Course Description
Examination of theories and empirical studies about immigration practices and policies in the United States. Exploration of how teachers can support immigrant students through culturally sustaining practices. The final project will explore a particular issue that immigrant communities face, based on their lived experiences in the United States.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be expected to submit an extensive literature review of at least 10 recent articles and provide a synthesis of the findings.
Athena Title
Immigration Policy & Pedagogy
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LLED 7505E, LLED 7505S
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will have developed major research paradigms in immigration theory.
- By the end of this course, students will have developed their ability to integrate immigration theory into research.
- By the end of this course, students will become conversant in the intricacies of immigration theory, especially as it relates to K-12 education.
- By the end of this course, students will know how to critically read and assess a range of research in the field of immigration studies pertaining to education.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to apply knowledge of immigration theory constructs to inform instruction and improve communication with immigrant students and their families.
Topical Outline
- 1. Why explore immigration theory and education?
- 2. Who are immigrants, and why do they come?
- 3. New immigration theory
- 4. Contemporary immigration
- 5. Immigration patterns
- 6. Segmented assimilation and selective acculturation
- 7. Immigrant children and adolescents
- 8. Immigrant schooling and education
- 9. Language and education
- 10. The 'new' 2nd generation
- 11. Immigrants' civic integration
- 12. Immigration policies post 1965
- 13. Social reaction to immigration policies
- 14. Immigration and identity
