Turning Ugly Ducklings into Swans: How Best to Educate for Cultural Environmental Differences.

Meeker, Mary

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ERIC Number: EJ501387

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Turning Ugly Ducklings into Swans: How Best to Educate for Cultural Environmental Differences.

Meeker, Mary

Gifted Child Today Magazine, v18 n2 p30-39,48 Mar-Apr 1995

This paper discusses methods for providing students from diverse home environments with essential educational experiences. It emphasizes the importance of patience in teaching children comprehension and offers guidelines for fostering children's development of comprehension, memory, and evaluative and relational thinking skills. (PB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Memory, Preschool Education, Special Needs Students, Student Development, Student Experience, Student Needs, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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