Katherine Rhoades, Dean; Kang Bao Her, Xiongmee Lor, and Nou Thor, undergraduate education students
Educating Edgewalkers: A Qualitative Study of Hmong
American Teachers and the Process of Becoming Bilingual/Bicultural Educators
This study of 25 Hmong American pre-service and classroom
teachers who are participating in ProjectTEACH, a federally funded program
designed to support and educate bilingual/bicultural educators on 3 university
campuses, analyzes the processes involved in becoming a bilingual/bicultural
educator and explores the effects of this process on the participants.
The data analysis seeks to identify patterns of similarity and themes
of variability among the research participants as it seeks to explore
the meanings of cultural representation and transition in educational
contexts within an increasingly diverse, multiethnic society.