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Chavez, Rudolfo Chavez, Ed.; O'Donnell, James, Ed.; Sleeter, Christine E., Ed. – 1998
This book addresses the clashing, controversial ideological and ontological postures that emanate when multicultural education issues are the sum and substance for engagement by learners in various educational settings. After a preface (C.E. Sleeter) and foreword "Tongue-Tying Multiculturalism" (D. Macedo), the book offers the following…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
May, William W., Ed. – 1990
The purpose of this book is to provide a basic resource that defines the ethical issues in higher education and to offer a starting point for means of resolution or policy development in regard to them. Part 1 establishes an interpretive framework for the book in the following papers: "Institutional Culture and Ethics" (David Smith and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Apartheid, Cheating
Noto, Jody – 1984
This curriculum guide consists of materials for use in presenting the second year of a two-year course in diversified occupations that is designed to teach job search and job-holding skills to disadvantaged and English as a second language (ESL) students. Addressed in the 24 units included in the course are the following topics: the purposes of…
Descriptors: Banking, Behavioral Objectives, Bias, Budgeting
Weston, Kathleen M. – 1982
This guide provides a systems approach to increasing the numbers of women in apprenticeships and skilled blue collar jobs. Its components form the Apprenticeship and Blue Collar (ABC) System. This system was developed from the experiences of hundreds of employment and training professionals and from several targeted outreach programs currently…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Blue Collar Occupations
Cook, Patricia; Stewart, Ellen – 1985
This learning module, one in a series of competency-based guidance program training packages focusing upon professional and paraprofessional competencies of guidance personnel, deals with meeting the guidance needs of older adults. Addressed in the module are the following topics: describing a negative and a positive bias, stereotype, or attitude…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1978
At the 1977 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Invitational Conference, the ETS Measurement Award was presented to Anne Anastasi. In view of the convergence of measurement and the law, the conference focused on six related issues. Barbara Lerner explored the screening procedures of American professional and graduate schools in "Equal…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Awards, Cheating, College Admission
Kaplin, William A. – 1980
Designed to be used either independently or as a companion to "The Law of Higher Education" (1978), this book serves as a reference to current legal issues, as well as to primary and secondary materials concerning higher education law. Part One, Overview of Postsecondary Education Law, examines the evolution of law relating to postsecondary…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Feldbaum, Eleanor G.; Levitt, Morris J. – 1980
This report focuses on nursing educational and practice issues that government officials may have to address in the near future. The report provides statistical information on nurses, compares statistics for white and black nurses, and recommends policies for the future. Data was gathered for the report during a three-year study of 5,175…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Career Choice, Career Ladders
Strom, Margot Stern; Parsons, William S. – 1977
This unit for junior and senior high school students presents techniques and materials for studying about the holocaust of World War II. Emphasis in the guide is on human behavior and the role of the individual within society. Among the guide's 18 objectives are for students to examine society's influence on individual behavior, place Hitler's…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Behavior, Bias, Citizenship
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1996
The 19 papers presented at Wake Forest University's 1996 Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) are as follows: "Initiating and Facilitating Discourse: An Examination of Methods of Four Secondary English Classrooms" (Stella Katherine Beale); "Cheating: Beliefs and Habits" (William Clark); "English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Cheating, Cognitive Style
Long, Robert, Ed.; Gardner, Scott, Ed. – Language Teacher, 2002
These 12 journal issues include articles on the following topics: cultural effects on learning and teaching English in Vietnam; a student guide to plagiarism; getting a master's degree in TEST at Temple University Japan; getting organized in Japan; conference reports; a discourse pattern for teaching the reminiscence story; student controlled…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bullying, Computer Assisted Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education
Coelho, Elizabeth – 1998
The book outlines approaches and strategies that schools and teachers can adopt to provide educational experiences meeting the needs of all learners in culturally diverse schools and classrooms, especially those in areas in which new immigrants settle. Chapter one provides an overview of the sources of cultural diversity and describes some public…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Ancillary School Services, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Farrell-Racette, Sherry; Goulet, Linda; Pelletier, Joanne; Shmon, Karon – 1996
This document, the fifth in a series on diversity in the classroom, supports Canadian teachers of First Nations and Metis students. Section 1, "Introduction," provides a history of First Nations and Metis education and introduces the document. Section 2, "People of Many Nations," discusses environmental and linguistic…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education
Shore, Sue – 2001
The issue of how the outcomes of research on vocational education and training (VET) are influenced by categories that frame thinking about research and learning was explored. Special attention was paid to the following issues: (1) the role of researchers' culture and race in identification of adult learning principles; (2) the need for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Blacks
Hansen, Angela L. – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2005
What are the factors affecting the achievement of Hispanic high school youth? Hispanic Americans are the largest growing population in the United States. Currently, Hispanic students make up more than 20% of the U.S. school population and, in 23 of the 50 states, Hispanic students outnumber African American and Asian students. During the 1970s and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Hispanic American Students, High School Students
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