, representing their perceptions and attitudes towards these phenomena. Children are assumed to follow the parents as silent absorbents of the parents’ views, decisions and attitudes. I, however, have foregrounded the perspectives and voices of children themselves. In this research, I have explored the following: How children view their cultural identity/ies; how they practice agency in choosing one; how identity/ies change over time; and what influences such changes In exploring these questions with sojourner children, the possibility for an individual to develop bicultural identity emerged. This evokes further questions, such as: Does a sense of biculturality mean that children who become familiar with the norms, rules, and social cues of two or more cultures may successfully operate in those cultures without losing their sense of self, or core, initial cultural identity? Or is the situation quite different, and children become rootless pilgrims marginalized in both cultures? I explored these questions through a qualitative research study during which I conducted twelve in-depth interviews with twelve children between ages of 7 and 18 who came to the U.S. from four different countries (Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iran and one Western African country) more than three years ago and will most likely return back to their home countries in the near future. My findings suggest that children are able to alter their behaviors to fit the demands of both cultures quite successfully. However, they may undergo a somewhat stressful inward and outward process of adjustment to a new cultural environment. During this process, they may change their perceptions and understanding of cultural structures and its demands. However, the children were able to demonstrate the power and agency to make their own choices and hold fast to deeply-held beliefs and values. The choices they made could also be influenced by children’s family members, media, education, age at immigration, and whether or not the family practiced their homeland culture (traditions, beliefs, language) in the U.S. on a daily basis.
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Afghanistan; and Multicultural Education; Bicultural Identity; Bilingual; Children; Cultural Identity; Disability and Equity in Education; Education; Indonesia; Interviews; Iran; Marginalization; Motherland; Multilingual; Qualitative; Sojourner Children; Western African
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URL: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=cie_capstones https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cie_capstones/22
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Supporting Native Indian Preschoolers and Their Families Family–School–Community Partnerships
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In: Teacher Education Faculty Publications (2011)
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Hyphenated Identities as a Challenge to Nation-State School Practice?
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In: Faculty Publications: Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education (2011)
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Schooling, National Affinity(ies), and Transnational Students in Mexico
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In: Faculty Publications: Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education (2011)
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Coping With Adaptation After Mass Trauma: Developing A Culturally Sensitive, School-Based, Curriculum For Somali Children
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In: Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 (2011)
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An Analysis of Burmese and Iraqi Resettlement Location and Assimilation in a Midsized City: Implications for Educational and Other Community Leaders
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In: Dissertations (2011)
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Transnational Students' Perspectives on Schooling in the United States and Mexico: The Salience of School Experience and Country of Birth
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In: Faculty Publications: Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education (2010)
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Effects on L1 During Early Acquisition of L2: Speech Changes in Spanish at First English Contact
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In: Speech and Hearing Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations (2009)
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Military Children and Holistic Education: A Narrative Reflection on Classroom Practice
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In: Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2009)
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Challenging Colorblind Education: A Descriptive Analysis of Teacher Racial Attitudes
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In: Sociology Faculty Publications (2009)
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A Place at the Blackboard: Including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, & Queer/Questioning Issues in the Education Process
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In: Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education Faculty Publications (2009)
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Waiting in line: African refugee students in Western Australian schools
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Cultivating Aboriginal Cultures and Educating Aboriginal Children in Taiwan
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In: Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi) (2007)
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Young Taiwanese children's language performance and anxiety as a function of parental beliefs and practices
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In: Child and Family Studies - Dissertations (2006)
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Challenging Myths of the Deficit Perspective: Honoring Children's Literacy Resources
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In: Teacher Education Faculty Publications (2005)
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Why we need more Aboriginal Adults Working with Aboriginal Students
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In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education (2004)
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Improving the Selection Process for Identifying Gifted Ethnic Minority Children
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In: Trotter Review (2002)
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