Re: [xmca] Muslim Students in Education

Dear Richard,
Thanks for all your wonderful help!
Cathrene

Richard Beach wrote:
> Cathrene, the entire issue of Theory Into Practice, 47(1), 2008, addresses
> issues related to immigrant students:
>
> Bigelow, M. (2008). Somali adolescents' negotiation of religious and
> racial bias in and out of school. Theory Into Practice, 47(1), 27-34.
> This article explores the issues of race and religion as they pertain to
> adolescent Somali immigrants and their lives at school, among their
> families, and in their communities. Research from a number of contexts
> offers a range of perceptions, held by Somali youth and adults, not commonly
> available in the media. Multiple suggestions are offered to educators for
> engaging youth in conversations about race and religion in ways that will
> make Muslim students feel more welcome at school and help all students
> understand racial and religious identity, as well as the harm that racial
> and religious bias can cause.
>
> Ngo, B. (2008). Beyond ³culture clash² understandings of immigrant
> experiences. Theory Into Practice, 47(1), 4 -11.
> This article addresses the ways in which the experiences of immigrant youth
> and families in U.S. schools and society have been conceptualized primarily
> as conflicts between immigrant cultures and dominant U.S. culture.
> Exemplified by the discourse of culture clash or of immigrants being torn
> between two worlds, this prevalent understanding structures the experiences,
> cultures, and identities of immigrants as unchanging and fixed in time. This
> article illustrates the ways that culture and identity are constructed
> within the double movement of discourse and representation. It offers
> examples of how dominant representations create simplistic understandings of
> the identities of immigrant youth, as well as the ways youth are
> constructing new identities.
>
> Sarroub, L. K. (2008). Living ³Glocally² With Literacy Success in the
> Midwest. Theory Into Practice, 47(1), 59-66.
> This article examines the concept of glocality as a way to better understand
> why immigrants, poor people, print-illiterate families, and boys are
> short-changed by schools that often operate under a deficit model or
> deprivation model in which students' economic, language, and gender status
> is the main determinant for school success. The author offers for discussion
> a set of themes that address (a) the challenges of recent immigration and
> resettlement in the Midwestern region of the United States, (b) the concept
> of glocality in connection to youth literacies and transnationalism, (c) the
> Midwest as a glocal context, and (d) the implications of success in relation
> to teachers and schools. Examples of glocality are drawn from research on
> Middle Eastern youth immigrant and refugee populations from Yemen and Iraq,
> as well as low socioeconomic American youth.
>
>
> On 6/4/08 3:20 PM, "jmking1995@aol.com" <jmking1995@aol.com> wrote:
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>> Cathrene,
>> Attached is a pdf of an article, also by Sarroub (2002) that documents the
>> literacy practices of Yemini high school girls in the US.
>>
>> Jen King
>>
>> doctoral student
>>
>> University of Rochester
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: O'Connor, Kevin <kevin.oconnor@rochester.edu>
>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>> Sent: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 3:20 pm
>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Muslim Students in Education
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>> Cathrene,
>> One that I'm aware of off the top of my head is:
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>> Sarroub, Loukia (2005). All American Yemeni Girls: Being Muslim in a Public
>> School. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
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>> Kevin
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>> On 6/4/08 3:11 PM, "Cathrene Connery" <cconnery@ithaca.edu> wrote:
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>>> Dear Colleagues:
>>> I am writing to inquire if you know of any good sources regarding the
>>> education of Muslim students in the United States and abroad. Your
>>> feedback would be much appreciated.
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Cathrene
>>>
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