Interactions with Asians in Higher Education: Beyond Multicultural Myths

Autor/in	Obiakor, Festus E.
Titel	Interactions with Asians in Higher Education: Beyond Multicultural Myths
Quelle	In: Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 14 (2019) 2, (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2161-2412
DOI	10.1515/mlt-2019-2029
Schlagwörter	Cultural Differences; Asian Americans; Self Concept; College Faculty; Misconceptions; Racial Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Personal Narratives; Asian Culture; Search Committees (Personnel); Minority Groups; Peer Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Behavior Patterns; Higher Education; Nigeria; New York; Texas; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kultureller Unterschied; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Selbstkonzept; Fakultät; Missverständnis; Rassenfrage; Ausland; Erlebniserzählung; Auswahlgespräch; Ethnische Minderheit; Peer-Beziehungen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	One of the critical issues in education today is how to help all students to maximize their fullest potential. Achieving this goal seems to be difficult for many people who come from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. At all levels, they endure direct and indirect disenfranchisements, disadvantages, and disillusionments, especially if they learn differently, are racially different, demonstrate different behavioral patterns, have different personal idiosyncrasies, or come from different countries. Despite these apparent impediments, Asians are viewed by many as "model" minorities when compared to African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. This view has continued to affect how Asians view themselves and how the society as a whole views them. Coming originally from Nigeria to the United States, I have had myriad interactions with Asians as student, professor, scholar, leader, and professional. In this article, I share my experiences with Asians and how these experiences have exposed multicultural realities and myths. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01