Voces: Latino Students on Life in the United States

by María M. Carreira, Tom Beeman

Overview

Featuring hundreds of personal anecdotes by Latino college students against a backdrop of information on their culture, history, and academic needs and strengths, this book offers a compelling and exacting view of the world of Latino students and their families.

• Introduces readers to the experiences of Latino students through personal interviews and autobiographical essays

• Provides an overview of the culture, history, and linguistic practices of U.S. Latinos

• Presents a non-technical summary of the needs and strengths of Latino students as identified in the research literature

• Provides concrete examples of the strategies and tools used by Latino youth to deal with adversity and succeed in life

• Takes real-world situations to demonstrate how the actions of educators and other adults help or hinder these students

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440803529
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/28/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	183
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

María M. Carreira, PhD, is professor of Spanish linguistics at California State University, Long Beach, and codirector of the National Heritage Language Resource Center at University of California, Los Angeles.

Tom Beeman is associate dean for the College of Education at Irvine University in Cerritos, CA, and a high school Spanish teacher with California Virtual Academies.