Download or read book SPE ANTEC 1998 Proceedings written by Spe and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-03-31 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation More than 700 presentations at ANTEC?98, the Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, comprise an encyclopedic compilation of the newest plastics technology available. This is the single most comprehensive annual presentation of new plastics technology!
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Download or read book The Immigration Education Nexus written by David A. Urias and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this edited volume is on immigration’s effect on schooling and the consequential aspect of illegal immigration’s effect. To understand immigration (legal and undocumented) and K-16 education in Asia, Europe, and the US is to situate both within the broader context of globalization. This volume presents a timely and poignant analysis of the historical, legal, and demographic issues related to immigration with implications for education and its interdisciplinary processes. Arguments based on theories of globalization, socialization, naturalization, and xenophobia are provided as a conceptual foundation to assess such issues as access to and use of public services, e.g., public education, health, etc. Additional discussions center around the social, political, and economic forces that shape the social/cultural identities of this population as it tries to integrate into the larger society. The long-term causes and consequences of global immigration dynamics, and the multiple paths taken by immigrants, especially children, wishing to study are addressed. Summary discussion concludes the volume as well as projections with respect to links between immigration and key national security and international policy issues. Education can and must play an important role in a world that is more global and at the same time more local than it was almost twenty years ago. This volume intends to serve as an ambitious guide to approaching the issues of immigration and education more globally.
Download or read book The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States written by Terrence Wiley and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice. It is based on cutting-edge research and policy analyses from a number of well-known experts on immigrant language minority education in the USA. The collection includes contributions on the acquisition of English, language shift, the maintenance of heritage languages, prospects for long-term educational achievement, how family background, economic status, and gender and identity influence academic adjustment and achievement, challenges for appropriate language testing and placement, and examples of advocacy action research. It concludes with a thoughtful commentary aimed at broadening our understanding of the need to provide quality immigrant language minority education within the context of globalization. This collection will be of value to students and researchers interested in promoting educational equity and achievement for immigrant language minority students.
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