chp 6 asian Flashcards
(43 cards)
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
ORIGINS:
-EAST ASIA (Japan, Korea, China)
-SOUTHEAST ASIA (Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia)
-SOUTH ASIA (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka)
KEY RELIGIONS: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism
Pew Research Center 2017
Asians immigrants projected to become the largest foreign-born group in the U.S. by 2055
Many Indians in the U.S. are Brahmin
- Highest in CASTE SYSTEM
- Represent wealthy people
- High priority on careers in science, medicine
- Many SIKH Indians in CA today (darker skinned Indians may experience discrimination from lighter-skinned Indians – COLORISM)
Former student Harpreet
- Lighter-skinned Indians in middle school would not let her associate with them
- Bullied because she is darker and of a lower caste
Sonam R., 2016:** (Indian)
- There is NO intermarriage between castes
- Girls are encouraged to stay home
CONTRASTNG BELIEFS, VALUES, AND PRACTICES** (traditional asian)
-Fatalism
-Tradition, living with Change, future
the past
-Group welfare
-Mutual interdependence
-Hierarchy, rigid role status
-Conformity
-Encourages continued Early indep.
dependence on family encouraged (older sibs HELP)
-Parent is authority;
-expects submission
-unquestioning obedience
-Parents ask ch “What can you do to help me?”
CONTRASTNG BELIEFS, VALUES, AND PRACTICES (mainstream)
- Personal control over envt., one’s fate
- Change, future orientation
- Self actualization, privacy
- Independence, indiv. autonomy
- Equality, status determined by achievement
- Challenge authority
- Early indep. encouraged
- Parent gives choices
- encouraged
- Parents ask ch “What can I do to help you?”
For children, many Asian families believe (in contrast to traditional U.S. families)
- Self expression not important
- Learn by observation, not exploration
- Best – seen and not heard
Having children is important—Fidela B., 2016, Laotian:**
- Under a lot of pressure to get married (she’s around 25)
- Mom: “Your eggs are dying.”
CUSTOMS, COURTESIES, VALUES
- Hospitality
- Respect for elders, teachers, authority figures
- Modesty, humility
Communication Styles
- Formal rules of communication propriety based on relative status of interlocutors
- May be considered appropriate to ask personal questions
- Indirectness often the norm re: touchy subjects
- Some Asians may smile or laugh when embarrassed or angry
Amor propio
respect – saving face so no one is ashamed
Pakikisama:
good feelings – getting along – preserving harmony
HEALTH CARE AND DISABILITIES
- Visible vs. invisible disabilities
- Disabilities -> fate, karma, sins committed by ancestors
- Families may be ashamed to bring a child for help if his/her disability represents sins committed by parents/ancestors
As SLPs
We may have trouble getting families to acknowledge disabilities and sign IEPs for special education services
ASIAN EDUCATION
- Hugely valued
- Asian children attend preschool at a higher rate than other groups
California Educator—Asians in the U.S. have the highest rates of
- College degree attainment
- # of persons w/ advanced degrees
- Working in highly skilled occupations (outperform whites)
However, in California: (California Educator continued)
- 40% of Hmong, 38% of Laotians, and 35% of Cambodians don’t complete high school
- Due to poverty
In most Asian countries, there is
- Great respect for teachers
- Heavy reliance on rote learning, memorization
- Teachers are very authoritarian
- Class is formal; teachers lecture
- Teachers don’t admit mistakes
Differences–Asian and American Schools (Stevenson; compared Beijing & Chicago)**
- Long days, but lots of recess (in Asian schools)
- 3x more American than Asian mothers “very satisfied” w/ their ch’s progress
- U.S. ch ranked themselves much higher than Chinese Ch, even though Chinese Ch ahead academically in all subjects
When asked what they’d wish for
- American ch: $$ & material objects; below 10% expressed wishes about education
- Almost 70% of Chinese ch focused wished on college
- Confucian beliefs – individual differences in ability de-emphasized
- EFFORT and DILIGENCE are supreme
Abboud & Kim
- Role of Asian children in families: 1) respect elders and obey parents, 2) work hard and do well in school to secure a bright future
- Many Asian parents work hard all day and morph into educators at night—that is their role
- Asian parents put academics first, while other parents often put sports/athletics first; kids are too tired to study
many asian parents…
-unaware of after-school clubs and extracurricular
Help increase awareness
ASIAN LANGUAGE CONSIDERATIONS
Many languages have numerous dialects
