The negotiation of integrated home and school identities of 3 second grade Hispanic English language learners (ELLs) included in an English-dominant classroom are explored through sociocultural paradigms, with an emphasis on the role of the individual's agency in the social construction of identities. In addition, we examine the conditions within…

Over the past 25 years, much educational research in the United States has focused on effective schools. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the characteristics of Japanese education, which is often considered effective by American researchers. It compares features of the Japanese education system to characteristics of effective…

This paper describes the way in which European societies have responded to cultural diversity in historical and contemporary perspectives. Focus is on illustrating how those responses have set a context for interethnic and intercultural friendships and human relations among young people, and how those relations are apprehended through present…

The function of games in a society is discussed in this paper. An earlier definition of games as a concretistic way of processing information of cultural antitheses is enlarged to include a more bio-adaptive definition: the game is also a socialization of conflict. This view is compared and contrasted with those of Sigmund Freud and G. H. Mead.…

A comparison of freehand sketch maps of the world provides a simple but effective means of exploring images of the world. The maps of 60 high school students from Nogales, Arizona, and 60 from Nogales, Sonora, were analyzed according to number of map features included, percent of features for each continent, frequency of country identification in…

Various sources are explored to determine what content should be provided, and issues to consider when building ethnocultural content into the curriculum are described. (Author/MH)

A feedback inventory was administered to 259 seventh graders in Israel immediately following standardized group scholastic ability testing procedures to determine the subjects' attitudes toward the procedures. Few meaningful differences appeared across sociocultural or gender groups. Test attitudes did correlate with scores. (TJH)

Suggests ways in which school social worker can help youngster and his family adjust to the school and community, as well as ways in which the school can create a learning climate which takes into consideration the cultural differences of thechild. (CJ)

Relates observations of the Japanese educational system by a U.S. high school history teacher. Finds the Japanese system impressive but argues that such a centralized and authoritarian system would not work in the United States. Educators should learn from Japanese schools, not copy them. Recommends U.S. educators seek agreement on educational…

The commonly used comparative approach to researching cultures and training professionals in cross-cultural skills is criticized for being of limited use to the individual attempting intercultural interaction. An alternative model encourages the individual to reflect on his own and others'"enculturation" and to develop empathy, or cultural…

Examines Australia's reverse language shift (RLS), presenting eight stages of RLS for immigrant-derived and Aboriginal languages and noting the severity of intergenerational dislocation. Aboriginal languages are dying quickly, and language shift continues in immigrant-based community languages. Steps to encourage second language learning are often…

Focuses on how knowledge about Japanese psychological development and culture can serve as a corrective to the ethnocentrism of Western theory. Highlights the Japanese cultural concepts of "amae" and "kejime." (Author/KB)

Discusses autonomy in language related to East-Asian contexts, describing autonomy in language learning, proposing a framework for learners in all contexts, examining three sources of sociocultural influence that could affect students' approaches to learning in East Asia, and considering attitudes and habits of learning that might result from such…

This paper argues that students' learning and academic achievement can be better understood by taking the household as the unit of analysis and by following family members' school-derived activities through time. Students' schooling histories illustrate the interplay of economic, social, educational and linguistic factors affecting academic…