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Having Arrived: Dimensions of Educational Success in a Transitional Newcomer School

Examines a program for newly arrived, non-English-speaking immigrant children in a California city. Findings from a fourth-grade class demonstrate how a nurturing setting, culturally flexible teaching approach, linguistic and cultural validation, and a valued spatial environment contribute to newcomer students' success. (SLD)

• Author/Creator: Hertzberg, Martha
• Date Published: Dec
• Journal/Secondary Title: Anthropology & Education Quarterly
• Number: 4
• Volume: 29
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Elementary School Students
• Subject: Grade 4
• Subject: Immigrants
• Subject: Intermediate Grades
• Subject: Limited English Speaking
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Transitional Programs
• Subject: Urban Schools
• Subject: Urban Youth

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