Composing storylines of possibilities : immigrant and refugee families navigating school

• Other Authors: Strickland, Martha J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2022]
• Series: Family, school, community, partnership issues.
• Subjects: Refugees > Education.; Immigrants > Education.; Education > Parent participation.; Multilingual education.; Educational change.; Community and school > United States.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806603688
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64802-717-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 pages).

"In this book, internationally migrant families invite us to listen to the storylines of their mostly muted voices as they navigate the local schools in their new cultural context. They call us to hear them as they grapple with issues they encounter. They implore us to feel like an outsider and...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I
• Chapter 1. Multivocal storylines: One pakistani immigrant mother's pursuit to understand her children's schooling / Karmina (pseudonym) Mahmood And Martha J Strickland
• Chapter 2. I just don't belong: A latina immigrant mother's journey from locker room attendant to teacher / Seung Eun (Sunny) McDevitt
• Chapter 3. Raising humble learners: Asian immigrant families' socialization and children's school experiences / Yoko Yamamoto, Jin Li, Andy Li, Rakel LaFave, and Catherine J. Reichling
• Chapter 4. The unheard storylines: Pakistani families make sense of their children's school experiences in the United States / Martha J. Strickland and Elena Lyutykh
• Chapter 5. Saliendo adelante: Indigenous im/migrant family agency in navigating linguistic barriers to school resource access / Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo
• Chapter 6. ¿cómo no quieren que me enoje?: Latinx immigrant parents' engagement in the early grades / Kiyomi Sǹchez-Suzuki Colegrove, Molly E. McManus, and Jennifer Keys Adair
• Chapter 7. Stories highlighting one refugee/immigrant family's values that contributed to their children's academic success / Carmen Shahadi Rowe, Marlene Walli Shade, Benjamin Donald Rowe, Sarah Elisabeth Hostetter, Abigail Emily Rowe, and Gabriel Robert Rowe
• Part II
• Chapter 8. We're family: Community centers as a space of healing for immigrant families / Nga-wing Anjela Wong
• Chapter 9. Centering care work in education: Lessons from indonesian youth / Grace D. Player, Alicia Rusoja, Yared Portillo, Olivia Vazquez, and Gerald Campano
• Chapter 10. I know you are trying to help me, but ... : Complexity in supporting immigrant youth and communities through schooling / Evelyn C. Baca and Ramona M. Fruja
• Chapter 11. High school immigrant and refugee students and families' participatory educational transformations / Leticia Alvarez Gutiřrez, Patricia D. Quijada Cerecer, and Josie J. Wankier
• Chapter 12. The effects of anti-immigrant sentiment on teachers, immigrant students, and parents / Selcuk Sirin, Elysia Choi, and Esther Sin
• About the editor
• About the contributors.