Minority status and schooling of the Hmong in Vietnam

This study examines the disproportionately poor academic performance of the Hmong among the minorities in Vietnam by using Ogbu’s cultural ecological theory (Ogbu, 2003). Societal and school factors have been assumed by many policy makers and scholars to affect minorities’ equally, but the paper arg...

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Main Authors: Minh Phuong Luong, Wolfgang Nieke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hmong Studies Journal 2014-03-01
Series:Hmong Studies Journal
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Online Access:http://hmongstudies.org/LuongandNiekeHSJ14.pdf