Minority Students in East Asia: Government Policies, School Practices and Teacher Responses

by Phillion; JoAnn

• ISBN13: 9780415888394
• ISBN10: 0415888395
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In Minority Students in East Asia: Government Policies, School Practices and Teacher Responses authors discuss their research on minority students' schooling (elementary to higher education) in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Minority students' educational issues are often neglected in the literature and in practice; this concern is emerging as a world-wide phenomenon. Due to a focus on the economy and trade, social and educational conditions that have resulted from globalization'”in particular issues pertaining to minority groups' education, language and other human rights'”receive less attention. In addition, many areas of East Asia have traditionally viewed themselves as single-ethnicity countries and have not articulated strong agendas around minority rights. The purpose of this book is to highlight key educational conditions for specific minority populations in specific regions of East Asia. Sub-themes addressed include government policies related to minorities; school practices and teacher perspectives on minorities; identity construction in terms of language and culture; national vs. ethnic identity; teacher education issues; and parental issues.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Series Editor's Note	p. xiii
Introduction: Minority Students in East Asia	p. 1
Minority Students in Mainland China
Language, Culture, and Identity: Experiences of Hui Students in Eastern China	p. 15
Why Are Hui Minority Girls Dropping Out of School in China?	p. 32
Multiculturalism in China: Conflicting Discourses in Universities	p. 48
School Life and Ethnic Identity: A Case of Tibetan Student Narrative	p. 65
Constructing Tibetan Students' National and Ethnic Identities in Tibetan School Education	p. 87
Minority Students in Hong Kong
Critical Perspective on New Arrival Children from Mainland China in Hong Kong: Government Policies, School Practices, and Teacher Responses	p. 105
Culturally Relevant Counseling Practices for New Immigrant Students	p. 123
Building a Culturally Responsive School: Cross-Cultural Experiences of Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong Schools	p. 141
The "Long March" toward Multiculturalism in Hong Kong: Supporting Ethnic Minority Students in a Confucian State	p. 155
Cross-Boundary Students in Hong Kong Schools: Education Provisions and School Experiences	p. 174
Minority Students in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
Language Learning Experiences of International Students in Japan: Facilitating Access to Communities of Practice	p. 195
Migrant Workers and International Marriage Minorities in South Korea	p. 217
From Assimilation to the Assertion of Subjectivity: Critiques of Indigenous Educational Policies in Taiwan	p. 230
Conclusion: Where Does Multicultural Education in Asian Countries Lead?	p. 249
Contributors	p. 257
lndex	p. 263
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