Presents critical responses to Ron K. Unz's 1994 article, "Immigration or the Welfare System" which challenged the notion that out-of-control immigration is fueling a host of social and economic problems, from crime to welfare dependency to job loss, and suggested that welfare policies are the real cause of social breakdown. Unz's response is…

Qualitative and quantitative techniques, including a telephone survey of 310 Taiwanese business owners, were used to study the unique features of Taiwanese immigrant businesses in Los Angeles (California). When provided with entrepreneurial capital, Taiwanese enterprises grow rapidly in the context of Los Angeles's economic restructuring. (SLD)

Provides comments on the long-term growth and adaptation of immigrant youth born after 1965 and living in the United States. The author explores the impact of immigration laws, discrimination, and economic opportunities in American society on today's children of immigrants and how these conditions can drive them into the lower socioeconomic…

Examines how the Southern European Mediterranean immigrants to Australia attempted to contribute to the making of an educational system that would cater to their real or imagined cultural ecology and educational curriculum. An economic rationale is suggested for the Australian model of multiculturalism and its impact on education. (SLD)

Explores the need for schools to work in partnership with Somali parents in English communities. Draws on interviews with Somali parents to identify concerns common to all parties as a step toward building responsive and accessible home and school links. (SLD)

Compares the ability of teaching history thematically to excite students with traditional chronological approaches to history instruction. Argues that immigration provides an excellent model for learning thematically because it is one of the most personal and engaging topics. Presents a brief history of immigration to the United States along with…

Traces business education's involvement in workers' education from the mid-1800s to the present. Much adult education is clearly employment oriented. A factory model prevails in most of America's schools. After years of treating human capital as expendable, companies are realizing that employees can offer value-added, competitive edges. Adult and…

Describes the multicultural genogram, which assesses both the culture and worldview of family members. It can be used to assess cultural factors as well as establish rapport with diverse families. Explores cultural variables including race, ethnicity, gender, immigration, social class, and spirituality. Provides clinical examples. (Author/MKA)

Examines how 1990 state elderly populations have been affected by "new elderly births" (a state's population, ages 55-59 in 1985, which survived to ages 60-64 in 1990) as well as by migration components. During the 1985-90 period, elderly births exerted a greater impact than migration on elderly gains and demographic composition for all…

Describes an integrated curriculum for grade two at Metcalf Laboratory School, Normal, Illinois, that celebrates family histories and American immigration. Reports that the journey begins with the teachers sharing their own family backgrounds, followed by story reading, sharing the family history project with parents, collecting oral histories,…

Addresses the social, emotional, and psychological needs of immigrant and refugee students and the use of art forms to communicate their feelings. Summarizes the identity crisis that immigrants and refugees experience. Considers art education as a helpful intervention. Discusses the characteristics of children's artwork and the art teacher's role.…

Explores the question of whether and how legal and curricular structure of the German school system demonstrates that, since the mid 1950s, innovative impulses have come from immigration. Focuses on developments in language education and legal and curricular options. (CMK)

Examines how student demographics, student engagement, and teacher instruction influenced student performance on one authentic assessment task. Based on a four-week unit on immigration by five U.S. history teachers. Describes Fred Newman's work on authentic intellectual achievement, the assessment task, methodology, procedures, and variables.…

Describes the Transatlantic Classroom (TAC), a teacher-run e-mail program between students in the United States and Germany, and provides 10 steps for launching a similar program. Explains that e-mail exchanges enable students to learn firsthand about differences and similarities between countries thus fostering greater cultural understanding.…

Teaching a unit based on the migratory experience of a particular group of immigrants gives students a better understanding of the entire immigration experience. Presents a lesson that focuses on the Italian immigrants as they moved throughout the world during the Age of Immigration. (CMK)