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Publication Date: 1998
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Creating and Sustaining Change for Immigrant Learners in Secondary Schools.
Dwyer, Margaret A.
TESOL Journal, v7 n5 p6-10 Aut 1998
Describes a faculty-development program designed to change teacher attitudes, behavior, and instruction and, thus, improve the achievement of language-minority students in two New York state secondary schools. Examines challenges to creating and maintaining school structures that promote immigrant students' success and identifies factors that lead to positive, lasting change. (SM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, English (Second Language), Faculty Development, Immigrants, Limited English Speaking, Mathematics Teachers, Refugees, Science Teachers, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Improvement
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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