Immigrant youth who excel : globalization's uncelebrated heroes

• Main Author: Eisikovitis, Rivka A. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, [2008]
• Series: International perspectives on educational policy, research, and practice.
• Subjects: Teenage immigrants > Education (Secondary) > Israel.; Teenage immigrants > Israel > Social conditions.; Education > Schools > Levels > Secondary.; Educational strategies and policy.; Secondary schools.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806618996
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-883-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)

The book has two parts. Through a series of four interconnected studies, the first focuses on the youths' perceptions. We, meaning the reader and I, accompany them on their way into the new school, in chapter 1, and listen to evaluations of their academic and social experiences. In chapter 2, w...