Globeville: the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans
Abstract Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model is a theory of educational psychology that studies human development over time. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s early theory on ecological systems, this paper focuses on the Mesosystem and Exosystem – environments in which Bilingual First Language Acquisitio...
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| description | Abstract Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model is a theory of educational psychology that studies human development over time. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s early theory on ecological systems, this paper focuses on the Mesosystem and Exosystem – environments in which Bilingual First Language Acquisition (BFLA) Spanish-English Mexican American children develop. It can also be regarded as a research on the immigrant community, as this paper looks at BFLA Spanish-English Mexican American bilinguals at an elementary school in Denver Public Schools (DPS), Colorado. As a marginalized immigrant community in America, their voices tell a story of their struggles, as they acculturate in America through their attempt to blend heritage, societal languages, and cultural practices. Globeville, a neighborhood located in North Denver, is home to many BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans. It shapes their growth, repositioning, and struggles as they learn to assimilate and acculturate in order to be accepted. Using historiography as a methodology, Globeville became the data itself, presenting a different kind of learning environment that promotes growth despite the odds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-decb98f9638f4a95a5b82248ca0887132022-12-22T03:50:23ZengSpringerOpenInternational Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology2366-10032020-04-014112110.1186/s41257-020-00029-yGlobeville: the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for BFLA Spanish-English Mexican AmericansIrdawati Bay Nalls0Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological UniversityAbstract Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model is a theory of educational psychology that studies human development over time. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s early theory on ecological systems, this paper focuses on the Mesosystem and Exosystem – environments in which Bilingual First Language Acquisition (BFLA) Spanish-English Mexican American children develop. It can also be regarded as a research on the immigrant community, as this paper looks at BFLA Spanish-English Mexican American bilinguals at an elementary school in Denver Public Schools (DPS), Colorado. As a marginalized immigrant community in America, their voices tell a story of their struggles, as they acculturate in America through their attempt to blend heritage, societal languages, and cultural practices. Globeville, a neighborhood located in North Denver, is home to many BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans. It shapes their growth, repositioning, and struggles as they learn to assimilate and acculturate in order to be accepted. Using historiography as a methodology, Globeville became the data itself, presenting a different kind of learning environment that promotes growth despite the odds.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41257-020-00029-yGlobevilleMexican-American immigrantsEcology of human developmentIdentityRepositioning |
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| title | Globeville: the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans |
| title_full | Globeville: the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans |
| title_fullStr | Globeville: the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Globeville: the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans |
| title_short | Globeville: the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for BFLA Spanish-English Mexican Americans |
| title_sort | globeville the neighborhood that shapes the learning environment for bfla spanish english mexican americans |
| topic | Globeville Mexican-American immigrants Ecology of human development Identity Repositioning |
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