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Taini, Reno – Zip Lines: The Voice for Adventure Education, 1997
Relates a teacher's 1989 experiences at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center, using ropes courses as part of the Bon Tot volunteer program to prepare young Amerasian refugees for life in the United States. Describes the funding of basic needs, the camp site, personnel, and activities. Explains processing of activities and debriefings in terms…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adventure Education, Asian Americans, Cross Cultural Training
Ronk, Donald E. – 1990
A study compared demographic and test data on the Vietnamese mothers or primary caregivers of Amerasian offspring (hereafter, Amerasian mothers) with those of non-Amerasian peers at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center. Eight hypotheses concerning the educational level, illiteracy rate, English language skills, husband's education, and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Demography
Walsh, Robert E. – 1981
Basic information that teachers of English as a second language should know about Indochinese refugees, including the identification of different ethnic or regional groups and characteristics of four Indochinese languages, is presented. Indochinese refugees come from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The five major groups of people are unrelated…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alphabets, Cambodian, Cambodians
Robbins, Kristin – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2004
In this article the author explores how the specific gender dynamics among newly arrived Vietnamese children influence classroom behavior in unanticipated ways. By focusing on specific ethnic experiences and data, analyzing similarities and differences, and offering other major findings on gender and power dynamics, she adds to the literature on…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Power Structure, Vietnamese People, Equal Education
Phillips, John; Cribbs, Diane – Passage, 1985
In an effort to address both the interests of Khmer and Vietnamese refugee students and the experiences of refugees making the adjustment to life in the United States, the Galang Refugee Processing Center developed a social language unit to add to the curriculum. The unit is designed to teach students socially appropriate ways to make and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Adults, Cambodians
Morgan, Scott M., Ed.; Colsen, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1987
This volume of essays on migration was written primarily by graduate students in the social sciences. The authors, natives of six different countries, discuss population displacement by emphasizing these four themes: (1) the alienation of refugees; (2) the interplay between hosts and newcomers; (3) the consequences of the growth of agencies that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Coping
Caplan, Nathan; And Others – 1985
This study on the economic self-sufficiency of the Southeast Asian refugee household was conducted in order to gather information on the economic status of these refugees, the factors that contribute to self-sufficiency, and refugees' needs for services. A survey of 1,384 households of Vietnamese, Sino-Vietnamese, and Lao refugees who arrived in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Economic Opportunities, Economic Status, Employment Services
Smither, Robert; Rodriquez-Giegling, Marta – 1980
This study predicts willingness of refugees to acculturate to North American society based on selected demographic and psychological variables. The hypothesis is that most previous research on refugee adaptation has overemphasized sociological variables such as age, time in the country, and level of education and underemphasized psychological…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups

Wolfram, Walt; And Others – World Englishes, 1986
Although studies of Vietnamese refugees indicated that their language values and attitudes encouraged the use and maintenance of Vietnamese as well as the development of English proficiency, a study of adolescent Vietnamese suggested that "Vietnamese English" is an emerging dialect featuring modifications of English structures.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes

Tokuyama, M. Yukie – Educational Record, 1989
The dramatic shift in immigration patterns is discussed. By the end of the 1980s Asian refugees will account for 75.2 percent and Southeast Asians will total 60 percent of immigrants. The new Asians are too often excluded from special programs and scholarships and forced to compete with native-born Asians. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian Americans, Cambodians, College Admission
Zhou, Min; Bankston, Carl L., III – 1998
This book tells the story of America's single largest group of refugee children, the children of Vietnamese refugees, as they have experienced growing up in the United States. Although a significant minority of these children lags behind, for the most part Vietnamese children's school success suggests that ethnic progress depends on more than the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Background
Webster, Marian; Belmont, Susan – Passage, 1986
Immigrants leaving Vietnam through the Orderly Departure Program in Bangkok, Thailand, experience stress and difficulties very different from those endured by refugees fleeing by land or boat. The cultural orientation program addresses their needs to assimilate their loss, gain equilibrium, and get resettlement guidance and information. These…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Coping, Cultural Awareness, Culture Conflict

Phan, Loan T.; Rivera, Edil Torres; Roberts-Wilbur, Janice – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2005
This article discusses the Vietnamese refugee women's identity development. As the U.S. population diversifies, it behooves all professional counselors to increase their knowledge and understanding of multicultural populations. One population that has received little attention has been Vietnamese refugee women. The authors discuss Women's Identity…
Descriptors: Females, Caseworker Approach, Asian Americans, Vietnamese People
Blakely, Mary, Ed. – 1984
Three topics were dealt with during this panel discussion on how Hmong, Khmer, Laotian, and Vietnamese refugees see the American school system: (1) the general issues of acculturation and assimilation; (2) conflicts between school and home expectations; and (3) the use of students and other nonprofessionals as interpreters and translators in…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Bempechat, Janine; Omori, Miya C. – 1990
Teachers must be sensitive to the diverse cultures and the sometimes difficult personal experiences of Southeast Asian immigrant students. Varied conditions of arrival have a significant impact on their adaption to life in the United States. Earlier Vietnamese immigrants were more educated and Westernized compared to later Vietnamese, Cambodian,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Cambodians