Clara C Park

New Perspectives on Asian American Parents, Students, and Teacher Recruitment (Pb) Clara C Park

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; Avail. in cloth. Publisher Marketing: This volume explores Asian American parents' involvement in the education of their children and the direct and indirect effects on children's academic achievement. It discusses Asian American children's literacy development as well as looking at the motivation, recruitment and retention of Asian American teachers. Contributor Bio:  Park, Clara C CLARA C. PARK is Associate Professor of Education, California State University, Northridge. Contributor Bio:  Rong, Xue Lan Xue Lan Rong, a professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is a first-generation immigrant whose native language is Chinese. As a classroom teacher, teacher educator, and educational sociologist, she has more than 25 years of teaching experience in public schools at various levels in the United States and China. She obtained her research experience via sociological, demographic, and pedagogical training. She has continually published in major sociological and educational journals and presented at national conferences on the topics of generation, race and ethnicity, national origins, gender, social class, and educational attainment and achievement of immigrant children since 1988, when she finished a dissertation on immigration and education at the University of Georgia.