Opening Doors

Community Centers Connecting Working-Class Immigrant Families and Schools

Nga-Wing Anjela Wong (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2017 | New edition
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
9781433146862 (ISBN)

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Opening Doors: Community Centers Connecting Working-Class Immigrant Families and Schools examines the role and impact of a community-based organization, the Chinatown Community Center, and its youth program the Community Youth Center, which is located in an east coast city.

In 2014—for the first time—over 50% of those in U.S. public schools are students of color. Furthermore, children of immigrants, the majority of whom are of Asian and Latinx origin, are the fastest-growing population in the U.S. Addressing their needs has become an important issue facing educators, researchers, and policy makers nationwide. More importantly, working-poor and low-income immigrant families of color need support and resources to negotiate and navigate between their home/community and their school/dominant society. Opening Doors: Community Centers Connecting Working-Class Immigrant Families and Schools examines the role and impact of a community-based organization (the Harborview Chinatown Community Center) and its youth program (the Community Youth Center), which is located in an East Coast city. Framed by the "Community Cultural Wealth" framework (Yosso, 2005) and Youth (Comm)Unity, Opening Doors argues that the Harborview Chinatown Community Center helps low-income Chinese immigrant families negotiate and navigate their multiple worlds. Specifically, this book examines the services and support for low-income and working-poor Chinese American immigrant families during out-of-school hours.

Nga-Wing Anjela Wong is an activist scholar and an associate professor in the education studies department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She received her PhD in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Acknowledgments – Foreword by Wayne Au – List of abbreviations – Community-based organizations centering family-community-school partnerships – Portraits of Chinatown, Harborview, and HCCC – Parents’ relationship with children and U.S. schools – Youths’ relationship with family and school – Accessing information, opportunities, and advocacy – The importance of youth (comm)unity – Revisiting and reflecting with the CYC youth – Implication for policy and practice – Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.12.2017
Reihe/Serie	Social Justice Across Contexts in Education ; 7
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Sj Miller, Leslie David Burns
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 225 mm
Gewicht	270 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	Anjela • Bode • Burns • centers • Class • Community • Connecting • David • DOORS • Families • Immigrant • leslie • Miller • Opening • Sarah • schools • Wing • Wong • working
ISBN-13	9781433146862 / 9781433146862
Zustand	Neuware