Teachers making sense of undocumented status and their responsibilities to undocumented students: A critical perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 103232
Author(s):  
Chelsea Connery ◽  
Jennie Miles Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Undocumented Students ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Undocumented Status

Undocumented Status and Schooling for Newcomer Teens

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 478-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine C. Allard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Transnational Identities ◽  
Undocumented Status ◽  
Professional Aspirations

In this ethnographic study, Elaine C. Allard describes and analyzes the characteristics and experiences of undocumented newcomer adolescents attending a US suburban high school. She considers the ways in which newcomer adolescents show agency in their border crossing, prioritize work over formal education, and express transnational identities. She contrasts their experience with the predominant narrative of DREAMers, undocumented childhood arrivals who are often characterized as migrating to the United States “through no fault of their own,” who prioritize professional aspirations through schooling, and who are “American in spirit.” Allard calls attention to a subgroup of undocumented students who may benefit from different approaches by educators and immigrant advocates.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Nichols ◽  
Terry-Ann Jones
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Emotional Stress ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
Medical Insurance ◽  
College Experiences ◽  
Undocumented Status ◽  
Research Findings

This concluding chapter addresses some of the questions that were raised throughout the project, and discusses the implications of the research findings for future undocumented students, higher education institutions, and U.S. policy. The overarching conclusions that the authors drew from listening to students are that students struggle primarily with emotional stress related to their undocumented status, fear that they or their family members will be deported, the financial burden of attending college, and uncertainty regarding their futures. These forms of stress distinguish their college experiences from those of their peers who, despite having their own concerns, are more likely to have access to resources such as financial aid, medical insurance, or other basic privileges such as driving legally or having access to government-issued forms of identification.

Qualitative Methodological Considerations for Studying Undocumented Students in the United States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurora Chang ◽  
Júlia Mendes ◽  
Cinthya Salazar
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Elementary And Secondary Education ◽  
Undocumented Status ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
K 12

The study of undocumented students in the United States is critical and growing. As scholars increasingly employ qualitative methodologies and methods in studying undocumented students, it is important to consider the specific challenges, nuances, and benefits of doing so. Undocumented students have a right to a public elementary and secondary education regardless of immigration status, per the 1982 court case Plyler v. Doe. While the stress that undocumented students face during their K-12 years are real and consequential, this stress becomes particularly acute in their postsecondary lives when education is neither guaranteed nor readily accessible. Qualitative research gives insight into the complex obstacles undocumented students face and advocates for the institutional and social change necessary to best support them. Existing qualitative research on undocumented students employs various methodologies and methods including but not limited to narrative inquiry, testimonio, phenomenology, case studies, ethnography, discourse analysis, and grounded theory. Among the salient issues that scholars must take into account when engaging in such research are the ethical, logistical, and relational problems that arise when working with undocumented people; the politicization of researching undocumented students; and the power and privilege that researchers possess in the researcher–participant relationship. Within every stage of the research process, researchers need to take special care when working with undocumented students to ensure their anonymity, respect their lived experiences, and advocate for their human rights. Undocumented research participants are in need of extra protection due to their undocumented status, and this need should not be conflated with weakness. Often, undocumented participants are framed as illegal, powerless, vulnerable, fearful, and in the shadows. While it is true that undocumented people face intense, life-altering, and consequential struggles relative to their undocumented status, it is also true that their intelligence, resilience, and persistence are equally intense. Researchers have an obligation to bring undocumented students’ authentic experiences to the fore in ways that acknowledge their undocumented status and the related struggles while affirming their agency and resistance. How they employ methodological practices is central to this goal.

Commentary: is cost transparency necessarily good for consumers?

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 1980-1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian T.H. Kuah ◽  
Vishanth Weerakkody
Keyword(s):  
Unit Cost ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Brand Names ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Cost Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Transparency ◽  
Cost Transparency ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Accounting Unit

