Educating new Americans
Subtitle: immigrant lives and learning
By: Donald F. Hones, Cher Shou Cha.
Contributors: Cha, Cher Shou.
Series: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Cha, Cher Shou; Immigrants -- Education -- United States -- Case studies; Immigrants -- United States -- Social life and customs -- Case studies; Hmong Americans -- Biography; Americanization; Multicultural education -- United States
Description: Educating New Americans examines what it means to be an American through the history of a refugee from Laos. Shou Cha is a community liaison for an elementary school, an evangelical preacher, a community leader, a husband, and a father. His lifetime of learning, presented mostly in his own voice, is framed by various historical and sociological contexts that have shaped his life, the lives of other Hmong refugees, and the lives of other Americans, old and new.

These contexts include the history of immigrant education policies in the United States, as seen through the lives of immigrant children; the historical and sociological impact of warfare as well as missionary work on the lives of the Hmong people; and the sociology of generational conflict, especially as it is felt among immigrant groups. Finally, this book suggests that immigrant parents such as Shou Cha can contribute to the process of teaching peace to children, and making peace among diverse groups in America, the land of e pluribus unum.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and indexes.