An Invisible Crisis. The Educational Needs of Asian Pacific American Youth.

Autor/in	Olsen, Laurie
Institution	Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, New York, NY.
Titel	An Invisible Crisis. The Educational Needs of Asian Pacific American Youth.
Quelle	(1997), (53 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Asian Americans; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Differences; Curriculum Development; Disadvantaged Youth; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethnic Groups; Immigrants; Language Minorities; Multicultural Education; Pacific Americans; Poverty; Racial Discrimination; Refugees + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kultureller Unterschied; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Ethnie; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sprachminderheit; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Armut; Racial bias; Rassismus; Flüchtling
Abstract	An urgent educational crisis threatens the futures of a growing number of Asian Pacific American students, both immigrant and American-born. This crisis is largely invisible to most Americans, even to many in the teaching profession, because many see all Asian Pacific American students as members of a model minority destined to excel. This image is a destructive myth for the many Asian Pacific American children the schools are failing. The number of Asian Pacific American students is large and growing rapidly, and the context for educating these students effectively is changing. While immigrants who came to this country after 1965 were well-educated and well-off, more recent groups of Asian Pacific Americans are poor and poorly educated. The schools' task is complicated by historic problems of poverty and racial discrimination. Language and literacy issues are foremost in the problems of these students. In addition, most schools do not have curricula appropriate to educate multilingual and multicultural student populations. Support for families and youth development is inadequate. Community groups and foundations can offer much-needed support to school's efforts to help this underserved population. Recommendations for foundation help to Asian Pacific American students center on: (1) community/school/family partnerships; (2) institutional change and accountability; (3) curriculum development; (4) language development research and programs; and (5) teacher recruitment and training. Appendixes lists 19 resource organizations for program information and 13 other resource organizations. (Contains 4 tables, 2 graphs, and 61 references.) (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC