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Csapo, Marg – Comparative Education, 1982
Describes, in detail, the educational status of Romany students in socialist Hungary and, briefly, in nonsocialist Austria and Finland. Regardless of the country's politics, attempts at successful schooling, through better teaching methods and parental and adult involvement, must be interwoven with changing the prejudices and employment practices…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Comparative Education, Delinquency

Ruttenberg, Jonathan; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Examines the relationship between indicators of collective identity (collective self-esteem, religious involvement, involvement in ethnic organizations) and prejudice towards the other group among Jewish and Arab college students. Collective identity variables largely were unrelated to prejudice among the Jewish students. Findings for the Arab…
Descriptors: Arabs, College Students, Cultural Interrelationships, Ethnic Bias

Liddle, Becky J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Reports on an in-class experiment where a lesbian assistant professor of counseling psychology disclosed her sexual orientation to two sections of an undergraduate class and did not disclose it to two comparable sections of the same course. Comparisons of teaching evaluations revealed no evidence of bias. (MJP)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Instruction, Disclosure, Faculty

McIntyre, Alice – Teachers College Record, 1997
To confront racial issues in their classrooms, white student teachers reflected on their identities as white teachers and their understandings of multiculturalism. By confronting their identities and challenging the meaning of being white teachers, they could better pursue teaching practices to alter the way white students are educated about…
Descriptors: Action Research, Black Stereotypes, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education

Lomawaima, K. Tsianina – Journal of American Indian Education, 1996
Examines the career of Estelle Reed, federally appointed Superintendent of Indian Schools, 1898-1910. Discusses Reel's development of the Uniform Course of Study (a highly detailed, primarily vocational curriculum); racist ideology; girls'"domestic training" to transform Indian family life; instruction in traditional Native crafts; and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Biographies

McCormick, Theresa E. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1990
Focuses on equity issues pertaining to women, their career development, and interface between counselors and teachers in addressing these issues. Points out the inconsistency between the ideal of equity and actual practice based on differences between male and female achievement. Offers suggestions to teachers and counselors for initiating and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Career Counseling, Career Development, Computer Literacy

Yarbrough, Marilyn V. – Journal of Legal Education, 1989
The paper stresses that large debts, when coupled with discriminatory employment patterns and the self-selection of minorities into public service work, may discourage prospective minority law students. Government subsidies to groups likely to include significant numbers of minority attorneys are recommended. (DB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, Debt (Financial), Economic Status

Miller-Jones, Dalton – American Psychologist, 1989
Examines research and theory on the assessment of cognitive abilities in culturally distinct populations, particularly Afro-American children, in order to provide a better understanding of variation in performance on tests of ability and academic achievement. (BJV)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Students, Child Development, Child Psychology
Garcia, Jesus – Education and Society, 1988
Minority group students perform less well than White students in elementary mathematics and science education. Strategies for increasing learning for minority students include the following: (1) greater use of textbook illustrations; (2) career strand applications; (3) community field trips; (4) textbook supplement through multicultural resources;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Black Students, Curriculum Development

Commeyras, Michelle; Alvermann, Donna E. – Social Studies, 1994
Asserts that there is an important difference between history as socially constructed knowledge and as an objective, fixed account. Reports on a content analysis of three high school world history texts to determine how the meaning from them may be influenced in the content and power relations implicit in the textbook language. (CFR)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism

Roy, R. H. – Canadian Social Studies, 1994
Asserts that the writers and producers of the television documentary, "The Valour and the Horror," provided a false impression of an event to fit preconceived and erroneous interpretations of history. Points out specific examples of inaccurate historical presentations and provides contradictory historical interpretations. (CFR)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Bias, Broadcast Industry, Documentaries

Kirman, Joseph M. – Canadian Social Studies, 1994
Provides an overview of the Canadian Senate report on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) documentary, "The Valour and the Horror." Includes quotes from official hearings regarding the historical accuracy of the documentary film. Concludes that the CBC was not controlled adequately by its board of directors. (CFR)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Bias, Broadcast Industry, Documentaries
Gough, Cal; Greenblatt, Ellen – Library Journal, 1992
Discusses library services to gay and lesbian patrons. Topics addressed include heterosexist prejudices; information needs of gay and lesbian patrons; censorship; inadequate indexing of lesbian and gay materials; inappropriate subject headings; reviews of pertinent materials; interlibrary loan; and services to children and young adults. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Adolescents, Bias

Chesler, Mark A.; Zuniga, Ximena – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Describes a class exercise designed to confront homophobic attitudes. Students wear pink triangles to identify with gay/lesbian prejudice and peer pressures. Explores social conflict, prejudice, and oppression using conflict management techniques. Includes excerpts from students writing assignments and finds fear of being stigmatized pervades…
Descriptors: Bias, Class Activities, College Students, Conflict Resolution

Sleeter, Christine E. – Educational Foundations, 1992
A study of predominantly white teachers participating in a multicultural education staff development program illustrated how social class and gender experiences informed their understanding of the social order they used to understand race. Following the staff development, few teachers substantially restructured their perspectives about racial…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education