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The outstanding opportunities, but persistent challenges, of dual language education
(Cambio Center, 2016)
As highlighted in the Cambio Center's November 2015 e-brief, dual language (DL) education programs are growing exponentially in the United States. (See the latest report from the Department of Education.) By some accounts, these programs...
What is dual language education?
(Cambio Center, 2015)
are the promises and possibilities of this unique model of education? This Cambio eBrief will focus on defining DL programs and who they serve, and a subsequent brief will focus on the promises and possibilities of dual language education....
Porous spheres: Direct observation of interethnic interaction in a small midwestern community
(Cambio Center, 2012)
Indications of community integration in rural communities, where there has been a large increase of immigrants, are largely based on survey and interview responses of community members. However, as an anthropologist, I ...
Examining Storylines of Emergent Bilinguals in Algebra Textbooks
(Cambio Center, 2018)
"The purpose of our study was to examine the resources and suggested pedagogical strategies provided in high school algebra teacher’s guides. In particular, we wanted to understand how the resources and pedagogy aligned, ...
Multicultural needs assessment of extension educators
(Cambio Center, 2016)
Oklahoma State University's College of Human Sciences and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) have developed a multicultural and community engagement program to determine intercultural training needs. The ...
Latino Youth Involved in Urban Community Gardening
(Cambio Center, 2014)
, youth develop skills needed to achieve lifelong learning. The program includes gardening implementation in urban settings, which enhances the important role that agriculture plays in the national economy. www.cambio.missouri.edu/Library/ Keywords...
Sharing best practices and research findings through digital humanities and social science : an invitation to join the Rural Immigration Network
(Cambio Center, 2019)
"How can we meet the goals that Cambio de Colores espouses: fostering cross-cultural connections, well-being, inclusion, prosperity and integration among all peoples living in rural communities? In-person contacts, supported by inclusive...
Back to Nature: Native Flora for Wildlife and People. The Lincoln University Native Plants Program
(Cambio Center, 2014)
in an ongoing research study. Recruitment was done in schools, senior centers, Boys and Girls clubs, churches, and other locations with the assistance of the LUCE Paula Carter Center on Minority Health and Aging. Flyers, emails, calls, and personal visits were...
U.S. Race Politics: Learning from the Experiences of African Americans
(Cambio Center, 2010)
, the brief history, and the environment surrounding the markers, in advancing a common ground from a critique of traditional political theory, the research thus provides direction for theory development that respects the value of pluralism despite its...
The construction of parent and teacher identities in bilingual settings
(Cambio Center, 2017)
The implementation of dual language programs, also called bilingual education, in a community not only involve pedagogical and didactic changes, but also offer important and often not measured cultural transformations. In ...
Exploring the meanings of food and agriculture for Latino youth through the use of PhotoVoice in three Iowa cities
(Cambio Center, 2013)
. Recommendations in this paper center on improving the use of PhotoVoice among Latino youth....
Welcoming new Americans : a perspective from South Dakota
(Cambio Center, 2020)
despite the Pew Research Center identifying it as having the fastest growing Latino/a population among all states from 2000 to 2014. Secondly, this presentation advances practices in the humanities at South Dakota State University (SDSU) that support...
Of possibilities and limitations: maternal self-perceptions of agency in children's Spanish/English bilingual development
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This paper presents preliminary results of an ongoing study of the sociolinguistic experiences of a group of first-generation Latino families attempting to raise their children as Spanish/English bilinguals in the city of ...
On Being a Mexican American: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Identity Construction
(Cambio Center, 2014)
This article uses autoethnography to frame a larger conceptual/theoretical discussion of the identity categories based in the intersections of race/ethnicity, nationality, and immigration for the immigrant third generation ...
Protection for Undocumented Children Sexual Abuse Among Latino Children Living in The Heartland
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This paper is an exploration on the topic of childhood sexual abuse among the Latino population and specifically of the undocumented Latino population living in the communities that we serve. The basic child protection ...
Human Social and Cultural Capitals among Latino Gardeners in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa
(Cambio Center, 2011)
This paper explores different community capitals among Latinos participating in community gardens and farmer starter programs in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa. Using the community capital framework, this study describes ...
Naturalization: The official integration
(Cambio Center, 2012)
While the nation has focused on the border and questions about the undocumented, the local population of both immigrants and the receiving community experience the issue of newcomers by their integration, participation ...
Asset accumulation strategies in 3 new settlement communities (report Y1)
(Cambio Center, 2007)
, and their assessment of well-being. Models and indicators for asset accumulation and economic integration are tested in year 3. Results are disseminated at the Cambio de Colores Conference, summits, workshops, and publications for the academic and practice communities...
The policy dimensions of the context of reception for immigrants (and Latinos) in the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2012)
Latino/as comprise approximately 16.1% of the nation's population (Grieco, 2010). Approximately 37.2% of Latino/as are foreign-born, comprising approximately 6.0% of the nation's population. Nationally, the number of ...