NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ASIAN AMERICAN PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND TEACHER RECRUITMENT by Clara C. Park (Editor), Xue Lan Rong (Editor), Russell Endo (Editor) ( 9781607520924 )

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Title:

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ASIAN AMERICAN PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND TEACHER RECRUITMENT

By:

Clara C. Park (Editor), Xue Lan Rong (Editor), Russell Endo (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1607520923

ISBN 13:

9781607520924

Publisher:

INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

17 March, 2009

Series:

Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans

Pages:

236

Description:

Examines the patterns of Asian parents' involvement in the education of their children, as well as the direct and indirect effects on children's academic achievement. This book also covers Asian American children's literacy development and learning strategies, and Asian American teachers' motivation to enter teaching profession.

Synopsis:

A volume in Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans Series Editors Clara C. Park, California State University, Northridge, Russell Endo, University of Colorado, and Xue Lan Rong, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Sponsored by SIG-Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education) This research anthology is the fifth 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 examines the patterns of Asian parents' involvement in the education of their children, as well as the direct and indirect effects on children's academic achievement; Asian American children's literacy development and learning strategies; Asian American teachers' motivation to enter teaching profession, and strategies to recruit and retain them; the "model minority stereotype" of Asian American students and their socio-emotional development; campus climate and perceived racism toward Asian American college students, etc. This series 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, parental involvement, and teacher recruitment. Scholars and educational practitioners will find this book to be an invaluable and enlightening resource.

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