Annotated Bibliography:

Shu Ya Zhang, Angela L. Carrasquillo, Chinese Parents' Influence on Academic Performance, New York State Association for Bilingual Education Journal v10 p46-53, Summer 1995

Full Article

Annotation: This article focuses on the influence Chinese American parents and their culturally distinct beliefs exert on their children in relation to academic performance. Chinese culture emphasizes familial roles in the form of parental sacrifice, child obedience and scholastic achievement through effort. Chinese American parents have better formed / higher expectations for their children. These differences between Chinese-American and mainstream parental philosophies diminish with each generation. Advantages culled by children of Chinese-American birth seem to be: heightened parental involvement and support, belief in success through effort instead of innate ability / inability, and a high degree of financial help for college. The disadvantages children of Chinese-American parents / heritage face seem to be: a reduced opportunity to interact socially, less parental emphasis on critical thinking and creativity, and linguistic boundaries caused by diverging parent / child language of choice. 

Course Components:

1. Cognitive Theories Paper 
2. Legal Cases Analytical Paper 
3. Presentation  
4. Notebook  
5. Paper 
6. Professional Development