Care & advocacy : narratives from a school for immigrant youth

• Main Author: Bennett, Jo (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., Inc., 2012.
• Series: Educational leadership for social justice.
• Subjects: Children of immigrants > Education > United States > Case studies.; Minority teenagers > Education > United States > Case studies.; elektronické knihy; Case studies.; Education > Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects.; Migration, immigration and emigration.; Philosophy and theory of education.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615582
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-661-2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 183 pages) : illustration

This is a book of oral narratives, collected from participants at a school created for first-generation, immigrant youth. The narrations from the students, teachers, administration, professional staff, and support personnel document the power of caring relationships in an educational setting.The nar...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements. Series editor's preface
• Preface and dedication. Background and rationale of this study
• Chapter 1. The newcomer academy
• Chapter 2. The profiles of care
• Chapter 3. Why is the care ethic important? Making the invisible visible
• Chapter 4. The practice of care
• Chapter 5. Practice of care: Building relationships
• Chapter 6. The practice of care: A transformational aspect
• Chapter 7. The practice of care: Satisfying a longing
• Chapter 8. The practice of personal advocacy: Meeting social, emotional, and personal needs of students
• Chapter 9. The practice of advocacy: Working as academic advocates for students
• Chapter 10. The practice of advocacy: Teachers working as a team
• Chapter 11. The practice of advocacy: The role of leadership
• Postscript: Migratory path of monarch butterflies
• Appendix a: Researcher's stance, ethics, and narrative inquiry
• Appendix b: School data
• Appendix c: Poems written after the death of juan and my mother
• Appendix d: A roadmap of a student's life
• Appendix e: Photograph described in
• Chapter 3
• References.