Module 4: Acculturation
Readings
Schönpflug, U. (2002). Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Coping [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1068. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Celenk, O., & Van de Vijver, F. (2011). Assessment of Acculturation: Issues and Overview of Measures [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1105. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Schachner, M. K., van de Vijver, F. J., & Noack, P. (2017). Contextual Conditions for Acculturation and Adjustment of Adolescent Immigrants – Integrating Theory and Findings [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1142. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Chen, J. J. (2019). Cultural-Developmental Perspective: Chinese Immigrant Students’ Academic Achievement Motivation as an Illustrative Example [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1153. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Berry, J., & Hou, F. (2016). Immigrant acculturation and wellbeing in Canada. Canadian Psychology, 57(4), 254-264.
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Teaching Materials
- Major Points
- PowerPoint Presentation [PPT]
- Selected video presentations (choose 1 or 2)
- Critical Thinking Questions
Major Points
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- Canada
- Demographic
- Immigrants, Refugees, Sojourners
- Canada’s Multiculuralism: Policy
- Berry’s Acculturation Model
- Two Issue: Four Statuses
- Assimilation
- Integration
- Marginalization
- Separation
- Host Culture’s Attitude
- Forced Assimilation of the Indigenous people
- Tainted history of residential schools in Canada
- Acculturative Stress
- Social support
- Education
- Voluntariness of contact
- Minority Youth
- Canada
Videos
How Culture Drives Behaviors | Julien S. Bourrelle | TEDxTrondheim (12:7)
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Acculturation- Wikipedia Article Audio (32:13)
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Integrate, Don’t Assimilate. | Duaa Yaser Faquih | TEDxYlouth@AISR (5:53).
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Critical Thinking Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
- Think about your own high school classroom. Were there many people from your own ethnic group or just a few? How diverse was it? How did you deal with this diversity? Did the diversity of your classroom affect who your friends were? Did you have friends from different ethnic groups?
- If you were the minister of education in your country, what would you change to improve the situation of immigrant students and why?
- What is the interplay between acculturation and human developme