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Herrera-Pazmino, Alma – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
The author moved from Guatemala to California with her mom. In this article, she talks about the challenges of learning English. She needs to learn English to take care of her mom until her "papa" comes to take care of them. If she knows English she can help her mother with the groceries and answering the phone. She can also teach her…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Barriers, Migrant Problems, Migrants
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Magro, Karen – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
This qualitative study examines dimensions of emotional intelligence and, more specifically, the growth of resilience through the experiences and challenges of ten refugee and newcomer adult learners who were either children or teenagers during times of conflict and war. Despite their hardships, learners interviewed in this study showed…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Refugees
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Khandelwal, Rajiv; Gilbert, Elon – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
In the context of areas that have little prospect in the medium term of providing even minimal livelihoods locally for their overwhelming poor and increasingly migration-dependent rural populations, what does education for sustainable development (ESD) mean? Do efforts to qualitatively improve migration offer a viable strategy for reducing poverty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Migration, Economically Disadvantaged