Understanding the Social Worlds of Immigrant Youth: New Directions for Youth Development, Number 100 (Paperback)

Editor-in-Chief’s Notes (Gil G. Noam).

Issue Editors’ Notes (Carola Suárez-Orozco, Irina L. G. Todorova).

Executive Summary.

1. The social worlds of immigrant youth (Carola Suárez-Orozco, Irina L. G. Todorova)
Through a detailed case study, this chapter illustrates the multiple social influences that support and challenge immigrant youth in the United States and introduces the themes of many of the following contributions.

2. Responsibilities of children in Latino immigrant homes (Marjorie Faulstich Orellana)
Children in a Mexican immigrant community provide essential help to their families, including translating, interpreting, and providing sibling care. These daily life activities shape possibilities for learning and

development.

3. Surfing the “model minority” wave of success: How the school context shapes distinct experiences among Vietnamese youth (Gilberto Q. Conchas, Cristina C. Pérez)
The authors examine the role of two distinct school contexts within the same school that shape the academic outcomes of Vietnamese students as they contend with the pressures of being considered members of the “model minority.”

4. Ethnic language schools and the development of supplementary education in the immigrant Chinese community in the United States (Min Zhou, Xi-Yuan Li)
This chapter examines ethnic language schools and the system of supplementary education in the immigrant Chinese community in the United States by considering how ethnic community organizations contribute to educational achievement.

5. “He is everything”: Religion’s role in the lives of immigrant youth (Nora E. Thompson, Andrea G. Gurney)
The authors explore the role of religion in the lives of immigrant youth who described the significance that religion holds for them. Their responses point to the potential protective role of religion for some immigrant groups.

6. Gendered expectations and gendered experiences: Immigrant students’ adaptation in schools (Desirée Baolian Qin-Hilliard)
This chapter discusses the role of gender in immigrant students’ educational adaptation and finds that immigrant girls are more likely than boys to be protected from risk factors by a supportive network and by their ethnic identification.

7. Media in the lives of immigrant youth (Josephine Louie)
This chapter examines media use patterns among immigrant teens, and similarities and differences in media ownership levels, use patterns, and content preferences between immigrant teens and the U.S. teen population as a whole.

Index.