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Ikeda, Maiko; Inaba, Jennifer Saeko; Ikeda, Ayako Christina; Kihara, Miki – Communique, 2011
On Friday, March 11, 2011, one of the worst disasters in the world hit the country of Japan. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, forever changing the lives of the people and the state of the country. Not only were lives lost and homes destroyed, the tsunami that followed caused numerous nuclear accidents around the Fukushima…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health, Foreign Countries
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Goto, Courtney T. – Religious Education, 2008
With high rates of out-marriage and dwindling need for bilingual worship, Japanese-American churches face a critical question: "Why retain the Japanese part of our identity?" This article explores how one layperson (Naomi Takahashi Goto) draws from her experience as an artist, teacher, and mother to help her congregation answer this question.…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Play, Japanese Americans, Religious Education
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Cowhey, Mary – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
Human nature draws people to conflict. They become curious about the overheard argument at the next table in a restaurant, or a conflict between parent and child in the supermarket. Too often textbooks and other teacher-proof curriculum for young children provide a pat and happy presentation, devoid of conflict. Not surprisingly, these materials…
Descriptors: Conflict, Religious Factors, Grade 2, Teaching Methods
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Camicia, Steven P. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 2009
This article examines a case of curriculum conflict in order to understand how the social studies curriculum is changed by such conflicts. In the case, a small group of activists challenged a local sixth grade history curriculum, which claimed that the WWII internment of Japanese Americans was a mistake. Activists claimed that the internment was…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Grade 6, Conflict, Social Studies
Monaghan, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
When Midori Funatake came here to the University of Oregon in 1940, she never suspected that she would not get her degree until Sunday, April 6, 2008. Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, during her second year. Fellow students and campus officials expressed sympathy to her, she says, but "the newspapers said anybody of…
Descriptors: Japanese Americans, Ceremonies, Academic Degrees, State Universities
Minami, Masahiko – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The topic of bilingualism has aroused considerable interest in research on language acquisition in recent decades. Researchers in various fields, such as developmental psychology and psycholinguistics, have investigated bilingual populations from different perspectives in order to understand better how bilingualism affects cognitive abilities like…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Metalinguistics, Developmental Psychology, Language Acquisition
Liu, Yi-chen – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Published research suggests that literature should transmit ethnic and societal values as well as reassure one's own confidence and self-respect. This study provides a model for examining Asian-American children's and adolescent literature critically from the perspective of identity issues. It examines fifteen award-winning Asian-American…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Self Concept, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans
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Misawa, Mitsunori – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2009
The purpose of this article is to describe how homophobic bullying and bullying based on racism intersect in graduate school through the personal narrative of a gay Japanese male graduate student. First, I will provide a critical incident that demonstrates when, where, and how bullying based on homophobia and racism occurred in a specific graduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Bullying, Homosexuality, Educational Environment
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Westcott, Patrick; Viator, Martha Graham – Social Education, 2008
The history of the United States includes myriad examples of courage and selflessness as well as instances of prejudice and discrimination. Many students believe that prejudice and discrimination are limited to individuals and do not realize that these can form part of government or national policy. In this article, the authors highlight the…
Descriptors: War, World History, Japanese Americans, United States History
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Wegner, Eldon L.; Garcia-Santiago, Orlando; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Hishinuma, Earl S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine whether school experiences, school performance, and other risk-protective factors were related to violence among Hawaiian, Filipino, and Samoan youths residing in Hawai'i. This study analyzed survey data (N = 325) collected in three high schools having concentrations of Filipino, Hawaiian, and Samoan…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Grade Point Average, School Attitudes
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Henkin, William A. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1985
Stresses the importance for counselors of understanding the Japanese American subculture's history and attributes. Reviews problems in perceiving the Japanese across cultures and in America and offers some solutions for counselors to aid them in their dealings with Japanese American clients. (BH)
Descriptors: Counseling, Japanese American Culture, Japanese Americans
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Daly, William C. – Education, 2005
The writer tries to cover offshoots of history emphasizing human and sociological aspects sometimes not always realized by students or readers of history.
Descriptors: Japanese American Culture, Japanese Americans, Exceptional Child Research
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Yoshida, Hiromi – Educational Perspectives, 2007
This article examines how "Nisei," the second generation of Japanese immigrants, in Hilo on the island of Hawai'i have maintained their Japanese cultural and linguistic skills. In this article, the author first provides a history of these Japanese immigrant communities in Hilo. This article describes the author's research findings. The…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Cultural Maintenance, Japanese Americans, Immigrants
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Wenger, Gina L. – Art Education, 2007
Recent writings on visual culture and art education emphasize contemporary artists, artworks, and objects from everyday life as an avenue for exploring the images school-aged students confront. The use of contemporary images is a vital and significant curricular need. However, the relevance of historical artworks can offer avenues for analyzing…
Descriptors: Art Education, Photography, Visual Aids, United States History
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Okamura, Raymond – Asian American Review, 1976
Review books on the Japanese American experience in concentration camps. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Book Reviews, History, Japanese American Culture
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