Living in a culture of change : an inquiry into the learning experiences of new Sudanese students in Calgary schools

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dc.contributor.authorSimoongwe, Favour
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorHasebe-Ludt, Erika
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-06T19:34:28Z
dc.date.available2011-10-06T19:34:28Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionviii, 139 leaves ; 28 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractLow achievement, low attendance, and high dropout levels characterize immigrant student populations in cosmopolitan Canadian schools. This thesis identifies the lack of understanding in the community in urban multicultural Alberta as the prime cause of the struggle encountered by new immigrant students in school. The thesis incorporates the experiences of six new immigrant students to promote an authentic curriculum of learning and teaching to meet the needs of these learners. It posits that an authentic curriculum is unlikely without input from learners. The method used Hans-Georg Gadamer’s approach to hermeneutics and phenomenology, with the researcher asking the six African participants to share their stories in the African storytelling fashion in which no one dominates the discussion. The conversations were analyzed and interpreted to provide insight into the life-worlds of the participants. Ted Aoki’s multilayered curriculum of curriculum-as-planned, curriculum-as-lived experience and the “zone of between” are seen as a beneficial practice inclusive of all students.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2536
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2010en_US
dc.publisher.facultyEducationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.subjectImmigrants -- Education -- Alberta -- Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectChildren of immigrants -- Education -- Alberta -- Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectRefugees -- Education -- Alberta -- Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectRefugee children -- Education -- Alberta -- Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectCurriculum planningen_US
dc.subjectSudanese students -- Alberta -- Calgaryen_US
dc.titleLiving in a culture of change : an inquiry into the learning experiences of new Sudanese students in Calgary schoolsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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