Model Minority Myth Revisited

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Demystifying Asian American Educational Experiences

Guofang Li|Lihshing Wang

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Contents

This is the first in the book series on educational research sponsored by Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (CAERDA, www.caerda.org).

Foreword; Stacey J. Lee.

Preface: Interdisciplinary Research in the Era of Globalization; Lihshing Wang, Duc-Le To, and Jinfa Cai.
Chapter 3. Introduction: The Old Myth in a New Time; Guofang Li and Lihshing Wang.
Section I. Sociocultural Perspective.
Chapter 5. Myths and Realities of Asian American Success: Reassessing and Redefining the Model Minority Stereotype; Ling-chi Wang.
Chapter 6. The Model Minority Struggling in College: Voices of Working-Class Chinese Americans; Vivian Louie.
Chapter 7. Community, Ethnic Identity, and Social Discourse: Case Study of the Impact of the Model Minority Myth on a Suburban Chinese American Community; Liang Du.
Section II. Psychological Perspective.
Chapter 9. Career and Work Implications of the Model Minority Myth and Other Stereotypes for Asian Americans; Frederick T. L. Leong and James Grand.
Chapter 10. Psychological Impacts of Model Minority on Asian Americans; Mei Tang.
Chapter 11. The Other Side of the Model Minority Story: Understanding Psychological and Social Adjustment of Chinese American Students; Desirée Baolian Qin.
Chapter 12. Racial Climate and Psychological Distress in Asian Americans: The Question of Multiple Identities; Matthew R. Lee and Jacqueline Mac.
Section III. Educational Perspective.
Chapter 14. Where Chinese American Students Might Fall Short: What the Model Minority Debate Might Have Missed; David Yun Dai.
Chapter 15. Interactions Between Chinese Parents and Special Education Professionals in IEP Meetings: Implications for the Education of Chinese Immigrant Children with Disabilities; Lusa Lo.
Chapter 16. Other People's Success: Impact of the Model Minority Myth on Underachieving Asian Students in North America; Guofang Li.
Chapter 17. Whither the Whiz Kids Went: Asian American Students' Transition to College; Julia Dmitrieva, Chuansheng Chen, and Ellen Greenberger.
Section IV. Methodological Perspective.
Chapter 19. Researcher Roles, Relations, and Representations in Ethnographic Studies of Asian American Students; Annette Hemmings.
Chapter 20. Coping with Methodological Problems in Quantitative Research on Model Minority; Wei Pan and Haiyan Bai.
Chapter 21. Methodological Confounding in Cross-Cultural Research: A Case Study of Instrumentation and Analysis in Demystifying the Asian Success Formula; Lihshing Wang and Duc-Le To.
Section V. Policy Perspective.
Chapter 23. Methodological Issues in Model Minority Research: Where Do We Go from Here; Duc-Le To.
Chapter 24. Policy Implications of Model Minority Educational Research; Yong Zhao and Wei Qiu.
About the Editors and Contributors.