This unit, designed for grades 9-12, includes a teacher's guide and 30 accompanying slides. Teachers don't need special knowledge of Japanese history; sufficient background information is provided. The activities can be adapted for other grade levels. The unit is intended for five class periods of 50-minutes each with supplementary activities to…

Inquiries have been made from time to time with reference to the opportunities open to Chinese students in American colleges and universities. Such inquiries have of late been urgently presented by representatives of the United States in the Chinese Empire, who have taken a deep interest in the progress and influence of American educational ideas…

Forty parents, representing five different Asian groups living in California and Colorado, were interviewed about their attitudes toward their children's education. Found that, in general, Asian parents are interested in their children's school progress and are willing to help at school. Suggests ways to help teachers capitalize on this interest…

This bibliography lists selected current resource and reference materials on the domestic resettlement of Indochinese refugees in the United States. Citations include books, journal articles, government reports, congressional hearings, and various published and unpublished documents by individuals and private agencies. Works are divided under…

John Thomson was a nineteenth-century British photojournalist who used the wet-plate process to illustrate his explorations of eastern and Southeast Asia. His travels from 1862 to 1872 took him to the following places, among others: Ceylon, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Saigon, Siam, mainland China, and Taiwan. Thomson chose to use the wet-plate…

This paper presents statistical data, based on the 1970 census, illustrating the proportionate representation of Asian/Pacific people in the areas of population, education, and employment in Los Angeles County. Tables provide comparative data on population and education, male population and selected occupational categories, female population and…

Examines unique adjustment problems faced by Asian Indian immigrants to the United States. Looks at the impact of higher education; pretransition factors of religion and family roles; posttransition factors related to social adjustment (middle class status, voluntary migration, ethnic social support, assimilation, intergenerational conflict); and…

Reviews the development of the oral history tradition in China. Identifies a number of problems that presently exist in the use of oral history in this country. (RKM)

The purpose of this study was to guide the types of services that mental health centers provide to the Asian community in the United States. Specifically the goals of the needs assessment were to: (1) identify the counseling needs of Asian Americans; (2) describe the degree and patterns of the use of mental health and counseling services in the…

The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies (Tokyo) established in 1961 has been acting as a deposit center for Unesco microfilms of historical documents photographed in Asian countries since 1967. (Author)

Describes the sponsorship of a group of Laotian refugees in a Vermont community. (GC)

Examines the rise of nativism directed at Asian and Latino immigrants to the United States in contemporary U.S. society. It reveals a new American racism combined with traditional hostility toward immigrants. It explores how immigrants have responded by increasing naturalization rates and political activity, forming a new found ambivalent…

Evaluated the glass ceiling hypothesis in relation to Asian American faculty using data from the 1993 National Study of Post-Secondary Faculty for 1,019 Asian American faculty members. Data limitations prevent concluding that such faculty do or do not face a glass ceiling; however, baseline findings for future research are established. (SLD)

This study found that ethnic self-awareness has different meanings for European Americans and Asian Americans and for Asian Americans with different ethnic identity orientations. Findings are discussed in relation to theories that predict salience of ethnicity and to educators and practitioners who deal with ethnic minority group members.…

Examines key features of Vietnamese refugees' household formation, reviewing sociohistorical data on household formation and structure in southern Vietnam during the period of the Republic, comparing these data with more recent data on southern and northern Vietnam, and considering U.S. Vietnamese refugee households based on the Office of Refugee…