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Literacy Work, 1974
The article, concerned with problems suggested by one point of a formula for effective communication (that the signs employed must refer to common experience), explores the ways in which culture blocks communication. Middle class institutions are urged to find ways to remove the barriers to communication with the poor. (AJ)
Descriptors: Advantaged, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness
Phelps, William R. – 1974
The material focuses on the following areas: definition and purpose, some of the more common characteristics of the culturally different, counselor attitudes in serving the culturally different, counselor's knowledge of client's background, communication in the counseling relationship, and client attitudes toward helping services. Some…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship
Download full textNiemi, John A. – 1976
Adult educators, recognizing grade communication problems between members of middle-class society (to which most belong) and individuals from culturally different groups are attending to cross-cultural communication research. Vastly different perceptions of reality, shaped by distinctive value systems and attitudes, underlie the problems.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
