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Velásquez-Burgos, Rodrigo – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
In several countries where immigration influxes have changed or increased, citizenship education policies have been strengthened as a way to build social cohesion. In this paper, I took the case of Chile to explore citizenship education policies throughout their references towards immigration. Methodologically, I use the Foucauldian notion of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Cultural Differences
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Erbstein, Nancy; Fabionar, James O. – Afterschool Matters, 2019
Increasingly, leaders of youth-serving organizations voice concern about low Latinx participation (Borden et al., 2006), often recognizing that poor participation reflects a need to develop new capacities and inclusive practices (Perkins et al., 2007). The authors were asked to summarize the scholarship on Latinx participation in youth development…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Youth, Participation, Youth Programs
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Manzano-García, Beatriz; Fernández, María Tomé – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
One of the phenomena that is of most concern to educational policy in Europe is immigration due to the fact that this is the source of new educational needs. This research looks at how European educational legislation deals with this topic. For this intercultural values that make inclusive education will be evaluated, we will analyze intercultural…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Policy, Computer Software, Laws
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Varela, R. Enrique; Hensley-Maloney, Lauren – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2009
This article reviews the literature on how culture influences anxiety in Latino youth. First, a review of cross-cultural variations in prevalence and measurement is presented. Then, the article focuses on how culture impacts the meaning and expression of anxiety. Specifically, we discuss the meaning and expression of anxiety, the impact of culture…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Differences, Cognitive Processes, Anxiety
Suarez-Orozco, Carola; Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M. – 2001
This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on who the children of immigrants are, considering historical and contemporary social attitudes, opportunities, and barriers they encounter. It examines the psychosocial experiences of immigration and considers how these factors interact in ways that lead to divergent pathways of adaptation and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Children, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
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Del Pilar, Jose A.; Udasco, Jocelynda O. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2004
The 75-year history of marginality theory is reviewed and evaluated, leading to the recommendation that the use of the marginality idea be discarded by social scientists because it lacks construct validity. A review of the literature reveals that, at present, the concept of marginality is employed in five different social science lines of…
Descriptors: Social Scientists, Construct Validity, Social Sciences, Social Bias