Episode 41: Educating Refugee and Immigrant Youth with Mandy Stewart

In episode 41, Dan and Michael interview Mandy Stewart of Texas Woman’s University on educating refugee and immigrant youth.

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Books, articles, lessons, and other amazing resources

  1. You can learn more about Lau v. Nichols (1974) on Oyey.org.
  2. Stewart, M. A., & Walker, K. (2016). English as a Second Language and World War II: Possibilities for Language and Historical Learning. TESOL Journal.
  3. Stewart, M. A., & Hansen-Thomas, H. (2016). Sanctioning a Space for Translanguaging in the Secondary English Classroom: A Case of a Transnational Youth. Research in the Teaching of English, 50(4), 450.
  4. Stewart, M. A. (2016). Nurturing Caring Relationships through Five Simple Rules. English Journal, 105(3), 22-28.
  5. Stewart, M. A. (2015). My Journey of Hope and Peace. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 59(2), 149-159.
  6. Stewart, M. A. (2013). Giving voice to Valeria’s story: Support, value, and agency for immigrant adolescents. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 57(1), 42-50.
  7. Menken, K. (2013). Emergent bilingual students in secondary school: Along the academic language and literacy continuum. Language Teaching, 46(04), 438-476.
  8. This site out of Colorado has resources on special populations, including “newcomer students,” “students with interrupted formal education,” “unaccompanied children & youth, ” “refugee students,” “migrant farmworker students & families,” “internationally adopted students,”and “long-term ELLs”: http://www.colorincolorado.org/ell-basics/special-populations
  9. In 2017, Teaching Tolerance released  “Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff”: http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-55-spring-2017/feature/immigrant-and-refugee-children-guide-educators-and-school-su

Contact 

Dr. Mandy Stewart has taught with elementary and middle school English learners in addition to teaching adult English as a Second Language and Spanish classes. Her research interests include leveraging the out-of-school literacies of adolescent English learners to promote academic success.  She is also interested in multilingual and multicultural literature that honors students’ cultural and language backgrounds.  You may read more about Dr. Stewart’s professional work on her website, tweet her @DrMandyStewart, or check out research on Google Scholar .

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