Case Study Adoption Of The American Creed

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His case study revealed five findings about this new generation of Latino students. Curwen’s research finds that although the classroom curriculum was set up in a way that would be positively stimulating to the students Latino experience,there were inconsistencies with the actual students engagement. In one of the findings of the “Adoption of the American Creed”, the students did not respond with the same commitment to the material and discussion that was expected. In fact, the author goes on to note that they have adopted new values that correspond to a better knowledge of American culture and the value found in technology for example(2009). Secondly, he found that the fifth graders struggled to relate back to the “discrimination and poverty”(2009)

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