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Li, Jin; Holloway, Susan D.; Bempechat, Janine; Loh, Elaine – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
Little research has examined how low-income Asian American children are supported to achieve well in school. The authors used the notion of social capital to study higher versus lower achieving Chinese adolescents from low-income backgrounds. They found that families of higher-achieving adolescents built and used more effectively three kinds of…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Parent Participation, Adolescents, Parent School Relationship
Li, Jin – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2006
This volume overall provides a compelling description of what respect entails and how it functions and emerges in childhood and adolescence. This construct requires further conceptual clarification and study across cultures. The strength of this volume lies in its cultural perspective and diverse empirical approaches.
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Languages, Interpersonal Relationship, Child Development
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Li, Jin – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2002
Used prototype methods of cognitive science to collect free associations of learning-related words and phrases from Chinese and American college seniors. Found that both cultures had a large set of conceptions about learning but that there was little overlap between the models of learning. Most striking was the near absence of references to hard…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Li, Jin; Yue, Xiaodong – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2004
We present our recent research on children's learning goals and personal agency in the domain of learning in order to show the complexity of selves in Chinese culture. Our research poses challenges to the widely claimed collectivist self-concept in Chinese children and calls for reexamination of selves in specific domains across cultures.…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Children