Author: Bok-Lim C. KimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biculturalism
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Korean-American Child at School and at Home
Author: Bok-Lim C. KimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biculturalism
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education
Author: Sophia HanPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807781886
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Early childhood professionals can use this one-of-a-kind work to better serve Korean American children in the United States. Four transnational mother-educators share the lived experiences of Korean American children and their families through candid and vivid narratives that counter stereotypical and prejudicial beliefs about Asian American communities. Topics include parenting beliefs and practices, naming practices, portrayals in children’s picturebooks, translingual home practices, and responses to microaggressions. The text raises awareness about various dynamics within the Korean American community for a more nuanced discourse. The authors bring a wealth of hybrid positioning and experiences as former early childhood educators, first-generation Korean American immigrants, current teacher educators working with pre- and inservice teachers, and researchers in different states, as well as mothers of second-generation Korean American children. Book Features: Shares original stories and experiences of Korean American children and families to dismantle prevalent narrow narratives.Offers practical implications and considerations for classroom teachers regarding family engagement, critical literacy, translanguaging, and social–emotional learning. Includes user-friendly features such as discussion questions, lesson ideas, and a list of appropriate picturebooks.
Intersections of Home and School
Author: Sora SuhPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bilingualism
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Distance Learning Experience of Korean American Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Hyon Soo LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools halted in-person education in 2020 and switched their instructional delivery method to distance learning. Sudden changes in the learning format may present challenges for students with developmental disabilities, who need specialized instructions with carefully planned programming. Distance learning from home naturally requires more involvement from parents; however, culturally and linguistically diverse parents need proper accommodations to be effective collaborators to teachers. A high percentage of Korean American families are first-generation immigrants with limited English proficiency. They have faced systematic barriers and discrimination before and during COVID-19, including in schools and research. Using a social-justice oriented transformative framework, the current study explored barriers and facilitators related to distance learning among Korean American parents of students with developmental disabilities through parent interviews. The study was offered in English and Korean to accommodate families' language preferences, and community engagement methods were used throughout the research process. Participants were all first-generation immigrant mothers with school age children with developmental disabilities. Qualitative analysis of interview transcripts revealed that participants were concerned about their children's class participation, behavioral and mental health issues, lack of social opportunities, and inappropriate class levels. Although extremely stressed from burdens at home, Korean immigrant mothers reported that distance learning demystified American classrooms and led them to be more involved in their children's education. All participants used the KakaoTalk app to communicate with their friends and family; however, none of the schools used this app to reach out to Korean families. Participants appreciated educators that listened to parental concerns and included students during class. However, schools rarely provided cultural accommodations, and some parents experienced discrimination from service providers. Parents in areas with no Korean families around them reported feeling isolated. Participants faced barriers on multiple levels due to their unique situations: 1) raising children during a pandemic, 2) having children with developmental disabilities, and 3) being first-generation immigrants from Korea. Recommendations include collaborating with mediators who are fluent in both English and families' languages, understand cultural differences and have expertise in developmental disabilities to improve school-family communications and research participation of culturally diverse families.
The Asian American Educational Experience
Author: Donald NakanishiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136652310
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The contributions to The Asian American Educationalexperience examine the most significant issues and concerns in the education of Asian Americans. Contributors, all leading experts in their fields, provide theoretical discussions, practical insights and recommendations, historical perspectives and an analytical context for the many issues crucial to the education of this diverse population--controversies in higher education over alleged admissions quotas, stereotypes of Asian American students as "whiz kids", Asian Americans as the "model minority", bilingual education, education of refugee and immigrant populations, educational quality and equity. Special emphasis is given to both the historic debates which have shaped the field, and the concerns and challenges facing educators of Asian American students at both the K-12 and university level.
Author: Why Korean Education is Leaving America in the DUST
Author: William D. HedgesPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465334815
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This author not only identifies the major shortcomings of the American Public Elementary School, but makes thirty-three specific recommendations as to how to improve them. He does this because he fears America is falling behind other nations, particularly the Asian countries such as South Korea, Japan, and China. He decries the short teaching day and teaching year of the United States in comparison with those nations that are leaving us behind such as South Korea. He pulls no punches in taking on the politicians. In the process parents are not spared as they have exempted their children from walking to neighborhood schools and losing the exercise children experienced in walking by driving them. "Our drop out rate of one third is a disgrace when other nations graduate over 93% from high school," says Hedges. After describing Korean education and making recommendations in the first three chapters, the author then sets forth how modern elementary schools should be and can be organized and operated in contrast with the way so many of them are organized and operated today. This development would help them in contrast with Korean Schools which are more lockstep. He points out that one reason for so many home study children is that parents are not pleased with what the elementary public schools are providing. They want an education tailor made for their children and they set about doing it when the public schools come up short. Too many of our schools proceed in lock step, tracking children into dumb, average, above average, and bright groups when with modern computers this is no longer necessary. Hedges, an author of two books on testing and one on early childhood education, maintains that the testing going on is for all of the wrong reasons, i.e. (1) to evaluate teachers, (2) to compare students with one another, (3) to compare schools with one another. In his view tests should be used as the medical profession uses tests, i.e. to diagnose individual needs and thus to serve as a basis for how to help the student not just give him an A or an F. As he says, “What if when you go to the doctor he hands you a card which gives you a C- on your health. What the devil does that mean?” Instead, the doctor reviews the test data, analyzes it, and gives you a prescription. So why aren’t our schools doing that in education? The book is not only a clarion call to arms, but a practical How To. How to provide for individual differences. How to make sure your child will succeed in primary school. How to organize other than by grades. How to enable more independent study and encourage creativity in your youngster. How can parents tell if their school is any good? How to be clear on the objectives of the school. How should young children be graded and evaluated? This book is for superintendents and principals, as they are the leaders, for elementary teachers as they are the doers, for school board member as they are the policy makers, and for those parents, who want to know what an excellent elementary school should be like. It is not pie in the school dreaming, but a down to earth description of how things are versus how they might be in the modern up to date school. Consider just one of his practical tips for some parents. What can the parent of a a slightly immature child do to increase the probability his or her child will be a ‘smash hit?’ Here is how. Let us say that he can enter first grade at age six. Well, age six is 365 days. If this child was born January 1 he is 364 days younger than the child born on December 31. A whole year! Think what that means in terms of his growth, development, and readiness for first grade! So, throw in that many of the children will be more mature than his child. The result? His or her child is a failure in the eyes of the other kids who are doing so much better than he because America grades on the curve.
I am Korean American
Author: Robert KimPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823950133
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A Korean-American child talks about aspects of her Korean heritage, including clothing, foods, and customs.
Korean, Asian, Or American?
Author: Jacob Yongseok YoungPublisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 0761858741
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The voices of second-generation Korean Americans echo throughout the pages of this book, which is a sensitive exploration of their struggles with minority, marginality, cultural ambiguity, and negative perceptions. This book follows a group of second-generation Korean American Christians in the English-speaking ministry of a large suburban Korean church.
Author: Gyseon Bae