Minority status and schooling : a comparative study of immigrant and involuntary minorities / edited by] Margaret Gibson, John Ogbu. - New York : Garland, (c)1991. - x, 407 pages ; 22 cm. - Garland reference library of social science ; Reference books in international education ; vol. 618. vol. 7 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Immigrant and involuntary minorities in comparative perspective -- Immigrant adaptation to schooling : a hispanic case -- Dynamics of educational decision making : a comparative study of Sikhs in Britain and the United States -- Turkish immigrants in Australia -- Koreans in Japan and the United States -- Ethnicity, gender and social class : the school adaptation patterns of West Indian youths -- Situational ethnicity and patterns of school performance among immigrant and nonimmigrant Mexican-descent students -- Low school performance as an adaptation : the case of Blacks in Stockton, California -- Education and American Indians : the experience of the Ute Indian Tribe -- New Zealand experience : Maoris -- Social mobility and education : Burakumin in Japan -- Minorities and schooling : some implications.



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Children of immigrants--Education--Case studies.
Minorities--Education--Case studies.

LC3745 / .M566 1991 LC3745