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Chiang, Linda H. – 2000
This study examined the unique learning styles of Asian-American students, noting different Asian immigrants' backgrounds and relating Asian cultures to children's learning. Data came from a literature review; interviews with 19 families from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan who had a total of 33 children ages 6-21 years; and home and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Newsweek, 1984
Reviews achievements of Asian Americans in higher education, the importance of family in the drive to succeed, attitudes toward education, Asian American predominance in technical fields, and some stereotypes about Asian Americans. Also discusses comparative studies of Asian and American newborns and Asian and American childrearing. (CMG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Asian Americans, Career Choice
Takaki, Ronald – 1993
The history of the United States is recounted from the viewpoint of the many peoples previously left out of the historical canon. The traditional Eurocentric viewpoint is turned inside out, beginning with the arrival of English strangers as seen by Native Americans. Also examined are the perspectives of African Americans, the Irish, Asians who…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences