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100			_aBrezicha, Kristina F.
245			_aCan't Be What You Can't See; The Role of Citizen Role Models in Immigrant Students' Political development.
520			_aPurpose: As the population of immigrant-origin youth continues to increase in the school systems of the United States and Canada, this study examined the relationship between immigrant youths' feelings of belonging and their developing understanding of citizenship. Research Methods/Approach: Adopting an ecological framework, this qualitative, comparative case study explores immigrant students' experiences in two new immigrant destination school districts in Pennsylvania and Manitoba. Findings: Both districts had experienced rapid growth in immigrant students, which raised questions of belonging at both the community and individual levels. Students' feelings of belonging shaped their understanding of citizenship by influencing who they identified as their citizen role models. These citizen role models cultivated the students' feelings of belonging and their political development. Implications: The article concludes by proposing an ecological framework for understanding students' political development. It includes impli-cations for both educators and policy makers.
650			_aimmigrant-origin words
650			_aimmigrant students
650			_acitizenship
650			_arole modes
655			_aJARTICLE
773	0		_7nnam _tAmerican Journal of Education _dChicago, IL The University of Chicago Pres 2024 _x0195-6744 _gVol. 130 No. 4 _q485-517
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