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Asian migrants and education : the tensions of education in immigrant societies and among migrant groups / edited by Michael W. Charney, Brenda S.A. Yeoh, and Tong Chee Kiong.
Van Pelt Library LC3737.A2 A75 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; v. 2.
- Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Education--Asia--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
- Immigrants.
- Asians--Education--Asia--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
- Asians.
- Immigrants--Education--Pacific Area--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
- Asians--Education--Pacific Area--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
- Asians--Education.
- Immigrants--Education.
- Pacific Area.
- Asia.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 223 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Gungwu "Social Bonding and Freedom: Problems of Choice in Immigrant Societies" / Wang 1
- Chapter 2. "Globalization, Asian Diasporas, and the Study of Asia in the West" / Anthony Reid 15
- Chapter 3. "The Mission School in Singapore: Colonialism, Moral Training, Pedagogy, and the Creation of Modernity" / Robbie B. H. Goh 27
- Chapter 4. "Education and Identity Issues in the Internet Age: The Case of the Indians in Singapore" / S. Gopinathan, V. Saravanan 39
- Chapter 5. "Interactions Between Huiguan and Education in Postwar Singapore" / Hong Liu 53
- Chapter 6. "The Case for a Culture-sensitive Education: Building Cultural Bridges Between Traditional and Global Perspectives" / Elwyn Thomas 65
- Chapter 7. "Immigrant Societies and Environmental Education: Revisiting Forgotten Lessons in Holistic and Traditional Wisdom" / Pang Yew Huat 83
- Chapter 8. "Health Education of Hmong Refugees in Sydney" / Jennifer Wang 93
- Chapter 9. "Confucian Education: A Case Study of the South African Chinese" / Karen Leigh Harris 105
- Chapter 10. "A Century of Change: Education in the Lives of Four Generations of Chinese Women in Malaysia / Tan Liok Ee 115
- Chapter 11. "Contemporary Educational Issues in Multicultural Societies" / Christine Inglis 133
- Chapter 12. "International Approaches to Valuing the Professional Skills of Permanent and Temporary Migrants" / Robyn Iredale 149
- Chapter 13. "Satellite Kids in Vancouver: Transnational Migration, Education and the Experience of Lone-children" / Johanna L. Waters 165
- Chapter 14. "Indian Diaspora and the Prospect of Open Learning: A Perspective on Modern Social Science Education from India" / Ravindra Jain 185.
- Notes:
- "This volume is the result of the international conference, 'Immigrant Societies and Modern Education," held in Singapore 31 August-3 September 2000"--Acknowledgements.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-223).
- ISBN:
- 1402013361
- OCLC:
- 52127822
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