The Asian American Educational Experience: A Sourcebook for Teachers and StudentsDonald Nakanishi, Tina Yamano The contributions to The Asian American Educationalexperience examine the most significant issues and concerns in the education of Asian Americans. Contributors, all leading experts in their fields, provide theoretical discussions, practical insights and recommendations, historical perspectives and an analytical context for the many issues crucial to the education of this diverse population--controversies in higher education over alleged admissions quotas, stereotypes of Asian American students as "whiz kids", Asian Americans as the "model minority", bilingual education, education of refugee and immigrant populations, educational quality and equity. Special emphasis is given to both the historic debates which have shaped the field, and the concerns and challenges facing educators of Asian American students at both the K-12 and university level. |
Contents
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The Case | 30 |
Chinese American Contributions to the Educational | 42 |
History of a Struggle for Equal | 58 |
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND THE MODEL MINORITY | 93 |
Education Occupational Prestige and Income | 146 |
A Diverse Population | 167 |
Language and Identity in the Education of BostonArea Khmer | 198 |
A Quota on Excellence? The Asian American | 273 |
Discrimination | 285 |
Predictors of Academic Achievement Among Asian | 302 |
The Role | 322 |
On the Ethnic Studies Requirement | 329 |
One Astounding Lesson | 339 |
Political and Legal Dimensions | 358 |
Selected Annotated Bibliography on AsianPacific | 373 |
The Education of White Chinese Filipino | 221 |
Barriers to Higher Education for AsianPacificAmerican Females | 235 |
Trends and Issues | 259 |
Notes on Contributors | 391 |
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