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Title: Cross-Cultural Educational Experiences and Academic Achievement of Ghanaian Immigrant Youth in Urban Public Schools
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: The past two decades have witnessed a rapid increase of immigrant population in U.S. schools. Little is known, however, about factors that promote crosscultural experiences, academic achievement, and/or challenges of Black African immigrant youth, which is particularly significant today in the midst of the current social and political discourse over the influence of immigration in U.S. schools. Sixty Ghanaian-born immigrant students were recruited and interviewed. Analyses, which draw from in-depth interviews and observations, revealed that resilience to succeed, teacher and parent support, positive school environment, past histories including educational experiences, and challenging factors of racism, classism, xenophobia, acculturative stress, changes in curriculum, language, and cultural discrimination emerged as the major factors that largely influenced academic achievement of these learners. This article discusses the implications of these findings for educators who are tasked to render better educational settings for Black African immigrantstudents to succeed in U.S. schools.
Url: http://eus.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/04/15/0013124516643764.full.pdf
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Authors: Kumi-Yeboah, Alex; Smith, Patriann
Periodical (Full): Education and Urban Society
Issue: 4
Volume: 49
Pages: 434-455
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education, Race and Ethnicity
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