Education and Immigration

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-4832-3
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 326 g

Reihe: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society series

Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants – who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. – it is the primary means through which they become incorporated into American society. 

This insightful new book explores the educational outcomes of post-1965 immigrants and their children. Tracing the historical context and key contemporary scholarship on immigration, the authors examine issues such as structural versus cultural theories of education stratification, the overlap of immigrant status with race and ethnicity, and the role of language in educational outcomes. Throughout, the authors pay attention to the great diversity among immigrants: some arrive with PhDs to work as research professors, while others arrive with a primary school education and no English skills to work as migrant laborers. As immigrants come from an ever-increasing array of races, ethnicities, and national origins, immigrant assimilation is more complex than ever before, and education is central to their adaptation to American society.

Shedding light on often misunderstood topics, this book will be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in sociology of education, immigration, and race and ethnicity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kao, Grace

Vaquera, Elizabeth

Goyette, Kimberly

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Education and the American Dream 1

2 Becoming American (or Not): Paths to Assimilation 25

3 Historical Overview of Immigration 51

4 Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Status of Immigrant Adults 76

5 Educational Achievement and Outcomes of Children in Immigrant Families 106

6 Language and Educational Success 140

7 Conclusion 170

References 189

Index 210

Über Autor(innen)

Grace Kao is professor of sociology, education, and Asian American studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Vaquera is assistant professor of sociology at the University of South Florida

Kimberly Goyette is associate professor of sociology at Temple University