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Professional Readings: Culture and Migration (International)

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• America in 'Critical Need' of Mandarin

  As the US wakes up to China's emerging status as an economic and strategic competitor, US parents -and the Pentagon - are urging their children to learn the Chinese language (Guardian Weekly).

• Burmese

  Links from the Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon.

• China the Beautiful

  Learn about Chinese history, literature, calligraphy, paintings, culture and heritage. English and Chinese text. Links to maps and dictionaries.

• The Cultural Orientation Resource Center: Culture Profiles

  Cultural profiles for different refugee groups in the USA including Somali, Afghan, Muslim, Iraqi and Iraqi Kurd. Most of these profiles are available for download.

• Culturally Responsive Education

  Culturally responsive schools exhibit certain traits (NCREL).

• Culturally Responsive Schools for Micronesian Immigrant Students

  Towards the end of the article are two very useful tables (4 and 5): Instructional Accommodations for English Language Learners; Teacher’s Guide to Cultural Variables. From Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL).

• Culture

  What is culture and how does it affect learning and thinking? (NCREL)

• Culture Shock: A Fish Out of Water

  An outline of the stages of adjustment to/rejection of a new culture (John's ESL Community).

• Defining Middle Eastern Boundaries: Lines in the Sand

  Summaries of Middle East history. Teachers' resources are available.

• Diversity Vs. White Privilege

  Christine Sleeter explains why multiculturalism is a struggle against racism, and must go beyond an appreciation of diversity (Rethinking Schools Online, 2001).

• EthnoMed: Ethnic Medicine Information

  An American site with information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other issues relevant to the health care of recent immigrants.

• Fact Books

  Information on almost every country.

• Fostering Intercultural Harmony in Schools: Research Finding

  A survey of the literature.

• Involuntary Language Loss Among Immigrants: Asian-American Linguistic Autobiographies

  The importance of language maintenance. This reading draws on linguistic autobiographies written by Asian-American college students.

• Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)

  CERIS is a collaborative Canadian project that promotes research about the impact of immigration on the Greater Toronto Area and on the integration of immigrants into Canadian society.

• Lunar New Year in Taiwan

  This is the most significant festival for ethnic Chinese around the world - a time to celebrate with family and friends.

• The Middle East Network Information Centre

  Background information on Middle Eastern and Asian countries, from the University of Texas.

• Multiculturalism in Today's Schools: Have Teacher Attitudes Changed over Two Decades?

  A survey from schools in New South Wales (PDF).

• Muslim Women's League

  A nonprofit American Muslim organisation. Offers a range of information about Muslims and the roles and rights of women within Islam.

• Opening the School Gate: Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families in Schools

  Publication from the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues, Melbourne, giving practical suggestions to help schools overcome barriers to culturally and linguistically diverse families' involvement (PDF).

• Shifting the Gaze in South African Classrooms: New Pedagogies, New Publics, New Democracies

  2004 report by Pippa Stein and Denise Newfield on a multiliteracies project based on Nelson Mandela's call to move beyond shaking off the chains to living in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others (PDF).

• Teaching Asian Studies in New Zealand Primary Schools: A National Survey of Schools

  2004 research for the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

• Teaching Tolerance

  Teacher resources, including immigrant stories, that provide pointers for helping new migrants settle and sensitising English speaking classmates (the American Southern Poverty Law Centre).

• Tenets of Culturally Relevant Teaching

  Ladson-Billings identifies six tenets of culturally relevant teaching (NCREL).

• Three Religions, One God

  A background to the evolution of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.