Group+4

=Group 4: Elizabeth, Kirsti, Cindie=

Web Sites, Community Resources and Events.
//__Tricia__// [|Google Timeline] Apparently Google has an interactive timeline feature from which you can click to sites and articles that discuss the noted events on the timeline. Who knew?! You should definitely check this out!

UMass Boston Asian American Studies http://www.iaas.umb.edu/ (There are a lot of great resources on this page-- research reports, information about Asians in MA, and many outside links to other sources).

Resources on the Asian Diaspora http://www.personal.psu.edu/ach13/Asia/Diaspora/DiasporaTexts.htm

South Asian Diaspora []

This is perhaps one of my favorite article so far. It is very current and it provides a nice extension from the course readings into questions of how to teach about difference, not just in a tokenized multiculturalism way. It also provides a nice balance to Lee's negative presentation of teachers. In this article the teachers are not "ignorant" of racial and ethnic issues in the school and they don't buy in to superficial multiculturalism. The one drawback I can see in regards to Group 4s lesson is, while the article focuses on the experiences of a few Lao students at times, it really is not necessarily about Asian students. I think whether we choose to use this for Group 4 or not, I will still require it-- maybe for the last day. = = I love this article too! (I think Ngo may be my new favorite author!) This article talks about identity as fluid and shifting within and across contexts. It talks about identity as ambivalent and resists binaries and "fractured" ways of thinking about Lao students (or any students') identities. I think it will really deepen the class's understanding of identity processes and the implications for this in education.

Factors Supporting Academic Engagement of Cambodian Students This is a quantitative study that is very current (2010), and it has a very good literature review. It may be a good piece to recommend because numbers "speak" to some people more than ethnographic studies do. However, the results of this were not terribly surprising (students who are intrinsically motivated will perform better, as will students who feel supported by their teachers), and in that regard, I don't think this is a "must read."

Acculturative and Psychological Predictors of Academic-Related Outcomes Among Cambodian American High School Students This article is also about a quantitative study. It is also fairly current (2009). I thought the beginning of the article was quite good for providing context and giving an overview of some of the challenges Southeast Asian students and families face in the U.S. As with the other quantitative study, I did not find any of the results to be surprising.

Khmer as a Heritage Language in the United States: Historical Sketch, Current Realities, and Future Prospects. This article provides a historical overview of Cambodian migration to the U.S. and specifically talks about the issues around the maintenance of the Khmer language. It is a good contextual piece for thinking about the connections between language, politics, and global events, and how this plays out in the lives of immigrant families.

[|Success and Demise of a Bilingual Khmer Program] This is actually a book chapter-- interesting because it's about a Khmer bilingual program and how a particular school created and ran this program. Unfortunately, because it's google books there are some pages missing and there isn't enough time for me to search for the actual chapter.

Heritage Language Programs in a Time of NCLB This article provides a discussion of the impact of NCLB and high stakes testing on heritage language programs. It actually includes some of the story of the Walnut program in the book chapter above. This illustrates how the recent English only policies have just solidified the impending demise of these programs which were already negatively affected by standardized testing.

[|Educational Aspirations of Southeast Asian Students] This is a quantitative study about the educational aspirations of different groups of Southeast Asian students. The findings were rather lackluster-- aspirations were generally the same except for ELLs whose aspirations were lower. Girls' aspirations were also higher than boys'.

[|Ethnic community organizations: Fostering cultural identity and political participation among Cambodian and Mien youth]
The Influence of Parents, Peer Delinquency, and School Attitudes on Academic Achievement in Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and Vietnamese Youth

[|Negotiating With Agency: Towards an Intersectional Understanding of Violence and Resilience in Young Southeast Asian Men]

===[|What Helps and Hinders Hmong Pre-kindergartener's School Readiness: Learning from and about the Hmong in St. Paul, Minnesota]=== This is a research report (rather than a journal article), which discusses environmental (home, family) differences that affect the Pre-K readiness of Hmong children in Minnesota. I thought this was interesting because I have found very few studies that address Asian American children at such a young age. Given the focus on Head Start as a means for helping to close the Achievement Gap early on, this seems to be a particularly important perspective on Hmong education.

[|A Thematic Analysis of Persistence and Long-term Educational Engagement with Southeast Asian American College Students]
This article by Peter Kiang talks about the specific challenges Southeast Asian students may have in American schools because of their experiences as Southeast Asians, as refugees, as immigrants, and as racial minorities. This is very accessible and grounded and written from the perspective of a practitioner/researcher.

