A response to the model minority thesis : intragroup differences among Asian American community college students in the Los Angeles Community College District
| العنوان: | A response to the model minority thesis : intragroup differences among Asian American community college students in the Los Angeles Community College District |
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| عناروين إضافية: | Intragroup differences among Asian American community college students in the Los Angeles Community College District |
| المؤلفون: | Soodjinda, Daniel. |
| بيانات النشر: | Los Angeles : University of Southern California, 2009. |
| Call Numbers: | LC2633.6 |
| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource |
| مستخلص: | The stereotyped notion in our American culture suggesting that all Asian Americans are highly successful in the academic arena, is based on the model minority thesis introduced by William Peterson in 1966 in an article titled, "Success Story: Japanese American Style." Although the model minority thesis was initially applied only to Japanese American's in Peterson's article, future research, literature, and popular notions extended the thesis to all Asian Americans consisting of: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian American groups. The latter group encompasses Vietnamese, Thai, Cambodian, Filipino and Laotian groups. By aggregating all Asian Americans into a single group, conclusions taken from research were then generalized to all Asian Americans within the heterogeneous group. The model minority thesis poses several problems for all Asian Americans groups, and especially the Cambodian and Laotian groups in the United States. The thesis fails to account for differences in immigration patterns, socioeconomic status, academic success, and parental education. Additionally, the thesis is poorly suited to describing the Cambodian and Laotian experience. This study examines the inaccuracies of the model minority thesis as it relates to higher education experiences of specific Asian American groups in the Los Angeles Community College District. Specifically, this study argues that there is a mismatch between the actual characteristics of Southeast Asian community college students and the expected characteristics as derived from the model minority thesis. In particular, this paper investigates the variability of the actual students' parental levels of education, cultural related values of education, and student success and the extent of their divergence from the model minority stereotype. Through exploring the contemporary variation that exists among Asian American groups at the community college level, this study found that Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and Filipino students in general have more educated parents and different educational values than their Cambodian and Laotian counterparts. Moreover, in many instances, these differences could have affected Cambodian and Laotian students' scholastic performance. In particular, evidence of an impact was observed in Cambodian and Laotian students' lower grade point averages and course completion ratios when compared to the other Asian groups. Unrestricted. |
| الموضوعات: | Asian American college students California Los Angeles., Laotian Americans Education (Higher) California Los Angeles., Cambodian Americans Education (Higher) California Los Angeles., Academic achievement Case studies. California Los Angeles, Model minority stereotype California Los Angeles., Étudiants américains d'origine asiatique Californie Los Angeles., Stéréotype de la minorité modèle Californie Los Angeles., Academic achievement., Asian American college students., Model minority stereotype., California Los Angeles. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | Texts., Case studies. |
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| ملاحظة: | Title from PDF title page (University of Southern California, viewed on Sept. 9, 2011). Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-128). En_us. |
| أرقام أخرى: | CSL oai:usc.edu:usctheses-m2280 663314029 California |
| المصدر المساهم: | From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsoai.ocn663314029 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OAIster |
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