Scholastic Antecedents of Immigrant Students: Schooling in a Mexican Immigrant-Sending Community.

Macias, Jose

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ERIC Number: EJ422205

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Publication Date: 1990

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Scholastic Antecedents of Immigrant Students: Schooling in a Mexican Immigrant-Sending Community.

Macias, Jose

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v21 n4 p291-318 Dec 1990

Examines preimmigration education of Mexican immigrants using an ethnographic case study of a rural Mexican primary school. Discusses the implications of a high-quality national curriculum and instructional methods emphasizing teacher direction, verbal interactivity, and group orientation for immigrant students in American schools. (FMW)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, International Education, Mexicans

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Mexico

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