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ERIC Number: ED257910
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 11
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Educating Asian Americans for the Year 2000.
Wong, Samuel
By the year 2000 there will be three Americas as the rich get richer, the poor become more destitute, and the self-sufficient become more complacent. By that date computer technology will dominate every facet of social and personal life. Asian Americans, because of their good placement as technicians, will be found in every segment of the technological society. By then the center of technological development will be Japan and, as collectively the Asian nations emerge as the dominant trade partner of the United States, America will have to adjust to Asian ways of doing business. Therefore, in addition to developing technical competence in their students, teachers need to impart cultural sensitivity to the nations in Asia and the Asians in the United States. It is essential that the resources be found for bilingual development and for the development of the "sociological imagination." Children from heterogeneous backgrounds studying and playing together will be the primary sources for developing cultural sensitivity and an appreciation for cultural diversity. Among grown-ups the task of raising consciousness in cultural sensitivity will rest primarily on minority groups who will need, in workplaces and neighborhoods, to impart to the dominant groups their oneness and diversity. For the nation as a whole, we must temper the present Europe-oriented, individualistic, competitive curriculum with a touch of Asian communal and cooperative spirit. (RDN)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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