Transnational computer use in Urban Latino immigrant communities: Implications for schooling

Urban Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-116

  Sánchez, Patricia ^a   Salazar, Malena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnography; home computers; Latino students; school technology; transnational immigrants; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755229526     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085911427740     Document Type: Article

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