Issues and challenges of immigration in early childhood in the USA [electronic book] / Wilma Robles-Meléndez and Wayne Driscoll.

By: Robles-Meléndez, Wilma [author].

Contributor(s): Driscoll, Wayne [author].

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BookSeries: Immigration and childhood education.Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Description: online resource (xvi, 312 pages) color illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781350099999 (hardback); 9781350213715 (paperback); 9781350100022 (e-book); 9781350100008 (e-book).Subject(s): Children of immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions

| Children of immigrants -- Education (Early childhood) -- United States

DDC classification: 362.779120973 Online resources: e-Book

Contents:

The landscape of immigration -- Children and the immigration experience -- In search of socially just practices for immigrant children -- Caring and understanding the immigrant child: developmental and cultural considerations -- Promising practices for immigrant children -- Advocacy efforts for immigrant children: a framework for action.

Summary: "Based on new research, this book offers insights into the reality of immigration and its sociocultural impact with a focus on the experience of young children and their families coming to the USA. Wilma Robles-Melendez and Wayne Driscoll discuss immigration realities and their social and educational implications and review the current literature on studies and reports about immigration. They also provide insights and experiences of young immigrant children and their families with a focus on the USA and offer recommendations for early childhood practice for programs serving young immigrant children. The key subjects addressed include socially just practices, developmentally based programs, services for young children and families with diverse and cultural backgrounds. Immigration in the USA is discussed here as part of the global crisis in immigration and the lessons learned will be vital for educators, researchers and policy makers around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

List(s) this item appears in: Bloomsbury Education Collection.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on new research, this book offers insights into the reality of immigration and its sociocultural impact with a focus on the experience of young children and their families coming to the USA. Wilma Robles-Melendez and Wayne Driscoll discuss immigration realities and their social and educational implications and review the current literature on studies and reports about immigration. They also provide insights and experiences of young immigrant children and their families with a focus on the USA and offer recommendations for early childhood practice for programs serving young immigrant children. The key subjects addressed include socially just practices, developmentally based programs, services for young children and families with diverse and cultural backgrounds. Immigration in the USA is discussed here as part of the global crisis in immigration and the lessons learned will be vital for educators, researchers and policy makers around the world.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Based on new research, this book offers insights into the reality of immigration and its sociocultural impact with a focus on the experience of young children and their families coming to the USA. Wilma Robles-Melendez and Wayne Driscoll discuss immigration realities and their social and educational implications and review the current literature on studies and reports about immigration. They also provide insights and experiences of young immigrant children and their families with a focus on the USA and offer recommendations for early childhood practice for programs serving young immigrant children. The key subjects addressed include socially just practices, developmentally based programs, services for young children and families with diverse and cultural backgrounds. Immigration in the USA is discussed here as part of the global crisis in immigration and the lessons learned will be vital for educators, researchers and policy makers around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction.: Bloomsbury Collections. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This book combines a special sensitivity to the developmental experiences of young children with an acute cultural awareness of the multifarious experience of immigration. The result is an insightful and comprehensive analysis that adds much to readers' understanding of both immigration and early childhood development, even as it draws their focus to the intersection of these two critical human concerns. Adopting a wide variety of disciplinary lenses (historical, sociological, pedagogical, psychological), the authors make judicious use of existing research, the National Association for the Education of Young Children's standards, and quantitative data in support of their well-grounded perspective. What makes this work particularly unique is how the authors enliven the text with personal immigration stories, told by and about young children, to frame and inform their analysis and advocacy. There is a clear and authentic human voice that colors this academic research. The chapters are organized as instructional text, and each one has sections that clearly delineate its learning objectives, a summation of key ideas, and continuing opportunities "to think, do, and reflect." It will be valuable for courses in early childhood education and development, as well as in related courses across the social sciences. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels. --Timothy Richard Glander, Nazareth College

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Wilma Robles-Melendez is Professor of Early Childhood and Leadership at the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice at Nova Southeastern University, USA. Wayne Driscoll is Assistant Professor of Special Education and Department Chair at the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice at Nova Southeastern University, USA.