Negotiating a Sense of Identity in a Foreign Land: Navigating Public School Structures and Practices That Often Conflict With Haitian Culture and Values

Urban Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-296

  Cone, Neporcha ^a   Buxton, Cory ^b   Lee, Okhee ^c   Mahotiere, Margarette ^d  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; Haitian students; identity; schooling; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898656205     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085913478619     Document Type: Article

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