ABSTRACT
This powerful book tells the story of one teacher's odyssey to understand the inner world of immigrant children, and to create a learning environment that is responsive to these students' feelings and their needs. Featuring the voices and artwork of many immigrant children, this text portrays the immigrant experience of uprooting, culture shock, and adjustment to a new world, and then describes cultural, academic, and psychological interventions that facilitate learning as immigrant students make the transition to a new language and culture.
Particularly relevant for courses dealing with multicultural and bilingual education, foundations of education, and literacy curriculum and instruction, this text is essential reading for all teachers who will -- or currently do -- work in today's school environment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |2 pages
Prologue
chapter |8 pages
Introduction
part One|100 pages
Understanding the Needs and Feelings of Immigrant Children
chapter 1|24 pages
The Silent Stage
chapter 2|33 pages
The Phenomenon of Uprooting
chapter |41 pages
Entering the Inner World of the Immigrant Child
part Two|98 pages
Teaching Immigrant Students: Integrating the Cultural/Academic/Psychological Dimensions of the Whole Child