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Vargas, Lucila, Ed. – 2002
This book compiles narratives by women professors of color who examine their classroom experiences in predominantly white U.S. campuses, focusing on the impact of their social positions upon their classroom practices and teaching-learning selves. The 19 papers are (1) "Introduction" (Lucila Vargas); (2) "Why Are We Still So Few and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), Elementary Secondary Education
White, Andrew; Lee, Jessica; Lee, Larry – 1999
This report examines the availability of health care, child care, and youth programs for Asian Americans in New York City. The Asian American community currently makes up 10 percent of the city population. Asian New Yorkers represent diverse cultures and languages but share certain underlying values and challenges. One commonality is their…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Asian Americans, At Risk Persons
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1998
This report is designed to monitor the goals and related indicators established in May of 1993 regarding the participation and success of people of color in college. A review of the indicators suggests an increase in commitment to diversity. Colleges continue to provide equitable access to Asian/Pacific Islander, African American and Native…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
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Chan, Sucheng – OAH Magazine of History, 1996
Reviews representative approaches, issues, and individual works concerning Asian American history from the 1870s to the present. Divides Asian American historiography into four overlapping periods and identifies a number of continuing themes including assimilation, immigration, and discrimination. Notes that most history was written by non-Asians…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Critical Reading, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships
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Omi, Michael – OAH Magazine of History, 1996
Persuasively argues for a broader and more complex approach to teaching Asian American history. Recommends going beyond issues of immigration, assimilation, and chronological representation to include questions of class, gender, and cultural interrelationships. Describes an undergraduate course that incorporates this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Images, Cultural Influences
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Kim, Bryan S. K.; Li, Lisa C.; Liang, T. H. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2002
Seventy-eight Asian American college students who were experiencing career uncertainty engaged in a counseling session with a European American female counselor who focused on either immediate resolution of the problem or insight attainment through exploration of the problem and who emphasized client expression of either cognition or emotion.…
Descriptors: Values, Ethnicity, Career Counseling, Asian Americans
Powers, Stephen; Price-Johnson, Connie – Online Submission, 2007
Background: The Waterford Early Math & Science (WEMS) program is a comprehensive educational software program designed to build math and science skills and concepts in grades K-2, alone or to supplement existing curricula. The program's capability to individualize lessons, assess and track student progress, and reteach lessons is aimed at…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Semons, Maryann – 1989
The articulation or suppression of ethnicity among high school students depends on the individual's estimation of the relevancy of ethnicity, an estimation linked to structural factors in society. Data for this ethnographic study were derived from extensive observations of students by a participant-observer at a multiethnic urban high school. The…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Cultural Awareness
Leigh, Wilhelmina A.; Lindquist, Malinda A. – 1997
This publication recognizes the importance of women's health, and more specifically, the role of culture, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, geographic location, and other social and economic factors in contributing to health status. After a section that highlights important issues, section 1, "Factors Affecting the Health of Women of…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, American Indians, Asian Americans
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Wong, K. Scott – OAH Magazine of History, 1996
Maintains that personal and family history assignments in an Asian American history course allow for an effective balance between scholarly inquiry and personal discovery. Describes the experiences and reactions of several undergraduate classes that used this approach. Discusses the benefits and problems inherent in studying oral histories and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Autobiographies, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships
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Brand, Brenda R.; Glasson, George E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to explore the development of belief systems as related to racial and ethnic identities of preservice teachers as they crossed cultural borders into science teaching. Data were collected throughout a yearlong teacher preparation program to learn how early life experiences and racial and ethnic identities…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Beliefs, Preservice Teachers, Ethnography
Portes, Alejandro, Ed. – 1996
This book compiles findings on the children of recent immigrants to the United States. The dearth of accessible census data and the tendency for school records and scholarly surveys to compress second-generation youth into a classificatory scheme that obliterates their history have obscured a major phenomenon in U.S. society--a rapidly growing…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Asian Americans
St. Peters, Michelle; And Others – 1991
This study examined television viewing patterns among 89 children of 2 and 4 years of age and their families. The purpose was to describe television and VCR viewing patterns among young children as a function of family characteristics and media options in the home. Information about family structure, income, media availability, child care…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cable Television
Kim, Younjee – Texas Child Care, 1995
Explores the barriers that physical appearance and cultural differences pose for children of Asian descent. Explores ways to facilitate second-language learning and provides information on classroom behaviors characteristic of Asian cultures and common surnames from various Asian countries. (HTH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Childhood Needs, Cultural Awareness
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DeRosier, Melissa E. – Journal of School Violence, 2004
Since September 11, 2001, ethnic tensions involving persons of Middle Eastern descent have increased in the United States. This study examined the peer relationships of 748 fifth-grade students of different ethnic groups both at one month and eight months post-9-11. Results indicated that only Middle Eastern children showed a large drop in…
Descriptors: Bullying, Ethnic Groups, Peer Relationship, Social Environment
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