Children in Immigrant Families Becoming Literate: A Window into Identity Construction, Transnationality, and Schooling

by Catherine Compton-Lilly

Book Overview

This original book offers a meaningful window into the lived experiences of children from immigrant families, providing a holistic, profound portrait of their literacy practices as situated within social, cultural, and political frames. Drawing on reports from five years of an ongoing longitudinal research project involving students from immigrant families across their elementary school years, each chapter explores a unique set of questions about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032150254
• ISBN13: 9781032150253
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"