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ERIC Number: ED091643
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1974-Apr
Pages: 6
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A Plan for Working with Students in a Cross-Cultural Education Program.
Johnson, Simon O.
A cross-cultural program at a southern university is described. The objective of the program was to enable white students to learn more about black culture by spending a quarter at a predominantly black university, and for students from black institutions to spend a quarter at a predominantly white institution. A model to help orient visiting black students to the University of Florida was developed by three counselors assigned to the students. The purpose of the model was to involve the students in activities in the homes in which they lived during the quarter, the local community and the school itself, beginning the first week of the quarter. This was accomplished by: (1) planning activities every week; (2) assisting the students in meeting new friends; (3) meeting individually with the students regularly; and (4) having each student complete two attitudinal questionnaires bimonthly. Results indicate that the students made an effective adjustment to their role and that the model presented was instrumental in that adjustment. (Author/HMV)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Note: Presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association convention (New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 1974)