The Construction, Negotiation, and Representation of Immigran... - 9781623968878

The Construction, Negotiation, and Representation of Immigrant Student Identities in South African SchoolsAuthor(s): Saloshna Vandeyar, Thirusellvan Vandeyar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781623968878, 978-1623968878\nSynopsis\nThis is a ground-breaking research study on Black immigrant identities in South African schools. It is the first major book on racial integration and immigrant children in South African schools. The overall aim of this study is to investigate how immigrant students negotiate and mediate their identity within the South African schooling context.\n\nThis study set out to explain this complex phenomenon, guided by the following research objectives: One, to describe how immigrant student identities are framed, challenged, asserted and negotiated within the institutional cultures of schools. Two, to evaluate the extent to which the ethos of these schools has been transformed towar.