Asian Migrants and Education (eBook, PDF)

The Tensions of Education in Immigrant Societies and Among Migrant Groups
Redaktion: Charney, Michael W.; Tong Chee Kiong; Yeoh, Brenda

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The contributors to this volume explore the close relationship between education and the molding of modern immigrant societies through case studies of either Asian migrants or Asian immigrant societies. This volume will be especially useful for researchers, educators, and students intent on understanding some of the critical challenges faced by a globalizing world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401701174
• Artikelnr.: 43985872

Inhaltsangabe

1. "Social Bonding and Freedom: Problems of Choice in Immigrant Societies".- 2. "Globalization, Asian Diasporas, and the Study of Asia in the West".- 3. "The Mission School in Singapore: Colonialism, Moral Training, Pedagogy, and the Creation of Modernity".- 4. "Education and Identity Issues in the Internet Age: The Case of the Indians in Singapore".- 5. "Interactions Between Huiguan and Education in Postwar Singapore".- 6. "The Case for a Culture-sensitive Education: Building Cultural Bridges Between Traditional and Global Perspectives".- 7. "Immigrant Societies and Environmental Education: Revisiting Forgotten Lessons in Holistic and Traditional Wisdom".- 8. "Health Education of Hmong Refugees in Sydney".- 9. "Confucian Education: A Case Study of the South African Chinese".- 10. "A Century of Change: Education in the Lives of Four Generations of Chinese Women in Malaysia.- 11. "Contemporary Educational Issues in Multicultural Societies".- 12. "International Approaches to Valuing the Professional Skills of Permanent and Temporary Migrants".- 13. "Satellite Kids in Vancouver: Transnational Migration, Education and the Experience of Lone-children".- 14. "Indian Diaspora and the Prospect of Open Learning: A Perspective on Modern Social Science Education from India".- Contributors.- References.