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Blunt, Kesha – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2007
Migration across national borders has resulted in demographic changes in the United States, causing the country to become more multi-ethnic. This presents considerable challenges for graduate level educators who need to be responsive to the unique academic needs of diverse populations by considering students' previous experiences, values, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Transformative Learning, Educational Environment, Social Work
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Howatt, Tony – ELT Journal, 1997
Speculates on what key trends, organizations, and ideas would appear in a future history of English language teaching in the 1980s and 1990s. The discussion touches on international migration and language learning, the impact of central and eastern Europe, cognitive style, translation, the role of linguistics in second language learning, lexical…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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van Langevelde, Ab – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
The consequences of migration for the position of the Frisian language in the Netherlands are analyzed. An annual model is presented that can estimate the effect of extraprovincial migration on the number of people speaking Frisian at home. (Contains 31 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Demography, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Language Usage
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Mueller, Milan; Rackerby, Deborah – Educational Planning, 1989
The Los Angeles Unified School District contracted with GeoBased Systems to produce an enrollment projection model based on a set of assumptions regarding fertility, mortality, and migration for each of four ethnic groups. This article discusses the data, methodology, and results used by individual schools to project student numbers. (MLH)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Databases, Educational Planning