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Patel, Sheetal G.; Salahuddin, Nazish M.; O'Brien, Karen M. – Journal of Career Development, 2008
Individual (gender and acculturation), microsystem (social support), exosystem (socioeconomic status), and macrosystem (racism) variables were examined as predictors of career decision-making self-efficacy in a sample of 85 Vietnamese adolescents in the Washington, D.C., area. English language acculturation and peer support accounted for unique…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Self Efficacy, Acculturation, Adolescents
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Rosser-Hogan, Rhonda – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1990
Describes an intervention with a distressed Montagnard refugee in a context sensitive to Southeast Asian culture. Discusses relevant interventions in relation to the current available literature on counseling with Southeast Asian refugees in America. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling, Cultural Influences, Intervention, Refugees
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Laditka, Sarah B.; Corwin, Sara J.; Laditka, James N.; Liu, Rui; Tseng, Winston; Wu, Bei; Beard, Renee L.; Sharkey, Joseph R.; Ivey, Susan L. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: To examine perceptions about aging well in the context of cognitive health among a large and diverse group of older adults. Design and Methods: Forty-two focus groups were conducted with older adults living in the community ( N = 396; White, African American, American Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hispanic). Participant descriptions …
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Independent Living, Physical Health, Memory
Bottrell, Cynthia A.; Banning, James H.; Harbour, Clifford P.; Krahnke, Keiko – College Student Affairs Journal, 2007
This qualitative research study investigated the development of heuristic knowledge and its role in the academic and social journeys of five Vietnamese American students enrolled at a community college located in the American Midwest. The participants were interviewed in depth to understand their "lived experiences" while attending the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Experiential Learning, Information Sources, Asian American Students
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Huong, Le Pham Hoai – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
Vygotsky proposed the concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) but did not elaborate the concept of "peer," leaving open the question of how capable a peer should be and how practice or outcome might differ according to a peer's level of capability. These issues were investigated in a sociocultural study of first-year Vietnamese…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns, Learning Theories
Cuc, Nguyen Thi Kim; Griffin, Patrick – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2007
Family economic status is generally considered to be an important factor associated with students' educational outcomes. However, to evaluate the strength of this contention, it is important to first have appropriate measures of family economic status. Measuring the economic status of Vietnamese people has been particularly difficult as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, Vietnamese People
Winter, Roger; Cerquone, Joseph – USA Today, 1984
The escape to freedom can be deadly for Vietnamese boat people because of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Thailand. Antipiracy efforts are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Migration, Refugees, Relocation
McPeak, Richard – Parks and Recreation, 1975
The American Red Cross and the YMCA provided Vietnamese refugees with recreational activities in the refugee camp at Indian Gap Military Reservation. (RC)
Descriptors: Immigrants, Recreation, Recreational Activities, Refugees
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Friedman, Daniela B.; Laditka, James N.; Hunter, Rebecca; Ivey, Susan L.; Wu, Bei; Laditka, Sarah B.; Tseng, Winston; Corwin, Sara J.; Liu, Rui; Mathews, Anna E. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: Evidence suggests that physical activity and healthy diets may help to maintain cognitive function, reducing risks of developing Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Using a cross-cultural focus, we describe older adults' awareness about cognitive health, and their ideas about how to inform and motivate others to engage in…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Health Education, Physical Activities, Cross Cultural Studies
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Knight, Caroline – Democracy & Education, 2008
The early 1980s saw an influx of Southeast Asian refugees from various demographic groups and backgrounds to Minnesota. As teachers, the author and her colleagues regularly added children from these groups to their classrooms, receiving little explanation of a student's history or language proficiency. To counteract increasing teacher resentment…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Refugees, Hmong People, Immigrants
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Nguyen, Thu Su'o'ng Thi – Educational Policy, 2010
The article explores the ways "uneven geographical development" conditions and is conditioned by local placemaking practices. Guided by David Harvey's work along with Henri Lefebvre's three dimensions of spatial production--spatial practices, representations of space, and spaces of representation or the "spatial imaginary"--I…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Ethnography, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
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Starr, Paul D. – International Migration Review, 1981
Reports on a continuing study, initiated in 1977, of the experience of Vietnamese refugees who settled as fisherfolk in communities on the Gulf Coast, primarily in West Florida. Focuses particularly on the refugees' relationships to established local fishing interests. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Community Relations, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Workers, Refugees
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Tran, Thanh V. – Gerontologist, 1990
Examined English language acculturation among older Vietnamese refugees (aged 40 and older). Found that age, sex, education in Vietnam, health, and length of residence in United States had some significant relationships with language acculturation. Older Vietnamese people had more problems with language acculturation than younger counterparts, and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Age Differences, Asian Americans, Language
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Stritikus, Tom; Nguyen, Diem – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
This article explores the various ways in which recent Vietnamese immigrant students form cultural and gender identities as they transition to U.S. schooling. Using data from a 2-year qualitative study that tracked the social and academic adjustment processes of recent Vietnamese immigrant youth, this article examines the tensions that students…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Immigrants, Asian Americans, Vietnamese People
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Tsui, Alice M.; Sammons, Morgan T. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1988
Describes group intervention model, based on primary prevention schemes, for work with adolescent Vietnamese refugees. Addresses special cultural and therapeutic issues and concerns. Notes that while group therapies are generally difficult to implement with Vietnamese participants, group intervention work is feasible if clinicians modify…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Techniques, Group Counseling, Intervention
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