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Published by Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003
ISBN 10: 1402013361ISBN 13: 9781402013362
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. xx, 223 p. ; 25 cm Contents: 1. "Social Bonding and Freedom: Problems of Choice in Immigrant Societies".- 2. "Globalization, Asian Diasporas, and the Study of Asia in the West".- 3. "The Mission School in Singapore: Colonialism, Moral Training, Pedagogy, and the Creation of Modernity".- 4. "Education and Identity Issues in the Internet Age: The Case of the Indians in Singapore".- 5. "Interactions Between Huiguan and Education in Postwar Singapore".- 6. "The Case for a Culture-sensitive Education: Building Cultural Bridges Between Traditional and Global Perspectives".- 7. "Immigrant Societies and Environmental Education: Revisiting Forgotten Lessons in Holistic and Traditional Wisdom".- 8. "Health Education of Hmong Refugees in Sydney".- 9. "Confucian Education: A Case Study of the South African Chinese".- 10. "A Century of Change: Education in the Lives of Four Generations of Chinese Women in Malaysia.- 11. "Contemporary Educational Issues in Multicultural Societies".- 12. "International Approaches to Valuing the Professional Skills of Permanent and Temporary Migrants".- 13. "Satellite Kids in Vancouver: Transnational Migration, Education and the Experience of Lone-children".- 14. "Indian Diaspora and the Prospect of Open Learning: A Perspective on Modern Social Science Education from India".- Contributors.- References. "This volume is the result of the international conference, 'Immigrant Societies and Modern Education,' held in Singapore 31 August-3 September 2000"--P. xi.