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Facilitating Educational Success For Migrant Farmworker Students in the U.S. Patricia Perez (California State University at Fullerton, USA)

Facilitating Educational Success For Migrant Farmworker Students in the U.S. By Patricia Perez (California State University at Fullerton, USA)

Facilitating Educational Success For Migrant Farmworker Students in the U.S. by Patricia Perez (California State University at Fullerton, USA)


Summary

Grounded in empirical research, this volume examines the challenges to academic success that migrant farmworker students face in the U.S. This book provides pragmatic strategies and interventions and considers practical and policy implications to increase migrant student academic achievement and support migrant farmworker students and families.

Facilitating Educational Success For Migrant Farmworker Students in the U.S. Summary

Facilitating Educational Success For Migrant Farmworker Students in the U.S. by Patricia Perez (California State University at Fullerton, USA)

Grounded in empirical research, this timely volume examines the challenges to academic success that migrant farmworker students face in the U.S. Providing an original framework for academic success among migrant farmworker students and applying a diverse range of methodological approaches, chapter authors address a range of topics, including English Language Learner development; support for educators who work with migrant farmworker students; promotion of migrant family involvement; and college access. This book provides pragmatic strategies and interventions and considers practical and policy implications to increase migrant student academic achievement and support migrant farmworker students and families.

About Patricia Perez (California State University at Fullerton, USA)

Patricia A. Perez is Professor of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Fullerton, USA.

Maria Estela Zarate is Professor of Educational Leadership at California State University, Fullerton, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jean Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate 1. Equity in Context for Farmworkers and Their Children Maria Estela Zarate, Patricia A. Perez and Rudy Acosta 2. Educational Initiatives Supporting Students from Migrant Farmworker Backgrounds Ann Cranston-Gingras and Georgina Rivera-Singletary 3. Helping Educators Connect with Migrant Students and Families- A Culturally Proficient Approach Reyes L. Quezada, Fernando Rodriguez-Valls, and Randall Lindsey 4. Nuestra Familia es Nuestra Fuerza: Building on the Strength of Migrant Families Towards School Success Pablo Jasis and Alejandro Gonzalez 5. Designing Programs to Meet and Assess the Needs of Migrant Students Fernando Rodriguez-Valls and Sandra Kofford 6. What Can Latina/o Migrant Students Tell us About College Outreach and Access? Anne-Marie Nunez 7. Migrant Education and Shifting Consciousness: A Cultural Wealth Approach to Navigating, Politics, Access, and Equity Cristina Alfaro, Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, and Sera Hernandez 8. From the Fields to Fieldwork: Cuentos From the Daughter of Migrant Farmworkers Ebelia Hernandez 9. Conclusion: Future Directions for Migrant Education Patricia A. Perez and Maria Estela Zarate

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NPB9780367194369
9780367194369
0367194368
Facilitating Educational Success For Migrant Farmworker Students in the U.S. by Patricia Perez (California State University at Fullerton, USA)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-06-04
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