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ERIC Number: EJ419563
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-2242
Teaching Their Own: Minority Challenges to Mainstream Institutions.
Podeschi, Ronald
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n48 p55-65 Win 1990
Hmong refugees in Milwaukee created a literacy program tailored to their cultural learning needs within a vocational-technical institution. Primary ingredients include instructors from the same cultural background, connections between learning and day-to-day survival, attention to significant social needs of students, and strategies consistent with the cultural assumptions of the community. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Community Control, Community Education, Cultural Context, Hmong People, Refugees, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Wisconsin (Milwaukee)