This article is interesting because it illuminates the perspectives of Southeast Asian families regarding the education of their children and their desires for their children to learn Khmer. The article is quite dated, however, and I think this is problematic because we would present the class with perspectives from 22 years ago. In addition, while I think it is important to reveal distinct cultural differences and parenting styles between and among ethnic groups, I also fear the possibility of these differences being used as a means of making excuses for the underperformance of refugee children.

This is a quantitative study that compares statistical results regarding the preferred learning styles if different ethnic groups. It shows statistically significant differences between South East Asians and other groups. On a personal note, though, I feel like it glosses over culture and socio-cultural issues and focuses more on what appears to be individual intrinsic preferences towards auditory, visual, kinesthetic, etc. earning styles.

__//Kirsti//__ Information, Statistics, Demographics broken down into various Asian American ethnic groups. Includes growth rates by states. [|www.asian-nation.org]

Timeline of events leading up to and after Executive Order 9066...also has a documentary series based heavily on the personal accounts those children who were imprisoned in the camps. http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/

Pictures of the Internment camps can be found at [|www.americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/non-flash/] loyalty_segragation.html Lesson Plan : Fear, panic, and injustice: Executive Order 9066 http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lib.umb.edu/gtx/infomark.doc

Discusses access to post-secondary opportunities among different ethnic groups of Asian Americans, neighborhoods, and enclaves. Academic engagement among Cambodian American High School Youth

Education experiences of Southeast Asian American youth. Includes issues and recommendations.

www.asian-nation.org great website for information, resources, and data.

__Elizabeth__

__Websites__ Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition http://www.miracoalition.org/ MIRA is the only statewide organization that unites community organizations, human service providers, civic and religious leaders, state and local agencies, and legal and labor groups to work together to uphold the rights and opportunities of newcomers. We also work to connect local activists with national policy debates that impact immigrants' lives.

These first two websites contain additional information on the history of immigration. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/ site/uscis/menuitem. 5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d 1a/?vgnextoid= b7294b0738f70110VgnVCM1000000e cd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel= bc9cc9b1b49ea110VgnVCM10000047 18190aRCRD

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ immigration/timeline.html

PBS website containing Curricula Resources including


 * [|General Asian American History]
 * [|General Asian American Resources]
 * [|Asian Indian American]
 * [|Chinese American]
 * [|Japanese American]
 * [|Filipino American]
 * [|Korean American]
 * [|Pacific Islander American]
 * [|Southeast Asian American]

http://www.pbs.org/ ancestorsintheamericas/ aahistorysites.html

__Research__

Teranishi explores the historical context of Asian Americans as well as the role Brown vs. the Board of Education and the Civil Rights movement has had in providing an equitable education for Asian Americans. The purpose of this study is to identify and examine trends in educational equity related to ethnic segregation among emerging Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee student populations. More specifically, this study is an examination of how the ethnic enclaves of Hmong and Vietnamese Americans in California exist as social structures through which patterns of relationships shape postsecondary aspirations and outcomes.

Lew explores the limitations of Ogbu's study. Min Zhou and Susan Kim argue that immigration selectivity, higher than average levels of premigration and postmigration socioeconomic status, and ethnic social structures interact to create unique patterns of adaptation and social environments conducive to educational achievement.

This seminal researcher of ethnic studies is interviewed on his ideas about multicultural education.

====Despite their average high levels of educational achievement, Asian American students often report poor psychological and social adjustment, suggesting an achievement/adjustment paradox.Implications for Asian American adolescent and youth development are discussed. ====

These articles discuss career satisfaction of Asian American faculty in higher education and the shortage of K-12 Asian American teachers.

Qin's ethnographic research discusses alienation that occurs in two Chinese immigrant families.

Interesting article concerned with ethnoracial remapping of the U.S. during the 1920s.

Chapter from Suarez-Orozco - discusses culture and education and formulating identity in a globalized world.

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Eye opening article of how South Korean mothers and children live overseas while the fathers live and work in South Korea, flying over to visit a couple of times a year. ======

__Cindie__

[[file:kiangtangboston.pdf]]An article about rallies organized by Cambodian and Vietnamese communities in Boston in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
An article that specifically speaks to educational policy and its impact on Asian American Pacific Islanders.

An article on the military, its presence in Hawaii, and the role of Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians as soldiers.

This article discusses how Nisei, second generation Japanese Americans retain language and culture.

Specifically examining the Cambodian experience, this article offers insight to the attitudes and culture of this group.

Timeline Resource adapted from Sucheng Chan's "Asian-Americans: An Interpretive History []

Japanese Internment Camps []

__LI Xin__