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Asian migrants and education : the tensions of education in immigrant societies and among migrant groups

To meet this problem, Pang draws the discussion back to the continued relevance of traditional education to contemporary issues facing a shrinking world: how immigrant societies and their diverse storehouses of traditional knowledge can inform current approaches to environmental management.
eBook, English, ©2003
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, ©2003
Cross-cultural studies Congresses
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9781402013362, 1402013361
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1. “Social Bonding and Freedom: Problems of Choice in Immigrant Societies”.- 2. “Globalization, Asian Diasporas, and the Study of Asia in the West”.- 3. “The Mission School in Singapore: Colonialism, Moral Training, Pedagogy, and the Creation of Modernity”.- 4. “Education and Identity Issues in the Internet Age: The Case of the Indians in Singapore”.- 5. “Interactions Between Huiguan and Education in Postwar Singapore”.- 6. “The Case for a Culture-sensitive Education: Building Cultural Bridges Between Traditional and Global Perspectives”.- 7. “Immigrant Societies and Environmental Education: Revisiting Forgotten Lessons in Holistic and Traditional Wisdom”.- 8. “Health Education of Hmong Refugees in Sydney”.- 9. “Confucian Education: A Case Study of the South African Chinese”.- 10. “A Century of Change: Education in the Lives of Four Generations of Chinese Women in Malaysia.- 11. “Contemporary Educational Issues in Multicultural Societies”.- 12. “International Approaches to Valuing the Professional Skills of Permanent and Temporary Migrants”.- 13. “Satellite Kids in Vancouver: Transnational Migration, Education and the Experience of Lone-children”.- 14. “Indian Diaspora and the Prospect of Open Learning: A Perspective on Modern Social Science Education from India”.- Contributors.- References.
"This volume is the result of the international conference, 'Immigrant Societies and Modern Education, ' held in Singapore 31 August-3 September 2000"--Page xi
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