The New Immigration: Challenges Facing Social Studies Professionals.

Rong, Xue Lan

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ERIC Number: EJ584798

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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The New Immigration: Challenges Facing Social Studies Professionals.

Rong, Xue Lan

Social Education, v62 n7 p393-99 Nov-Dec 1998

Addresses the issue of heavy immigration to the United States from Latin America and Asia in the past two decades. Includes demographic data and an analysis of changing patterns of diversity. Poses challenges for educators related to institutional responses, overcoming stereotypes, and goals of assimilation versus acculturation. (DSK)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Demography, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Immigrants, Immigration, Population Trends, Social Studies, Stereotypes

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Asia

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