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Hayes, Susanna A. – Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, 1996
Discusses the history of low tolerance for different cultures and general ethnocentrism in schools in the United States. Seeks to determine if story telling and interpretation of a story by first graders in a suburban Chicago public school could stimulate interest in and expression of positive feelings for persons from a cultural background…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Peer reviewedBest, John Hardin – History of Education Quarterly, 1996
Observes the romanticized, contradictory, and occasionally reviled character of the American South and considers the role education played in its development. Discusses shifting movements in American historical writing about education (from triumphant public access to oppressive social control) and how these related to the southern experience.…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Cultural Isolation
Download full textGordon, June A. – 1994
The role of international and comparative education in teacher education must be informed by the needs of American students which include overcoming cultural parochialism due to racial and cultural isolation and inadequate schooling. The urgency of economic and cultural survival for certain groups such as African-American, Appalachian, and Latino…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Isolation, Culture Conflict, Curriculum Design
PDF pending restorationGrafton, Lisa M. – 1992
An ethnographic case study was done of a Hispanic American male high school student of limited English proficiency in order to present a description of the experience of a minority student adapting to and coping with U.S. school culture. The student was a 15-year old male who recently arrived in the United States from Cuba and attended the 10th…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Cubans
Spicer, Scot L.; And Others – 1989
In spring 1989, 25 community colleges conducted a survey of their English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students to project the need for ESL services at institutional and statewide levels, and to assess students' existing and desired levels of English proficiency, and the time and resources needed to achieve the desired level. In addition, the study…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Differences, Cultural Isolation, English (Second Language)
Duryea, Elias J.; And Others – 1986
An alcohol and drug use education program was developed by teachers and administrators in Mora, a small, isolated Hispanic community in northern New Mexico, in cooperation with the town's public health nurses and a University of New Mexico research team. Pre- and posttests were given to 150 students in grades 7-9 in the Mora Public Schools to…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Cultural Isolation
Williams, Ben; Anderson, Carol – 1981
This report examines State level strategies designed to promote local desegregation efforts as reflected in pupil reassignment plans, housing desegregation, community involvement, and changes within schools. The case histories and results of successful desegregation litigation in thirteen States are discussed. Also presented are the following task…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning, Cultural Isolation, Desegregation Effects
Davison, Alice, Ed.; Eckert, Penelope, Ed. – 1990
Papers on women in linguistics are presented in five groups. An introductory section contains: "Feminist Linguistics: A Whirlwind Tour"; "Women in Linguistics: The Legacy of Institutionalization"; "Reflections on Women in Linguistics"; and "The Structure of the Field and Its Consequences for Women." Papers on trends and data include: "The Status…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cultural Isolation, Deans, Doctoral Dissertations
Grubb, Henry Jefferson – 1983
The basic tenet of this paper is that the difference between black and white children on IQ measures is not due to genetics but describes the cultural distance between the two groups. The cultural distance approach is described as an amalgam of the environmental and social psychology points of view. It holds that any subculture operating according…
Descriptors: Blacks, Change Strategies, Children, Cross Cultural Studies
Cerri Negrini, Maria Ausilia – 1986
The paper reports issues and outcomes of a seminar on intercultural education and migrant women organized by Italy as part of the Council of Europe's 1981 Council for Cultural Co-operation (CDCC) Project No. 7. Sub-themes of the seminar were the migratory situation at the local level (departures and returns, particularly in the context of the…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Education, Cultural Isolation
Muro, Osamu – 1980
Unique economic, social, and cultural conditions explain why Japan, as one of the leading industrialized nations, has no organization which specializes in or is concerned with development education. Contributing factors are: (1) economic success is so recent (late 1960's) that people are involved internally enjoying hard won affluence; (2)…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Isolation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Akehurst, Michael; Marsland, David – 1981
The economic, social and educational needs of rural youth in England and Wales are not being met. Rural youth are defined as all young people between the ages of 10 and 25 living in areas more than 30 miles from towns of 250,000 inhabitants, or 20 miles from towns whose population is between 50,000 and 250,000. The rapid decrease in the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Community Resources, Cultural Isolation
Akehurst, Michael D. – 1980
In spite of the popular misconception of life in rural England as a rustic idyll, social and economic conditions there have created many issues which result in deprivation for rural youth. The major issues which affect employment, schooling, social, and domestic situations for rural youth are: (1) accessibility--lack of transportation; (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Community Organizations, Community Resources
ESTES, NOLAN – 1967
THE RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION SEEMS TO BE PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE TO TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE--(1) BRIGHT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, AND (2) POORLY TRAINED YOUTH SEEKING BETTER LABOR MARKETS. IF THIS "BRAIN DRAIN" AND MIGRATION FLOW IS TO BE STEMMED, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE AN IMPROVED RURAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. WHILE SEVERAL NEEDS HAVE BEEN…
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Curriculum Development, Education Service Centers, Educational Opportunities
Bottomly, Forbes, Ed.; Kitfield, Allison, Ed. – 1978
This report contains a series of essays dealing with strategies to reduce isolation in metropolitan areas. Social isolation is defined as that which affects groups or individuals in such a manner as to limit or deny their access to, and to bar their freedom to choose among the options which society offers to a majority of citizens. Two models…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Court Role, Cultural Isolation, Desegregation Litigation