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a critical viewpoint on the negative aspects of market, price and cost transparencies to consumers in terms of its costs. Design/methodology/approach – It adopts an inter-disciplinary approach from the marketing, economics and accounting literature. The paper explores market transparency in the ever-changing world and uses brand names like Starbucks and iPhone to illuminate instances where imperfect markets are supported by consumers. Findings – Recognizing the role that the Internet plays in promoting price transparency, it espouses how extant information can add costs and risks to the consumer’s value judgement. Finally, the paper advocates that arbitrary judgements existing in cost accounting make it difficult to compare unit cost. This could result in consumers paying extra money to benefit from cost transparency. Practical implications – This paper argues that three main issues may arise in providing unit cost to the consumers. First, transparency entails built-in costs, whether they are in taxes or product prices. Second, in accounting, unit cost information is currently not equitable between businesses. Finally, the paper argues that extra time and effort in making sense of unit cost information lead to questions about the viability of transparent costing. Originality/value – The arguments for transparency have been widely discussed, supported and promoted by many. While negative aspects are known to businesses, few consider the consumer’s perspective. By amalgamating evidence and arguments from different disciplines, this paper lends value, providing a critical perspective where transparent unit cost revelation can be more costly and less viable than what is assumed.

Immigration Policy and Education in Lived Reality: A Framework for Researchers and Educators

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 549-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica O. Turner ◽  
Ariana Mangual Figueroa
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
District Policy ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Mixed Status Families ◽  
Mixed Status

The urgency of immigration policy in the lives of immigrant students and families and educators is more evident than ever; however, education theories and educators’ practices are not keeping pace with this lived reality. We draw on scholarship that examines the lives and educational experiences of undocumented students and undocumented or mixed-status families; research on classroom, school, and district policy and practice for immigrant students; and critical sociocultural approaches and critical race theories to develop a conceptual framework for understanding the intersection of immigration policy and education in a nuanced way. We highlight conceptual insights—on people, policy, context, outcomes, and power—for making sense of this nexus. We conclude with implications for our work as researchers and educators and how we conceptualize citizenship.

scholarly journals The spoken (he)art of strategy: A metaphor analysis of the strategy discourse of 10 South African business executives

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Foster-Pedley ◽  
D. Bond ◽  
R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Business Executives ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Metaphor Use ◽  
Analytical Frameworks

This paper investigates the importance of metaphor in strategy in several ways. Firstly it considers the problematic nature of ‘strategy’ itself. Next, it outlines some views on how metaphor is used in strategy discourse, with particular emphasis on innovation, emergent processes and sense-making. It is then proposed that not only is metaphor useful in describing or making sense of strategy, but it is also central to ‘doing’ strategy - that strategy is, in important ways, metaphoric.This paper explores the proposition that research methods based on metaphor analysis can provide fundamental and useful insights into how business strategy is performed and understood. It also raises questions about the way strategy is taught. A description follows providing the results of research carried out on ten senior business executives in South Africa. A number of conclusions are derived from this research:(i) metaphor, which is useful in communicating ideas and meanings, appears to emerge as required to emphasize, construct new meaning and persuade rather than as a tool to support any particular dominant interest(ii) metaphor opens up paradoxical space(iii) metaphor is fundamental in articulating strategy(iv) speakers were generally not aware of their use of metaphor, in spite of a frequent richness of metaphor use(v) when the speakers were made aware of their use of metaphor, they were less able to engage in further discussion using metaphor and(vi) when ceasing to use metaphor, they seemed less able to engage in discussion and thought about strategy.Finally, some questions are raised from a more ‘critical’ perspective. The critical analysis in our paper tests a synthesis of the analytical frameworks of Lakoff and Johnson (1980) and Fairclough (1989;1992b) to see what can be 'surfaced’ through this type of metaphor analysis, and consider what implications there may be for management education.Ultimately, the heart of strategy may lie in the art of sense-making and creativity via discourse and conversation. Part of this spoken art lives in and by metaphor, which lightens and eases the paths to new understandings, new directions and to new configurations of individuals, firms and markets.

Making Sense of Child Sexual Exploitation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Hallett
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Child Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
The Social ◽  
Experienced Child ◽  
The Individual

This important book puts forward the rarely heard voices of children and young people who have experienced child sexual exploitation (CSE) and the professionals who have worked with them. CSE is now high on the social care agenda, but what is child sexual exploitation? How is it different from other forms of child sexual abuse? Hallett takes a critical perspective and argues that we need to use the exchange model - lost in the current focus on grooming - to answer these questions. She considers the problems that arise with conflating ‘child sexual exploitation’ with ‘grooming’ and the implications for the ways in which we respond to CSE and for the individual children and young people caught up in it. Central to the discussion are themes such as youth, childhood, care and power, making for an important sociological contribution to this under-researched field, whilst also providing new and valuable practice and policy relevant insights into this issue. The book challenges the dominant way of thinking about CSE and is essential reading for those working or training to work with children and young people.

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