NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
UN Human Rights Violations Here at Home? The Plight of Undocumented and DACA Students in South Carolina, USA
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
McCorkle, Will; Bailey, Beatrice – Journal of International Social Studies, 2016
South Carolina is arguably the most restrictive state in the nation as it pertains to access to higher education for immigrant students, particularly undocumented and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students. As we show through personal interviews, this has had a detrimental effect on the lives of many immigrant students throughout…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Civil Rights, Immigration, Public Policy
Citizenship Policy from the Bottom-Up: The Linguistic and Semiotic Landscape of a Naturalization Field Office
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Loring, Ariel – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2015
This article follows a bottom-up approach to language policy (Ramanathan, 2005; Wodak, 2006) in an analysis of citizenship in policy and practice. It compares representations of citizenship in and around a regional branch of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), with a focus on citizenship swearing-in ceremonies for…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Public Policy, Language Planning, Immigration
Being "in a Limbo": Perceptions of Immigration, Identity and Adaptation of Immigrant Students in South Africa and the United States
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Catalano, Theresa; Fox, Jill; Vandeyar, Saloshna – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2016
Much research is available that details student experiences of immigration and adaptation to receiving countries and schools, but few studies analyze the metaphors used by immigrant students (IS) when talking about the immigration experience, or offer a comparative lens through which to view identity negotiation in two very different contexts. The…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Self Concept, International Education
Iranian Immigrant Women's Gender Identities, Agency, and Investment in Second Language Learning
Direct linkDirect link
Hosseini, Saeideh – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian women's gendered identities and language learning through the theoretical frameworks of feminist poststructuralism of gender and language, imagined communities, and communities of practice. Additionally, these theoretical constructs were linked to the concepts of agency…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Females, Immigrants, Communities of Practice
Segregation or "Thinking Black"?: Community Activism and the Development Of Black-Focused Schools in Toronto and London, 1968-2008
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Johnson, Lauri – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: On January 29, 2008 the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) approved a city-wide Africentric elementary school under their Alternative School policy, sparking a contentious debate. Calls for Black-focused schools also arose in 2008 in London in response to the disengagement of African Caribbean youth. The historical record…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Interviews, Immigration
National Identity and Young Children: A Comparative Study of 4th and 5th Graders in Singapore and the United States
Direct linkDirect link
Koh, Serene S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Debates about nationality and identity have particular relevance for multicultural nations such as Singapore and the United States where recent trends in immigration and an increasing multiplicity of identities problematize the notion of citizenship. Given that a nation's schools are where the dominant discourse of nation identity and history are…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries