Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments and Dedication
Wen Ma & Guofang Li
Foreword: Who and What are ‘Chinese’ Students?
Allan Luke
Introduction: Understanding "Difference within Differences" in Chinese-heritage Students’
Educational Experiences across School, Home and Community Contexts
Guofang Li & Wen Ma
Part I: Chinese-heritage Students’ Language and Literacy Learning
Chapter 1: Chinese Students' Heritage Language Learning in the United States: Issues and
Challenges
Keying Wen & Guofang Li
Chapter 2: A Chinese Student's Early Education in US K-12 School: A Multilevel Perspective
Yalun Zhou, Rebecca L. Oxford, & Michael Wei
Chapter 3: Ordinary Objects Tell Extraordinary Stories: Children’s Multimodal Literacy
Explorations
Xiaoxiao Du, Rosamund Stooke, & Rachel M. Heydon
Chapter 4: Looking through the Lens of Chinese ELLs on Academic Writing in Secondary
School
Ravy S. Lao, May Y. Lee, & Araceli Arzate
Part II: Chinese-heritage Students’ Learning across the Curriculum
Chapter 5: Culture and Everyday Life Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Students Learning
Science from Classroom Discourse
Shu-Wen Lan & Luciana C. de Oliveira
Chapter 6: Disaggregating Secondary-Level Chinese Immigrants’ Academic, English, and
School Success
Lee Gunderson & Reginald Arthur D’Silva
Chapter 7: Between Classes and Schools: Time, Space and Languages
Yamin Qian
Chapter 8: The Contributing Factors to Chinese American High School Students’ Mathematics
Achievement
Keqiao Liu & Xiufeng Liu
Part III: Chinese-heritage Students’ Cultures and Identities
Chapter 9: (Re)-positioning the "Chinatown" Default: Constructing Hybrid Identities in
Elementary Classrooms
Joseph C. Rumenapp
Chapter 10: Heterogeneity and Differentiation behind Model Minority Discourse: Struggles of
Chinese Students in Canadian Schools
Dan Cui
Chapter 11: "I Feel Proud to Be an Immigrant": How A Youth Program Supports Ibasho
Creation for Chinese Immigrant Students in the US
Tomoko Tokunaga & Chu Huang
Chapter 12: Of Cowboys and Communists: A Phenomenological Narrative Case Study of a
Biracial Chinese-White Adolescent
Mary B. McVee & Zachary Zhang
Part IV: Other Sociocultural Variables Confronting Chinese-heritage Learners
Chapter 13: A Bioecological Model of Chinese American Children’s Socio-emotional and
Behavioral Adjustment
Stephen Chen, Jennifer Ly, & Qing Zhou
Chapter 14: Cultivating Creativity among Chinese Heritage Students in North America
Cecilia Cheung
Chapter 15: Who are their parents? A Case Study of the Second Generation Chinese American
Students’ Middle-Class Parents and Their Parenting Styles
Xuan Jiang & Gwyn W. Senokossoff
Chapter 16: Cantonese Emergent Bilinguals in the "Latino/Mandarin" U.S. Education
Landscape: A Critical Case Study in Chicago
Jason Goulah
Conclusion: Looking beyond the Stereotypes and Moving Forward: Cultivating the Hearts and
Minds of Chinese-Heritage Learners
Wen Ma & Guofang Li
Afterword: Redefining Education Outcomes Yong Zhao
List of Contributors
