Strategies for teaching Asian Americans
To provide an optimal learning environment for Asian American students,
take into consideration the following:
- Asian students value a collective and group focus that emphasizes interdependence in contrast to the emphasis on individuality and independence of the dominant culture.
- They are more comfortable with hierarchical relationships in comparison to the emphasis on equality in relationships of the dominant culture.
- Asian cultures view restraint of emotions as a sign of maturity.
- Asian culture is more dependent upon instructors to provide solutions rather than finding one's own solutions through introspection.
- Mental illness and emotional problems are viewed as indicative of family failure.
