Asian American Education
Subtitle: Acculturation, Literacy Development, and Learning (PB) (Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans)
Publisher: Information Age Publishing; IAP
Published: June 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781593117221
Subjects: Teaching of ethnic minorities; Social Science; Education / Teaching; Sociology; USA; Linguistics; Multicultural Education; Students & Student Life; Education / Multicultural Education; Education : Students & Student Life; Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; Acculturation; Asian Americans; Education; Social conditions; United States
Description: This research anthology is the fourth volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIGREAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education. This series explores and explains the lived experiences of Asian and Americans as they acculturate to American schools, develop literacy, and claim their place in U.S. society, and blends the work of well-established Asian American scholars with the voices of emerging researchers and examines in close detail important issues in Asian American education and socialization. Scholars and educational practitioners will find this book to be an invaluable and enlightening resource. -- Provided by publisher.