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Levy, Sara A. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
Using a multiple case study design, I examine how public high school students (n = 17) make sense of narratives about defining events with which they have specific heritage connections. Focusing on 3 groups of students (Hmong, Chinese, and Jewish) studying 3 heritage events (respectively, the Vietnam War, Modern China, and the Holocaust), this…
Descriptors: High School Students, Case Studies, Cultural Background, Asian History
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Liu, Ping – International Education, 2008
At the elementary school level, two studies (Eicher, Piersma, & Wood, 1975; Liu 2004) were conducted to investigate school children's knowledge, perceptions, and understanding about China. Findings from these studies implied that the U.S. children's knowledge of China was predominantly related to their exposure to Chinatown or Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Asian American Students
Shaw, Thomas; And Others – 1994
Excerpts from interviews with 30 Asian high school students concerning their acculturation to the American classroom are presented and discussed. The students had been in the United States for no more than 2 years, and were here for a variety of reasons, including extended visits with relatives to temporary appointments of their parents to U.S.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment