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Direct linkHall, Gene E., Ed.; Quin, Linda F., Ed.; Gollnick, Donna M., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
This enlightening handbook offers current, international perspectives on the conditions in communities, contemporary practices in schooling, relevant research on teaching and learning, and implications for the future of education. It contains diverse conceptual frameworks for analyzing existing issues in education, including but not limited to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Context Effect
McGowan, Meredith; And Others – 1994
Because diversity is a fact of life in our rapidly changing, complex, and interdependent world, appreciating diversity is essential. This resource goes beyond teaching tolerance and understanding of diversity. It gives educators the tools for teaching children to value the differences between people. Using literature as a springboard, educators…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Cultural Activities
Katz, Elizabeth G., Ed.; Correia, Maria C., Ed. – 2001
The studies compiled in this book analyze the effects of gender on the well-being of individuals and households in Mexico. Analyses examine gender issues over the life cycle, including education and child labor, adult urban and rural labor participation, and the situation of elderly Mexican men and women. Following an introduction by Elizabeth…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Ginn, Charles W. – 1995
Functioning effectively within a family requires the ability to communicate with diverse and unique individual family members. Appreciating the different ways that people interact with one another may reduce the number of family disputes caused by lack of effective communication. This manual is designed as a practical guide to increasing…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Family Life, Family Needs, Family Relationship
Taylor, Earl J., Jr.; And Others – 1994
The Peoples Multicultural Almanac provides five entries for each day in the school year, September through May, organized for the following ethnic groups: (1) African Americans; (2) Asian Americans; (3) European Americans; (4) Hispanic Americans; and (5) Native Americans. The entries highlight significant social, political, historical, cultural,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Achievement, Childrens Literature
Hesburgh, Theodore M., Ed. – 1994
This book offers 30 papers on the continuing discussion of the nature of a Catholic university. The papers are: "Introduction: The Challenge and Promise of a Catholic University" (Theodore M. Hesburgh); "Reflections on the Mission of a Catholic University" (Harold W. Attridge); "The Difference of a Catholic…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Church Role
Fishbaugh, Mary Susan E., Ed.; Berkeley, Terry R., Ed.; Schroth, Gwen, Ed. – 2003
This book presents research findings and information about school violence, with a focus on strategies for increasing school safety. Articles in the book come from a special edition of the journal Rural Special Education Quarterly, a publication of the American Council on Rural Special Education. The articles have been rewritten to address issues…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Behavior Problems, Crime Prevention, Educational Environment
Torrance, E. Paul; Goff, Kathy; Satterfield, Neil B. – 1998
This guide offers guidance for mentoring programs and relationships serving gifted and/or talented students from multicultural and/or disadvantaged environments. After an introductory chapter which defines the mentor concept, Chapter 2 considers the mentoring relationship, racial/cultural differences, characteristics of economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Creativity, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth
Tierney, William G. – 1997
This book, written in a narrative style that combines autobiography, case studies, and fiction, presents a picture of academic life as experienced by gay men and lesbian women. The way in which research has defined gay identity is the way lesbian and gay people are identified in the daily life of the university, and it looks to the university…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Discrimination, Higher Education, Homophobia
