Grounded in both theory and practice, with implications for both, this book is about children's perspectives on the borders that society erects, and their actual, symbolic, ideational and metaphorical movement across those borders. Based on extensive ethnographic data on children of immigrants (mostly from Mexico, Central America and the Philippines) as they interact with undergraduate students from diverse linguistic, cultural and racial/ethnic backgrounds in the context of an urban play-based after-school program, it probes how children navigate a multilingual space that involves playing with language and literacy in a variety of forms. Immigrant Children in Transcultural Spaces speaks to critical social issues and debates about education, immigration, multilingualism and multiculturalism in an historical moment in which borders are being built up, torn down, debated and recreated, in both real and symbolic terms; raises questions about the values that drive educational practice and decision-making; and suggests alternatives to the status quo. At its heart, it is a book about how love can serve as a driving force to connect people with each other across all kinds of borders, and to motivate children to engage powerfully with learning and life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138804944
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216744831
Product Key Features
Author
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
Publication Name
Immigrant Children in Transcultural Spaces: Language, Learning, and Love
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Transportation, Strategy
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
148 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
Series Title
Expanding Literacies in Education
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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