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Getnet Bitew

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ID107384
NAMEGetnet Bitew
GIVEN NAMESGetnet
FAMILY NAMEBitew
SIGNATUREBITEW G
AFFILIATIONSUmeå University
ORCID0000-0001-5072-4726
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX1
  • African immigrants' experiences in American schools

    Getnet Bitew•ARTICLE•Ethnic and Racial Studies•2018•Cited by: 1

    Mthethwa-Sommers and Harushimana introduce their book with a major pushing factor, conflict, and pulling factor, searching for a better job, that forces African-born students to migrate to the Unit

  • Curricular and pedagogical practices and Ethiopian immigrant students

    Getnet Bitew, Peter Ferguson•ARTICLE•Research Papers in Education•2012•References: 10

    This paper explores cultural inclusion – the extent to which schools accommodate the needs and experiences of minority cultural groups to make the schools equally welcoming – and optimal learning places for all children, specifically through the curricular and pedagogical practices which contributed to the secondary school experiences of Ethiopian‐Australian students in Melbourne, Australia. The study utilised a qualitative methodology, using int…

  • The Ethiopian Adolescent and the Effect of Cultural Difference on Immigrant Students' Learning

    Getnet Bitew, Peter Ferguson•ARTICLE•Diaspora Indigenous and Minority…•2011•References: 3

    This article investigates the effect of cultural difference on the secondary school induction and learning of Ethiopian–Australian immigrant students living in Melbourne, Australia. A qualitative methodology was employed using interviews as data-collection instruments. Secondary school students, their teachers, and parents acted as participants in the study. The immigrant students' school life was examined through the interaction and influence of…

  • Parental Support for African Immigrant Students' Schooling in Australia

    Getnet Bitew, Peter Ferguson•ARTICLE•Journal of Comparative Family…•2010

    This article reports upon the involvement of Ethiopian-Australian parents in the education of their children attending secondary schools in Melbourne, Australia. It investigates the parents' efforts in providing academic support to their children. The study utilized a qualitative methodology, using interviews as a major data collection tool, and employed secondary school students, their teachers and parents as informants for the study. After the …

  • Using "plasma TV" broadcasts in Ethiopian secondary schools

    Open Access•Getnet Bitew, Getnet Demissie Bitew•ARTICLE•Australasian Journal of…•2008

    The objective for this study is to investigate the contribution of the "plasma" mode of instruction to the school experiences of students in Government secondary schools in Ethiopia, as viewed by students, their parents and teachers, and by comparing it with experiences in Catholic secondary schools, which did not use "plasma". Interviews, observations and document analyses were used as data collection instruments. It was observed that Government…

  • African immigrants' experiences in American schools

    Getnet Bitew•ARTICLE•Ethnic and Racial Studies•2018•Cited by: 1

    Mthethwa-Sommers and Harushimana introduce their book with a major pushing factor, conflict, and pulling factor, searching for a better job, that forces African-born students to migrate to the Unit

  • Using "plasma TV" broadcasts in Ethiopian secondary schools

    Open Access•Getnet Bitew, Getnet Demissie Bitew•ARTICLE•Australasian Journal of…•2008

    The objective for this study is to investigate the contribution of the "plasma" mode of instruction to the school experiences of students in Government secondary schools in Ethiopia, as viewed by students, their parents and teachers, and by comparing it with experiences in Catholic secondary schools, which did not use "plasma". Interviews, observations and document analyses were used as data collection instruments. It was observed that Government…

  • Parental Support for African Immigrant Students' Schooling in Australia

    Getnet Bitew, Peter Ferguson•ARTICLE•Journal of Comparative Family…•2010

    This article reports upon the involvement of Ethiopian-Australian parents in the education of their children attending secondary schools in Melbourne, Australia. It investigates the parents' efforts in providing academic support to their children. The study utilized a qualitative methodology, using interviews as a major data collection tool, and employed secondary school students, their teachers and parents as informants for the study. After the …

  • The Ethiopian Adolescent and the Effect of Cultural Difference on Immigrant Students' Learning

    Getnet Bitew, Peter Ferguson•ARTICLE•Diaspora Indigenous and Minority…•2011•References: 3

    This article investigates the effect of cultural difference on the secondary school induction and learning of Ethiopian–Australian immigrant students living in Melbourne, Australia. A qualitative methodology was employed using interviews as data-collection instruments. Secondary school students, their teachers, and parents acted as participants in the study. The immigrant students' school life was examined through the interaction and influence of…

  • Curricular and pedagogical practices and Ethiopian immigrant students

    Getnet Bitew, Peter Ferguson•ARTICLE•Research Papers in Education•2012•References: 10

    This paper explores cultural inclusion – the extent to which schools accommodate the needs and experiences of minority cultural groups to make the schools equally welcoming – and optimal learning places for all children, specifically through the curricular and pedagogical practices which contributed to the secondary school experiences of Ethiopian‐Australian students in Melbourne, Australia. The study utilised a qualitative methodology, using int…

  • African immigrants' experiences in American schools

    Getnet Bitew•ARTICLE•Ethnic and Racial Studies•2018•Cited by: 1

    Mthethwa-Sommers and Harushimana introduce their book with a major pushing factor, conflict, and pulling factor, searching for a better job, that forces African-born students to migrate to the Unit

Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Data collection (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works)

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