Students on the Rise: Learning with Immigrant Youth in Out-of-School Spaces of Community Activism

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Author(s): Elizabeth Bishop (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 19
Source title: Cross-Cultural Considerations in the Education of Young Immigrant Learners
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jared Keengwe (University of North Dakota, USA)and Grace Onchwari (University of North Dakota, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4928-6.ch013

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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This chapter discusses the recent findings of the Drop Knowledge Project in New York City (DKPNYC). The DKPNYC is a cultural studies research project designed to excavate the discourses of urban youth activism and organizing in relation to critical literacy learning. In this chapter, the authors look at the work of the DKPNYC youth activists around issues related to immigrant rights and educational justice in out-of-school spaces. Amongst the interconnected issues surrounding this work, the youth participants in the DKPNYC all organize around issues related to the struggle of undocumented youth to access quality education in the United States. Data collected from the study is decidedly cross-cultural, with participants articulating visions of themselves and their future in relation to their cultural heritage and their inter-subjective ethical learning. Implications from the study provide insight to educators, researchers, and community-based organizations about educating immigrant youth and others on pressing issues around immigrant learning.

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