Research suggests that Cambodian students often endure conflicting ethnic stereotypes from larger society and their school and communities. We examine the ways in which Cambodian youth negotiated their ethnic identities in response to these stereotypes and argue that Cambodian students adopted, rejected, and affirmed certain ethnic identities in…

Examined the role of language ideologies in the changing instructional and social organization of Khmer literacy classes, using data from research within a Cambodian community. Language ideologies engaged with local theories of learning to shape pedagogies and relations within classes. Form and function co-varied within groups and across settings.…