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Peer reviewedSkilton-Sylvester, Ellen – Adult Education Quarterly, 2002
An ethnographic study of four Cambodian women learning English as a second language showed how their participation was connected to their identities as spouses, mothers, sisters, daughters, and workers. The research extends Norton Peirce's theory by highlighting the role that cultural identity plays in investment in learning. (Contains 31…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cambodians, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedSmith-Hefner, Nancy J. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Explores in-group variation in minority educational achievement by studying why a disproportionately high number of young Khmer women drop out of school in the United States. An ethnographic study (over 125 interviews) in metropolitan Boston (Massachusetts) demonstrates the importance of understanding cultural and social-historical influences on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Age Differences, Asian Americans
