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Tsukahira, Rita J. – 1981
Sojourners, people who stay for a period of time in countries of which they are not natives, sometimes may encounter communication situations for which they are not prepared. A program seems necessary whereby people living in nonfamiliar cultures can learn to interpret cultural idiosyncrasies inherent in communication patterns and to function as…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
Dole, Janice A. – 1981
A center was established in 1978 to develop a program of curriculum materials designed to enable school districts in Alaska to strengthen and improve the English and native-language skills of Yup'ik children. The program is described here, as well as its rationale and philosophical assumptions, the materials that have been developed, and the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textKirkness, Verna J.; More, Arthur J. – 1981
The objective of the University of British Columbia's Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) is to increase the number of native Indian certified teachers by developing an alternative program of teacher education more appropriate to Indians' cultural heritage and educational background. Open only to students of Indian ancestry, NITEP…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Studies, American Indians, Canada Natives
Smith, Mary E.; Heflin, John F. – 1988
A study of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) and bilingual education policies in Oregon's local school districts analyzed their contribution to equal educational opportunity and quality education for language minority students. A survey of all public school districts in the state elicited information about eight policy areas: identification and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Board of Education Policy, Cultural Background, Educational Legislation
2002
The first of three papers from this symposium on cross-cultural human resource development (HRD), "Determinants of Supply of Technical Training Opportunities for Human Capital Development in Kenya" (Moses Waithanji Ngware, Fredrick Muyia Nafukho) reports findings from interviews of technical training institute department heads in Kenya…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cherokee (Tribe), Comparative Analysis
