The Asian American Educational Experience

The Asian American Educational Experience
Author: Donald Nakanishi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136652388

The contributions to The Asian American Educational experience 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.

Myth Or Reality?

Myth Or Reality?
Author: Henry T. Trueba
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136363394

Presents the reality of Asian successes and problems and challenges faced by immigrants in the USA. Case studies and episodes are presented and the book shows data that calibrates the differential success of various Asian populations and the need to assist those who are less successful.

Myth Or Reality

Myth Or Reality
Author: Enrique T. Trueba
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1993
Genre: Asian Americans
ISBN: 9780750700733

Presents the reality of Asian successes and problems and challenges faced by immigrants in the USA. Case studies and episodes are presented and the book shows data that calibrates the differential success of various Asian populations and the need to assist those who are less successful.

Immigrant America

Immigrant America
Author: Prof. Alejandro Portes
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2014-08-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520959159

This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the acculturation and social integration of foreign minorities; and the adaptation process for the second generation. This revised edition includes new chapters on theories of migration and on the history of U.S.-bound migration from the late nineteenth century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy.

Asian Americans

Asian Americans
Author: Laura Uba
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2003-04-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781572309128

This widely adopted text synthesizes an extensive body of research on Asian American personality development, identity, and mental health. Uba focuses on how ethnocultural factors interact with minority group status to shape the experiences of members of diverse Asian American groups. Cultural values and norms shared by many Asian Americans are examined and common sources of stress described, including racial discrimination and immigrant and refugee experiences. Rates of mental health problems in Asian American communities are reviewed, as are predictors and manifestations of specific disorders. The volume also explores patterns in usage of available mental health services and considers ways that service delivery models might be adapted to better meet the needs of Asian American clients.

The New Immigration

The New Immigration
Author: CAROLA SUAREZ-OROZCO
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136077065

At the turn of the millennium, the United States has the largest number of immigrants in its history. As a consequence, immigration has emerged once again as a subject of scholarly inquiry and policy debate. This volume brings together the dominant conceptual and theoretical work on the "New Immigration" from such disparate disciplines as anthropology, demography, psychology, and sociology. Immigration today is a global and transnational phenomenon that affects every region of the world with unprecedented force. Although this volume is devoted to scholarly work on the new immigration in the U.S. setting, any of the broader conceptual issues covered here also apply to other post-industrial countries such as France, Germany, and Japan.

Encyclopedia of Sociology

Encyclopedia of Sociology
Author: Edgar F. Borgatta
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
Total Pages: 776
Release: 2000
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780028648538

Online version of the 5 v. encyclopedia published in 2000.