Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility between Latino Culture and American Education by Caravantes, Ernesto

Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility between Latino Culture and American Education (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761835363)

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Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility between Latino Culture and American Education by Caravantes, Ernesto

Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility between Latino Culture and American Education

$44.95
Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility between Latino Culture and American Education by Caravantes, Ernesto

Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility between Latino Culture and American Education

$44.95
Format: Paperback
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Clipping Their Own Wings addresses one of the most urgent problems in the United States' educational system: Latino underachievement. This work presents a unique solution to this problem-Selective Cultural Adoption (SCA). SCA is method that enables Latinos to retain certain meaningful characteristics of their culture while adopting key aspects of the Anglo-American culture that will help them succeed. Clipping Their Own Wings is a hands-on book that illustrates how teachers and parents can improve the education experience of young Latinos in America.

Author: Ernesto Caravantes
ISBN-10: 0761835369
ISBN-13: 9780761835363
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2006
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.92w x 0.45d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 69
By Ernesto Caravantes
By Ernesto Caravantes
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Ernesto Caravantes is host of the cable television show Dialog in Glendale, California, which discusses current trends in higher education. He received his M.S. in Counseling from the University of La Verne.

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