Educating the young migrant child: Professional development for teachers of young children of seasonal farm workers
Publication Date
2011
Selected Works Department
Department of Early, Elementary and Reading Education
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article argues that most interventions to promote academic success for migrant children show limited and short term gains typically they focus on one part of the child's environment. A focus of the child's ecological framework is likely to yield lasting and positive outcomes for the migrant child, family, and teacher's of migrant children. Thus, any educational intervention must include not only the child's micro environment but also strengthen the meso and macro environments surrounding the migrant families. This article uses Bronfenbrenner's ecological framework to describe strengths and challenges within the migrant communities. Based on an understanding of these strengths and challenges it suggests best practices for preschool teachers of migrant children.
File Name
Mathur001
Recommended Citation
Mathur, Smita, "Educating the young migrant child: Professional development for teachers of young children of seasonal farm workers" (2011). Selected Works. 779.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/selectedworks/779
