NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Yao, Esther Lee – 1978
This study focuses on describing the demographic profile of first generation Chinese Americans in metropolitan Houston, Texas, and on exploring the changing value systems and the environmental adjustment demonstrated by the selected sample. Nearly 29 percent of the 267 selected Chinese Americans responded to the two attitude inventories designed…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Age, Attitude Change
Yao, Esther Lee – Texas Tech Journal of Education, 1983
Information is provided about the needs of Chinese students from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia who pursue higher education in the United States. These students must adjust to a different life style and value system, as well as to a new language and new learning methods. (PP)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Yao, Esther Lee – Reading Improvement, 1979
Presents a case study of a child whose parents are recent Chinese immigrants to the United States. Concludes that the child's emotional condition and her academic success might be jeopardized by her bilingualism and bicultural environment if her latent problems are not solved by her parents or teachers. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Case Studies
Yao, Esther Lee – 1987
This teaching guide on Indian immigrants to the United States is intended to acquaint prospective teachers with the diverse cultural backgrounds of immigrant Indian children. The unit can be incorporated into a broader multicultural teacher education program. Concepts to be taught are the following: (1) migration and immigration; (2) assimilation;…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Training