1st Edition
The Education of Immigrant Children A Social-Psychological Introduction
By A. J. Cropley
Copyright 1983
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1983. This book concentrates on the psychological factors within immigrants and on the importance of these for relations with locals and for education. It argues that immigrants experience a state of estrangement from both their own societies and from the receiving society. The educational effects of this manifest themselves partly in poor achievement, partly in poor... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Immigrant ‘Problem’ in Britain 3. Society, Behaviour and Immigration 4. The Homelands: West Indies and Pakistan 5. Adjusting to a New Society: Process and Problems 6. Immigrant Children: Children of Two Worlds 7. The Educational Response: Approaches to Date 8. Conclusions and Suggestions
Biography
A.J. Cropley
