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Breaking Down the Homogenized View of Asian American Academic Success: Exploring the Educational Aspirations and Attainment of Asian American High School Students - Couverture souple

Atienza, Sara

 
9783639327519: Breaking Down the Homogenized View of Asian American Academic Success: Exploring the Educational Aspirations and Attainment of Asian American High School Students
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639327519 ISBN 13 : 9783639327519
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011

Synopsis

The Asian American community is one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. Among approximately 11 million Asian Americans, there are over 25 ethnic subgroups of Asian ancestry residing in the United States. Often in policy making and selected scholarly research, Asian ethnic groups are lumped into one category, which distorts the disparate reality found among these Asian American communities. High academic achievement is part of the broader discussion of Asian American success in the United States that has prompted the media to coin the term "model minority". The perceived homogeneity of Asian Americans in this image may potentially have harmful effects on children from Asian subgroups that do not fulfill the "model minority" stereotype. This book investigates the educational aspirations and attainment of Asian American students, through an analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (1988) and interviews from a small sub-sample of Asian American students in the Bay Area. The results demonstrate a clear distinction among Asian ethnic populations in both educational aspirations and attainment.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Asian American community is one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. Among approximately 11 million Asian Americans, there are over 25 ethnic subgroups of Asian ancestry residing in the United States. Often in policy making and selected scholarly research, Asian ethnic groups are lumped into one category, which distorts the disparate reality found among these Asian American communities. High academic achievement is part of the broader discussion of Asian American success in the United States that has prompted the media to coin the term "model minority". The perceived homogeneity of Asian Americans in this image may potentially have harmful effects on children from Asian subgroups that do not fulfill the "model minority" stereotype. This book investigates the educational aspirations and attainment of Asian American students, through an analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (1988) and interviews from a small sub-sample of Asian American students in the Bay Area. The results demonstrate a clear distinction among Asian ethnic populations in both educational aspirations and attainment.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in San Francisco, Sara Atienza was raised by her Filipino immigrant parents. She attended the University of California, Davis where she studied Sociology and Economics. She continued her studies at Stanford University, where she completed a Masters Degree in Education. She currently works as an educational researcher in the Bay Area.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639327519
ISBN 13 
9783639327519
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
60
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