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Gal Levy – Journal of Peace Education, 2014
What is wrong with "peace education" in Israel? In this article, I attempt to decipher the cultural codes of Israeli schools in their relation to issues of peace, conflict and citizenship. It combines findings from two studies in order to understand how "school culture" animates "peace education." My main contention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Peace, Activism
Matthiasson, Carolyn J. – Urban Anthropology, 1974
Examines modes of adjustment of a Mexican-American population to a changed life-style; a working-class sample was surveyed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to determine the extent to which Mexican-Americans relied on traditional patterns of managing social or economic problems. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Influences, Industrial Personnel, Laborers
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LaGumina, Salvatore J. – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1975
Notes that Rizzo's memoirs constitute an historical document which intersects the immigrant experience of the era of mass Italian immigration. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Authors, Case Studies, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups
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Worby, Paula A.; Organista, Kurt C. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007
This review addresses a growing concern regarding alcohol use in adult male Latino im/migrant laborers in the United States. The review draws from alcohol studies focusing on "Hispanic" populations, and from health behavior studies of Latino im/migrant laborers, research that includes alcohol use. Specifically, this review addresses (a) alcohol…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Alcohol Abuse, Laborers, Migrants
Jordan, John E. – 1968
The Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale was used to measure the attitudes of special education and rehabilitation workers, elementary and secondary teachers, managers and executives, and laborers from 11 nations toward the physically disabled or handicapped and toward education. Hypotheses based on Kerlinger's theoretical model were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cultural Influences, Educational Attitudes