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Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association





Educational Research & Development Journal


 

 

Vol 17, No 1 (2014)


Rethinking Identity and Agency in Minority Education: Preparing Asian American Leaders for a Global Future
Guofang Li, Jing Lin, Hongyu Wang
Abstract
Asian Americans’ cultural values and their perceived collective identity as passive model minorities have been cited as double barriers to their leadership development trajectory. In this article, we argue that accumulation of leadership capital must begin in K-12 schools and must address both learner identity transformation and learner agency in reconfiguring power structures that often exclude them from leadership roles. We argue for replacing the fixed, singular definition of Asian American students as model minorities who lack mainstream leadership skills with a plural consciousness toward identity and difference that is central to the transformation of the power hierarchy in the increasingly complex transnational milieu. We highlight the role of agency in fostering this plural consciousness and breaking the binary opposition in the existing power hierarchy. Finally we call for a form of education that emphasizes a critical awareness of identity construction and a proactive stance that is essential to Asian Americans to enact their agency and accumulate leadership capital critical to their everyday life and career advancement.
 
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ISSN: 1526-8659