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The Urban Review

, Volume 46, Issue 4, pp 654–680 | Cite as

Challenges Facing Immigrant Students Beyond the Linguistic Domain in a New Gateway State

  • Jeremy Hilburn
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Abstract

Although there is a great deal of theoretical and practical scholarship related to immigrant students, the extant literature most often conflates the needs of English language learners with the needs of immigrant students (Goodwin in Educ Urb Soc 34(2):156–172, 2002; Sox in Theory Pract 48:312–318, 2009; Yoon in Am Educ Res J 49(5):971–1002, 2012). Findings from this study indicate that teachers in an area with a rapidly rising immigrant population perceived immigrant students to face four significant challenges beyond linguistic considerations. By analyzing interview and focus group data from six high school Civics teachers, this qualitative collective case study is positioned to make recommendations for teachers and teacher educators by bringing attention to the challenges facing immigrant students beyond the linguistic domain in a new gateway state.

Keywords

Immigration New gateway states Non-linguistic challenges Immigrant youth Teacher perceptions 
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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Lisa Brown Buchanan, Hillary Parkhouse, and C. Lynn Allen for providing feedback on earlier drafts of this manuscript.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.University of North Carolina Chapel HillChapel HillUSA
  2. 2.Department of Elementary, Middle Level, and Literacy EducationUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmingtonUSA

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