Describes student interactions and dynamics in required core courses in the human services program at a small women's professional school. Both freshman and sophomore courses were team taught by African-American and white teachers. How the modeling of diversity through team teaching affects students is explored. (SLD)

Argues that reflective practice informed by anthropological perspectives can help educators address practice-based puzzlements and improve educational practice in culturally diverse classrooms. Offers examples of how reflective practice, informed by anthropological concepts and methods and illuminated by understanding of different cultures,…

Recent research is described in which female university students did worse than male students in quantitative tasks but were also taught in a manner which disadvantaged them relative to males. Some comments on mediation of expectancies as they relate to gender roles, practical suggestions, and implications for counseling activities are outlined.…

Describes an eight-month study conducted in five day care centers for children of impoverished families, using Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences as a framework to train the day care providers and to work with preschool children. Suggests that Gardner's framework is productive for all children, and is particularly applicable to children…

Describes an instructional model labeled "connected teaching" used in a college developmental psychology course. Employs teaching techniques identified by women as being the type of instruction they desired. Concludes that the overall goal is to convince students that they can actively construct knowledge. (CFR)

Reports studies done in (n=100) junior secondary level schools in Botswana. The initial studies were more quantitative in nature, dealt with questioning as part of classroom interaction, and revealed gender-related issues. Findings were discussed with participating teachers and a plan for reform in teaching was developed. (26 references)…

Presents four elementary school crafts that celebrate the cultural heritage of people worldwide. Crafts are a universal means of cultural expression that provide opportunities to explore multicultural understanding. The article describes how to make Russian dolls, Hmong story cloths, Guatemalan hand puppets, and Haitian steel drum cutouts. (SM)

This paper calls for development of powerful instructional strategies that will enable teachers to educate students with wide-ranging abilities and backgrounds in integrated settings. Three peer-mediated instructional procedures that have been used with at-risk students are described: classwide peer tutoring, classwide student tutoring teams, and…

Presents a Russian student's reactions to a U.S. Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. Reports that marketing previously had been unfamiliar to the student. Suggests that the U.S. business curriculum is more regimented and more concrete than its former Soviet counterpart. Discusses general differences between the two cultures. (SG)

Describes seven strategies that teachers of all grade levels and disciplines can use to improve their effectiveness in teaching students of diverse cultural backgrounds. (SR)

Presented are two classroom techniques to help beginning teachers. The first is a student-sensitive approach to the first day of class using a questionnaire to assess students attitudes toward mathematics and student interests. The second is a suggestion on how to effectively review student homework. (MDH)

Examines the cultural assumptions about what makes an effective team member. Argues that educators typically design collaborative projects and evaluate student participants by using a Western mode of how people should behave in groups. Suggests pedagogical strategies to prepare students for collaborating with students from many cultures. (RS)

Describes the Navajo reservation in Arizona, its inhabitants, and the inservice workshop given there by consultants of the National Writing Project. Relates personal anecdotes. Claims that life and education on the reservation are much like they are everywhere else. (HB)

Discusses Peter McLaren's theories of critical pedagogy, which is underwritten by a Marxist philosophy and a critique of global capitalism. McLaren believes that capitalist exploitation is the driving force for the institutionalized racism that is so prevalent in Western society. (SLD)

Presents five reviews of McLaren's 1997 book, with comments on critical pedagogy, multicultural education, capitalism, social justice, and remarks about student responses to "Revolutionary Multiculturalism." (SLD)