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Learning from Each Other: Using a Service-Learning Citizenship Course to Promote Intercultural Understanding
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Tinkler, Barri; McGann, Gabriel; Tinkler, Alan – Intercultural Education, 2017
Many U.S. college students are unaware of the processes for refugee resettlement and the steps that refugees must take to attain citizenship. We designed a college course to address these gaps. The course, "Citizenship and Education in the US," aims to provide a fundamental overview of the history and processes of immigration and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness, College Students, Refugees
"Pre-Resettlement Preparation: Needs and Issues of Refugees." Proceedings of the Conference of East African Refugee Service Providers (July 19, 1994, Arlington, Virginia).
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Hayward, Peter W. – 1994
The Ethiopian Community Development Center and the Center for Applied Linguistics hosted a conference to discuss the language and cultural orientation needs of Somali and Sudanese refugees. Somali and Sudanese refugees receive a 10-week language and cultural orientation course in Kenya (Africa) before coming to the United States. Representatives…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Awareness, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
The Claims of Immigrants: A Response to Baubock and Parekh. Commentary.
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Nickel, James W. – International Migration Review, 1996
The papers by B. Parekh and R. Baubock try to rebut arguments that immigrants have weaker claims to cultural liberty and preservation than other sorts of minorities. Many such claims, however, are not as vital as basic human rights, and may not pass tests of the good of the entire society. (SLD)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Maintenance