Important global attitudes in the United States and other countries are measured and social attitudes interpreted according to a number of variables in this cross-cultural study. The term Worldmindedness (the quality which is measured in the study) refers to a world-view of problems of humanity rather than a national view of them. Two testing…

ROLE ORIENTATIONS AMONG TEACHERS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL BACKGROUNDS WERE STUDIED. INVESTIGATION CENTERED ON (1) THE DISTINGUISHABLE PATTERNS OF ROLE ORIENTATION, AND (2) THE EFFECTS OF ETHNIC AND OTHER SOCIOCULTURAL VARIABLES UPON ROLE ORIENTATION. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 106 SECONDARY TEACHERS, IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF 1 OF 6…

Studies of the speech of 11 Yakima Indian children on a reservation in central Washington indicated a number of characteristics which were not found systematically in the speech of non-Indian children. These included differences in phonology; intonation contours; use of direct quotations; story-telling register; language play; availability of…

This handbook, designed as an introduction to Vietnamese society and culture, presents a highly simplified picture of Vietnamese life covering the following areas: (1) Vietnamese geography; (2) historical facts about the Vietnamese; (3) some aspects of Vietnamese culture, including (a) the philosophical background of the Vietnamese mentality…

This article discusses the use of the formal and informal forms of address in French from a sociolinguistic standpoint, and considers the implications of the issue for second language instruction. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article discusses bilingual education programs for Canadian Indians. Four different systems are described: the informal, complementary, transitional, and bimodular, the general conclusion being that bilingual education for Canadian Indians is basically disorganized. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

The supply of materials in a technological society depends not so much on the resource base as on the interrelationship of human institutions. Material usage requires agencies of exploration, development, supply, and financing regulated and assisted by government, educational, and scientific institutions. A balance among institutions insures…

This article provides an analysis of textbooks available for teaching French civilization and ranging in orientation from subjective, historical, geographical, cultural and sociological approaches to anthropological, semiotic, comparative and linguistic ones. The content and the format of the texts is dealt with, as well as various teaching…

Discusses the transitional unilateral code-switching observed in speakers of Hakka when speaking Cantonese. (CLK)

The purpose of this essay is to call attention to: (1) the realization that many educational theories are, in essence, "socioeducational ideologies" functioning as apologetics of the status quo; and (2) the fact that failure to ventilate educational theorizing and research of these ideologies will make efforts to improve Black education futile.…

The author suggests that, as public agencies make more of our decisions, we lose our power. Soon citizens will no longer be able to continue to make their own choices in education, and large portions of our population will be deprived of fundamental political freedom by the year 2000. (KC)

Two major perspectives on desegregated school patterns can be seen in the papers in this volume. Most of the papers describe some aspect of intergroup dynamics including forms of competition and conflict. The second theme represented is that of the reflection of macrolevel structural features in the school setting. (Author/EB)

Discusses the difficulties involved in analyzing the sociolinguistic situation in Guadeloupe. (AM)

Data on successful school desegregation is misleading. Schools claiming to be integrated have been subtly resegregated by manipulation of staffing and financing and by encouraging the attitude that black students do not have the ability for high academic achievement. (JD)

A critical review of demographic trends and the research literature suggests a transition from relationships based upon obligation to those voluntarily assumed and maintained by aged parents and their adult offspring. (Author)