Doing Multicultural Education in a Chinatown Head Start Program

• In Event: Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Emerging Lines of Inquiry

Abstract

Many poor/low-income Chinese American children and families attend schools in which their lived experiences, culture, and American history are omitted or distorted in the standard history and social studies curriculum. As a result, these same Chinese American children often feel isolated and disengaged from school and the community because their classrooms lack a culturally relevant learning environment. However, within Chinese American communities there are community-based arts and museum programs that are responsive to the needs of minority children and families by developing culturally relevant early childhood and family programs.

Author

• Judy W. Yu, REACH