Asian and Pacific Americans: An Educational Challenge. Working Papers on Meeting the Education Needs of Cultural Minorities.

Autor/inn/en	Vongthieres, Siri; Egan, Lawrence A.
Institution	Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO.
Titel	Asian and Pacific Americans: An Educational Challenge. Working Papers on Meeting the Education Needs of Cultural Minorities.
Quelle	(1980), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Acculturation; Asian Americans; Bilingual Education; Communicative Competence (Languages); Cultural Differences; Educational Environment; Educational Needs; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; English Instruction; English (Second Language); Family Environment; Hawaiians; Immersion Programs; Immigrants; Peer Teaching; Poverty; Self Concept + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Kultureller Unterschied; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Familienmilieu; Hawaianer; Immersionsprogramm; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Armut; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	This report includes (1) a paper that was written by Siri Vongthieres and Lawrence Egan regarding the educational needs of both native born and recently arrived Asian Americans, and (2) a review of that paper by Masako Ledward, LaVerne Moore, and Emiko I. Kudo. Issues discussed concerning American born Asian students include: (1) English language proficiency; (2) self concept problems as an expression of cultural conflict; (3) cultural conflict and the home environment; (4) poverty; and (5) school climate. For recent immigrants topics covered are: (1) language barriers; (2) family structures; (3) school climate; (4) parent involvement; (5) poverty; and (6) mobility and settlement patterns. The use of bilingual immersion, peer tutoring and English as a Second Language programs to meet Asian students' educational needs is reviewed with attention paid to evaluation difficulties, personnel shortages, program costs, and pertinent laws. (APM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC