CHI 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gender Role, Cultural Capital, School Violence
30 May 2018
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5/15/18 – EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES OF NEWCOMER YOUTH
Newcomer Youth
• “uarez Orozo et al desrie adolesee as a tie of heighteed risk for downward
educational spiral.
• What are the causes?
o Poor quality, underfunded schools
o Irrelevant curricula
o Feelings of alienation, anomie
o Perception that teachers are uncaring
o Perceived limited choices at end of schooling
o Adolescent present time orientation
▪ Among others
Risks for Newcomer Youth
• Limited English fluency.
• Geographic segregation.
• Difficulty learning language, becoming adjusted to a new cultural milieu while becoming
proficient enough to do well in academic measures of success.
• Parents may have limited ability to help them with school due to work, their own limited
education.
• Micro- and macroaggressions in everyday life.
The State of Latino Newcomer Youth
• About 22% of youth in schools have immigrant parents.
• Many of these youth have come from war torn countries (recently Syria, Iraq, Honduras,
Guatemala).
• Historically youth from El Salvador, Viet Nam, Cambodia also came to schools from countries
affected by civil war and/or US intervention.
The Current Context
• Newcomers from Central America constitute a small but growing number of adolescents in US
middle and senior high schools.
• Most receiving schools are ill prepared to address the educational, social, and emotional needs
of youth who likely experienced trauma.
• Studies find that the longer immigrant youth are in the US, the worse their educational
outcomes.
School Context
• Where youth attend school makes a difference.
o Majority of newcomer youth attend racially segregated, underfunded schools.
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Document Summary
Newcomer youth: uarez oroz(cid:272)o et al des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e adoles(cid:272)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e as a ti(cid:373)e of (cid:862)heighte(cid:374)ed risk(cid:863) for downward educational spiral, what are the causes, poor quality, underfunded schools. Irrelevant curricula: feelings of alienation, anomie, perception that teachers are uncaring, perceived limited choices at end of schooling, adolescent present time orientation, among others. The state of latino newcomer youth: about 22% of youth in schools have immigrant parents, many of these youth have come from war torn countries (recently syria, iraq, honduras, Guatemala): historically youth from el salvador, viet nam, cambodia also came to schools from countries affected by civil war and/or us intervention. Factors that contribute to academic success and disengagement: suarez orozco et al. Disentangled data of newcomers to detect nuances of performance. Identified school characteristics: segregation rate, poverty rate, perceived school violence, family characteristics, paternal employment, maternal education, family structure, academic engagement, academic english proficiency. Additional factors: psychological distress, age of arrival and years in us.
