Vocabulary/Concepts
1. Representative Symbols - A symbol is something such as an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention. All language is made up of symbols but culturally not all symbols mean the same to all people or in all languages. For example, Red symbolized love in Peley’s Cambodian Culture so she understood the Valentine’s day event to some degree.2. Assimilationist Perspective - is used in the text frequently and assimilation means a successful melting pot scenario within the educational system. Assimilation in this text means “Cultural assimilation is a socio-political response to demographic multi-ethnicity that supports or promotes the assimilation of ethnic minorities into the dominant culture"3. “Yuk” - Peley often makes this sound and it seems like she has a true aversion to being dirty or having unclean hands. I am really curious if that is a home element or from the broader Cambodian culture. She is often forced into this uncomfortable position which leads to a product but the product is meaningless for her and her family and the process is where the learning would happen and when her hands are forced into glue and she is left to run to clean off it’s really upsetting.
4. Isolation- the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means. In this text the general definition of isolation or segregation is the social barrier that exists for Peley and Raji
5. Intregration - to end the segregation of and bring into equal membership in society or an organization. For Raji and Peley to be completely included this would need to happen.
A link is attached for further information on Immigration and Education:
http://www.tc.edu/cice/Issues/09.01/91_02_cice_fall2006_edintro.pdf
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