Asian and Pacific American Education

Learning, Socialization, and Identity

Edited by:
Clara C. Park, California State University, Northridge
Russell Endo, University of Colorado
A. Lin Goodwin, Teachers College, Columbia University

A volume in the series: Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans. Editor(s): Clara C. Park, California State University, Northridge. A. Lin Goodwin, Teachers College, Columbia University. Stacey J. Lee, City University of New York.

Published 2005

This research anthology is the third volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group -Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG-REAPA) 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 Pacific Americans as they attend schools, build communities 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 the Asian/Pacific American community. Scholars and educational practitioners will find this book to be an invaluable and enlightening resource.

CONTENTS
Part I. Diverse Ways of Teaching, Learning, and Knowing. Learning in America: The Hmong American Experience. Clara C. Park. The Other Other: Micronesians in a Hawaii High School. Steven Talmy. Chinatown Youth Reflect upon the Discourses of September 11, 2001. Stacey Fell-Eisenkraft. Learning Style Preferences of Asian American (Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese) Students in Secondary Schools. Clara C. Park. Voices from the Margins: Asian American Teachers’ Experiences in the Profession. A. Lin Goodwin, Celia Genishi, Nina Asher and Kimberly Woo. Part II. Learning Embedded in Communities. Community Response Program in Literacy Education. Joanne Yuen, Peter W. Dorwick and Elipsapeta T. Alaimaleata. Articulating Individual Learning and Community Development: Community- College Pathways for Asian Immigrant Adult Learners. Peter Kiang. Part III. Socialization and Ethnic Identity. Use of Sojourner Strategies to Create Transnational Social Capital among Chinese Immigrant Children and Parents. Xue Lan Rong. Asian Indian Family Socialization Patterns and Implications for American Schooling. M. Gail Hickey Using Critical Race Theory to Explore Korean-Origin Working-Class Youth’s Conceptualizations of Identity. Hui-Soo Chae.