Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among WorldsIntercultural Press, 2001 - 333 Seiten In this publication, the authors explore the experiences of those who have become known as third culture kids (TCKs) - children who grow up or spend a significant part of their childhood living abroad. The book is rich with real-life anecdotes and examines the nature of the TCK kid experience and its effects on maturing, developing a sense of identity, and adjusting to one's passport country upon return. The authors give readers an understanding of the challenges and benefits of the TCK life and provide practical suggestions and advice on maximizing those benefits. |
Inhalt
Where Is Home? Erikas Story | 5 |
Who Are Third Culture Kids? | 19 |
Why a CrossCultural Childhood Matters | 37 |
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Third Culture Kids 3rd Edition: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds Ruth E. Van Reken,David C. Pollock,Michael V. Pollock Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2010 |
Third Culture Kids 3rd Edition: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds Ruth E. Van Reken,David C. Pollock,Michael V. Pollock Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2010 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adults agency American asked basic become begin behavior benefits boarding school challenges child childhood choice comfort cross-cultural curriculum Dave Dave Pollock deal delayed adolescence Ecuador educational ence Erika expatriate feel felt friends global nomads grew grieving grow happen help TCKs hidden immigrant hidden losses high mobility home country home culture host identity international school issues language leave lifestyle lives look Mary Edwards Wertsch matter mentor military Military Brats Missionary Kids move never normal overseas pain parents past peers person Pico Iyer Pollock Putnam Valley question realize reentry Reken relationships Ruth Ruth Hill Useem sense separation Singapore situation someone Sometimes sponsoring stage story stress talk TCK experience TCK's TCKS and ATCKS things third culture families third culture kids tion transition tural understand unresolved grief Useem wonder
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