Coping with high-achieving transnationalist immigrant students: The experience of Israeli teachers

Little attention has been paid to teacher attitudes toward high-achieving culturally diverse student groups. This in-depth study focuses on the experience of Israeli teachers who tell the story of a decade and a half of educational work with their highly motivated, academically successful immigrant...

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Published inTeaching and teacher education Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 277 - 289
Main Author Eisikovits, Rivka A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2008
Elsevier
Subjects
Attitudes
Characteristics of Russian immigrant students
Coping with excellence among transnationalist immigrant students
Cultural Differences
Effect of subject matter and seniority on teacher attitudes
Gifted students
Global Approach
High Achievement
Immigrants
Israel
Soviet Union
Student Diversity
Student Motivation
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher-Student relationships
Teachers
Teaching Experience
Israel
Characteristics of Russian immigrant students
Coping with excellence among transnationalist immigrant students
Effect of subject matter and seniority on teacher attitudes
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Summary:Little attention has been paid to teacher attitudes toward high-achieving culturally diverse student groups. This in-depth study focuses on the experience of Israeli teachers who tell the story of a decade and a half of educational work with their highly motivated, academically successful immigrant students from the Former Soviet Union. The paper explores the differential effect of subject matter and seniority on teachers’ experience. It analyzes communication patterns between teachers and their high-achieving transnationalist immigrant students according to these parameters. Implications for the educational treatment of academic excellence among immigrant students in a globalized context are considered.
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ISSN:0742-051X
1879-2480
DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2007.06.006