Wee Loon Yeo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6573615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wee Loon Yeo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wee Loon |
| FAMILY NAME | Yeo |
| SIGNATURE | YEO W L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ethnographic positioning in a boarding house setting
The research sought to find out how international students came to terms with cultural differences and positioned themselves in a complex environment such as a boarding school. This article considers how a researcher's insider position can enrich the understanding in a multicultural school setting while identifying the hidden dilemmas. The adoption of multiple roles was one of the strategies used to cope with these dilemmas and the article shows …
Belonging to ‘Chinatown’: A study of Asian boarders in a West Australian private boarding school
The invaluable use of ethnography in researching educational settings has been demonstrated through many studies and furthered by many passionate researchers. One of such leading lights is Geoffrey Walford. In this paper, Walford’s discussion of groups in two public schools, as depicted in his book Life in public schools, serves as a basis for my investigation of the ‘lived experiences’ of Southeast Asian boarders in St Andrew’s School, a private…
Belonging to ‘Chinatown’: A study of Asian boarders in a West Australian private boarding school
The invaluable use of ethnography in researching educational settings has been demonstrated through many studies and furthered by many passionate researchers. One of such leading lights is Geoffrey Walford. In this paper, Walford’s discussion of groups in two public schools, as depicted in his book Life in public schools, serves as a basis for my investigation of the ‘lived experiences’ of Southeast Asian boarders in St Andrew’s School, a private…
Ethnographic positioning in a boarding house setting
The research sought to find out how international students came to terms with cultural differences and positioned themselves in a complex environment such as a boarding school. This article considers how a researcher's insider position can enrich the understanding in a multicultural school setting while identifying the hidden dilemmas. The adoption of multiple roles was one of the strategies used to cope with these dilemmas and the article shows …
Ethnographic positioning in a boarding house setting
The research sought to find out how international students came to terms with cultural differences and positioned themselves in a complex environment such as a boarding school. This article considers how a researcher's insider position can enrich the understanding in a multicultural school setting while identifying the hidden dilemmas. The adoption of multiple roles was one of the strategies used to cope with these dilemmas and the article shows …
Belonging to ‘Chinatown’: A study of Asian boarders in a West Australian private boarding school
The invaluable use of ethnography in researching educational settings has been demonstrated through many studies and furthered by many passionate researchers. One of such leading lights is Geoffrey Walford. In this paper, Walford’s discussion of groups in two public schools, as depicted in his book Life in public schools, serves as a basis for my investigation of the ‘lived experiences’ of Southeast Asian boarders in St Andrew’s School, a private…
Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Boarding school (1 works) · Chinatown (1 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (1 works)