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Author: Pascoe, R.
Title: Raising global nomads: Parenting abroad in an on-demand world.
   Vancouver: Expatriate Press.   2006
Summary:  This book is essentially an update of her 1993 Parent's Guide, a book filled with many practical suggestions for having a good family life when going to, living in, and returning from a season in another culture.
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Author: Haile, D.
Title: Where are we going in MK education?
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  Vol. 42, pp. 462-470.   2006
Summary:  This article reminds us that huge changes are taking place in missions and MK schools around the world. It specifically considers four challenges in education and five possible routes to take to meet these challenges.
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Author: Elmer, D.
Title: Communication, conflict and culture.
Interact.  Fall, 2004, Vol. 12 (should be 13), No. 4 (should be 1), pp. 1-3, 19.   2004
Summary:  This is an article about cultural differences in what is considered acceptable ways to communicate and resolve conflicts, particularly important to teachers with students from different cultures.
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Author: Blomberg, J. R.
Title: Fitted Pieces: A Guide for Parents Educating Children Overseas.
   St. Clair Shores, MI, SHARE Education Services.   2001
Summary:  A comprehensive, 667-page book about educating children overseas consisting of 85 "articles" (50 from Interact) gathered into 8 chapters (each nearly 100 pages long). This is the most valuable resource on TCK education available at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Author: Knell, M.
Title: Families on the move: Growing up overseas and loving it!
   London: Monarch.   2001
Summary:  A very practical book about Third Culture Kids including suggestions for every aspect of life from selection and orientation to re-entry.
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Author: Chan, P.
Title: Understanding the needs of Asian MKs.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 330-342).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.   1998
Summary:  A chapter emphasizing the differences between Asian and Western cultures, especially individualism VS collectivism, poser differences, and uncertainty avoidance. Same as in Interact, May, 1996.
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Author: Chan, P.
Title: Become a catalyst in Asian MK care.
Interact.  October, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 8-11.   1997
Summary:  An article giving four reasons why a breakthrough is needed in MK care followed bi five ways Asian MK care can be supported.
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Author: Smith, C.
Title: Strangers at home: Essays on the effects of living overseas and coming "home" to a strange land.
   Bayside, NY: Alethia Publications.   1996
Summary:  This book is a collection of essays by and/or about Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Most of the essays are memories and impressions the authors had from growing up in countries other than their passport countries.
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Author: Gjoen, J.
Title: Do we understand the needs of European MKs?
Interact.  May, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 8-11.   1996
Summary:  An interview by Interact with Judith Gjoen focuses on the unique needs and issues of European MKs on the field, in the classroom, and during reentry.
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Author: Chan, P.
Title: Do we understand the needs of Asian MKs?
Interact.  May, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 12-18.   1996
Summary:  An article emphasizing the differences between Asian and Western cultures, especially individualism VS collectivism, poser differences, and uncertainty avoidance. Same as in Bowers, 1998, Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 330-342). Colorado Springs, CO: ACSI.
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Author: Strickland, M.
Title: Top ten issues in MK education.
Interact.  December, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 1-3.   1995
Summary:  An article giving a Letterman format list of the tip ten issues in MK education.
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Author: Brammer, D.
Title: Peanut Butter Friends in a Chop Suey World.
   Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press.   1994
Summary:  Sixth-grader Amy and her family move to Taiwan to do missionary work, but even at her school for English-speaking students Amy finds the adjustment difficult. (Fiction, written for ages 9-12 but the issues are relevant for high school as well)
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Author: Meeks, G. B.
Title: Are MK schools serving all MKs?
Interact.  February, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 5-7.   1994
Summary:  An article considering ways of making MK schools broad enough to serve MKs from a variety of cultures through creating a culture by modeling Biblical principles.
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Author: Vogan, D.
Title: East and west: The changing face of MK education.
Interact.  March, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 4-5, 20.   1992
Summary:  An article about educating the children of a cross-cultural missionary force, with an emphasis on Korean students attending predominantly western schools.
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