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Asian migrants and education : the tensions of education in immigrant societies and among migrant groups
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- Creator
- edited by Michael W. Charney, Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Tong Chee Kiong
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- xx, 223 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1402013361, 9781402013362
- OCLC
- ocm52127822
- "This volume is the result of the international conference, 'Immigrant Societies and Modern Education,' held in Singapore 31 August-3 September 2000"--P. xi.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-223).
- Introduction / Michael W. Charney, Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Tong Chee, Kiong -- Gungwu "Social Bonding and Freedom: Problems of Choice in Immigrant Societies" / Wang -- "Globalization, Asian Diasporas, and the Study of Asia in the West" / Anthony Reid -- "The Mission School in Singapore: Colonialism, Moral Training, Pedagogy, and the Creation of Modernity" / Robbie B. H. Goh -- "Education and Identity Issues in the Internet Age: The Case of the Indians in Singapore" / S. Gopinathan, V. Saravanan -- "Interactions Between Huiguan and Education in Postwar Singapore" / Hong Liu -- "The Case for a Culture-sensitive Education: Building Cultural Bridges Between Traditional and Global Perspectives" / Elwyn Thomas -- "Immigrant Societies and Environmental Education: Revisiting Forgotten Lessons in Holistic and Traditional Wisdom" / Pang Yew Huat -- "Health Education of Hmong Refugees in Sydney" / Jennifer Wang -- "Confucian Education: A Case Study of the South African Chinese" / Karen Leigh Harris -- "A Century of Change: Education in the Lives of Four Generations of Chinese Women in Malaysia / Tan Liok Ee -- "Contemporary Educational Issues in Multicultural Societies" / Christine Inglis -- "International Approaches to Valuing the Professional Skills of Permanent and Temporary Migrants" / Robyn Iredale -- "Satellite Kids in Vancouver: Transnational Migration, Education and the Experience of Lone-children" / Johanna L. Waters -- "Indian Diaspora and the Prospect of Open Learning: A Perspective on Modern Social Science Education from India" / Ravindra Jain