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Wings of a Firebird
In Wings of a Firebird, older adults reveal diverse ways of addressing life's lessons. The strength of social networks become imperative when dealing with health matters, relationship conflicts, and financial strains.
Literacy For Empowerment
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Literacy for Empowerment
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Second Half of Life
When you find the courage to change at midlife, Angeles Arrien teaches, a miracle happens. Your character is opened, deepened, strengthened, softened. You return to your souls highest values. You are now prepared to create your legacy: an imprint of your dream for our world - a dream that can fully come true in The Second Half of Life. Worki...
Crossing Cultural Borders
Crossing Cultural Borders (1991) examines the day-to-day interaction of immigrant children with adults, siblings and peers in the home, school and community at large as these families demonstrate their skill in using their culture to survive in a new society.
Cross-Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development
Cross-Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development was the first volume to analyze minority child development by comparing minority children to children in their ancestral countries, rather than to children in the host culture. It was a ground-breaking volume that not only offered an historical reconstruction of the cross-cultural roots of minority child development, but a new cultural-historical approach to developmental psychology as well. It was also one of the best attempts to develop guidelines for building models of development that are multicultural in perspective, thus challenging scholars across the behavioral sciences to give more credence to the impact of culture on development and socialization in their respective fields of work. A true classic, Cross-Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development will remain an essential resource for any scholar who is interested in minority child development and engages in cross-cultural research and multidisciplinary methodologies.
Literacy Across Languages and Cultures
This book examines the linkage between literacy and linguistic diversity, embedding them in their social and cultural contexts. It illustrates that a more complete understanding of literacy among diverse populations and in multicultural societies requires attention to issues of literacy per se as well as to improving an educational process that has relevance beyond members of majority cultures and linguistic groups. The focus of the book is on the social and cultural contexts in which literacy develops and is enacted, with an emphasis on the North American situation. Educators and researchers are discovering that cognitive approaches, while very valuable, are insufficient by themselves to an...
Building Culturally Responsive Classrooms
The author shows how teachers honoring real culture can transform the context and content within their classrooms while creating learning settings that challenge students academically.
Involving Latino Families in Schools
The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained academic improvement.
Creating a College Culture for Latino Students
How can we ensure that more Latino students have the opportunity to pursue higher education? Based on lessons learned from successful college bound programs and research on Latino students, this book provides K-12 educators with a comprehensive guide to preparing and motivating Latino students to attend college. Learn how you can create a college-going culture through: High expectations Goal setting Taking rigorous courses Exposure to college environments from an early age Parental involvement throughout the K-12 experience Early socialization beginning in the early grades
