The Contextualization of Self and Place Within a Second-Grade Study of Recent Immigration. Issue 3 (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shin, Sunghee; Bisland, Beverly Milner (Lee)
• Is Part Of: Education and urban society. Volume 52:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 365
• Page End: 393
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: urban education -- schools -- multicultural education -- students; Education, Urban -- Periodicals; 370.11505
• DOI: 10.1177/0013124519846275
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-1245

Abstract

Immigration is a public issue that needs student exploration. This cross-disciplinary study brings awareness of diverse cultures by studying immigration through personal history in a multiethnic urban elementary school. Research suggests the importance of integrating assets students bring into the classroom in instruction. Changing pedagogies also emphasize the need for students to participate in community-based inquiries. This asset-based perspective centers students as knowledge producers, instead of knowledge consumers, making them active participants in learning.