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

• Published in: Teaching and teacher education Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 277 - 289
• Main Author: Eisikovits, Rivka A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...