Maintains that males and females have physiological and psychological differences which cause differences in perception and learning patterns, and that educational and curricular approaches should be geared to those differences. (CM)

Tests the hypothesis that systematic variations in listener behavior can have an important influence on both speaker behavior and communicative success among children. Subjects were 82 first and third graders. (MP)

Suggests a diagnostic-prescriptive approach to teaching social studies to culturally different elementary school children. The diagnostic prescriptive approach is defined as a case review of an individual child, a hypothesis (diagnosis) based on that child's history, and a suggestion of activities and treatments geared to the child's needs.…

For the most part, American television has failed to provide realistic programming about our many cultural groups for children. "Rebop", a weekly half-hour Public Broadcasting System program that has been airing around the country recently, introduces children from many diverse cultural backgrounds, young American people and the stories…

Summarizes findings from a study of the Project for the Infusion of Multicultural Perspectives and Approaches in College Teaching (Project IMPACT), a project designed to support selected faculty as they developed a multicultural curriculum. Experience with participants from four Connecticut state universities over four years indicated a long-term…

Summarizes the activities, contents, and overall outcomes of an international seminar organized jointly by two working groups of SEFI--the Working Group on Women in Engineering and the Working Group on Information and Communication Technologies. Replaces traditional teaching methods and concentration on narrow technical contents with a more…

Techniques for cross-cultural training for adult educators include both cognitive and experiential activities such as simulation and critical incidents. Goals of such training are increased knowledge of other cultures, enhanced sensitivity to other values and beliefs, and better understanding of world events. (SK)

The overview focuses on the advantages and principles of instruction using learning strategies for students with learning disabilities. It is emphasized that strategies are not to be applied without consideration of the individual, process, or context. (MSE)

Reared in a hierarchical environment, teachers in Germany have had difficulty working with team structures despite the benefit of increased professional autonomy. The Holweide Gesamitschule in Cologne, a large comprehensive high school begun in 1975, developed a plan to diminish big-school anonymity and emphasize cooperation among children of…

Describes an educator's attempt to raise multicultural issues in the classroom through a course centered on Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Are Watching God." Maintains that educators have a responsibility to raise issues of cultural diversity in learning communities that provide ways for student to engage in thinking that expands their…

The relationships among gender, interest in and experience with electricity, and conceptual change text manipulations were studied for 48 male and 50 female college students learning basic electricity concepts. Conceptual change text facilitated learning, as expected. Interactions of gender and interest are discussed. (SLD)

Sketches the way one English teacher used silent film to engender creative writing in a school for American Indian students. Advocates the use of humor in cross-cultural educational settings. (HB)

A sample of 236 4- to 6-year olds was tested on aspects of lexical and sublexical development while learning to read and retested 1 year later. Reading development, the influence of lexical and sublexical processes, age differences, and implications for instruction are discussed. (SLD)

Results gained by traditional language teaching at school are discussed, and a program, developed from research on second-language acquisition, is presented for teaching second language in schools that entails two phases. (13 references) (JL)

Defines the ability to see several sides of an issue as a central aspect of a global perspective. Argues that cooperative learning tasks in small groups is an ideal way of fostering such an ability. Presents numerous activities which promote a global perspective in students. (HB)