Minority status and schooling : a comparative study of immigrant and involuntary minorities / [edited by] Margaret Gibson, John Ogbu.

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Other Authors: Gibson, Margaret A., Ogbu, John U.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Garland, 1991.
Series:Garland reference library of social science ; v. 618.
Garland reference library of social science. Reference books in international education ; vol. 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • Immigrant and involuntary minorities in comparative perspective
  • Immigrant adaptation to schooling : a hispanic case
  • Dynamics of educational decision making : a comparative study of Sikhs in Britain and the United States
  • Turkish immigrants in Australia
  • Koreans in Japan and the United States
  • Ethnicity, gender and social class : the school adaptation patterns of West Indian youths
  • Situational ethnicity and patterns of school performance among immigrant and nonimmigrant Mexican-descent students
  • Low school performance as an adaptation : the case of Blacks in Stockton, California
  • Education and American Indians : the experience of the Ute Indian Tribe
  • New Zealand experience : Maoris
  • Social mobility and education : Burakumin in Japan
  • Minorities and schooling : some implications.