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David, Kenneth; King, William – 1974
This paper reviews the problems that recent immigrants to Hawaii encounter. Available data about recent immigrants are quite limited in scope because the information (a) fails to focus specifically on recent immigrants; (b) fails to include appropriate samples, and (c) contains many methodological biases. Since the passage of the present…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Culture Conflict, Demography, Educational Problems
Pinnie, Anthony F., Ed. – 1969
This book is the result of position papers presented at a two-week colloquy dealing with the child of the migratory laborer, and held on the campus of Cheyney State College from June 24 to July 5, 1968. This colloquy was made possible through federal funds provided under the Migratory Amendment, Title I, ESEA. The objective of the conference was…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Family Characteristics
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1978
The report consists of four case studies which show the extent and importance of the problem of education of migrant workers and their families as seen by Finland, France, Sweden, and Yugoslavia. Dealing mainly with the education of second generation Finnish workers in Sweden, the first study addresses the teaching of the mother tongue and the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Case Studies
Leavitt, Ruby Rohrlich – 1974
This anthropological study examines whether sociocultural factors are basic to the etiology of stuttering through (1) an investigation of the incidence of stuttering in a single ethnic group, Puerto Rican rural migrants living in two different cultural milieus (San Juan and New York City), and (2) a comparison of the sociocultural variables in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Culture, Anthropology, Area Studies