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Williams-Duncan, Omah M. – Multicultural Education, 2020
Culturally diverse educational settings can be challenging to navigate as participants in these settings risk misinterpreting others from different cultures. This article highlights six strategies school community members can use to foster positive cross-cultural interactions while exhibiting and modeling professional teacher dispositions: (1)…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Multicultural Education, Teacher Characteristics, Personality
Jozwik, Sara L.; Cahill, Alice; Sánchez, Gilberto – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Individualized education programs (IEPs) reflect the spirit of individualized instruction that lies at the heart of special education. Quality annual goal statements, which propel the implementation of special education programming, use clear language to communicate measurable, meaningful, and standards-aligned expectations to all members of the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, English Language Learners
Osher, D.; Fisher, D.; Amos, L.; Katz, J.; Dwyer, K.; Duffey, T.; Colombi, G. D. – National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, 2015
Discriminatory discipline practices in the nation's schools disproportionately impact students of color; students with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive disabilities; and youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ). Large numbers of these students are removed from class, lose opportunities to learn, and…
Descriptors: Discipline, Minority Group Students, Disabilities, Homosexuality
Weiss, Amy L.; Theadore, Geraldine – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
This article focuses on why and how speech-language pathologists and other professionals can encourage the involvement of parents in teaching social communication skills to their young children. Four main topics are explored: (1) the evidence that many of the children with special needs served by speech-language pathologists and other…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development
Su, Feng, Ed. – Trentham Books Ltd, 2011
Eight students from mainland China chart their learning journeys across national and continental boundaries and socio-cultural contexts. The five women and three men structure their experiences of studying in China and the West around the turning points and life changing choices they made in chasing their dreams. They embody its emergent…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Merrell, Kenneth W.; Ervin, Ruth A.; Peacock, Gretchen Gimpel – Guilford Publications, 2011
A leading introductory text, this authoritative volume comprehensively describes the school psychologist's role in promoting positive academic, behavioral, and emotional outcomes for all students. The book emphasizes a problem-solving-based, data-driven approach to practice in today's diverse schools. It grounds the reader in the concepts and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Vignettes, Response to Intervention, School Psychology
Sullivan, Amanda L. – Communique, 2010
For as long as there has been special education, there has been racially based disproportionality in identification and placement coupled with the concern that some students may be inappropriately identified as disabled. This is especially true for Black students in the categories of emotional disability (ED) and mild mental retardation (MR),…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, School Psychologists, Disproportionate Representation
Bontrager, Bob; Ingersoll, Doris; Ingersoll, Ronald – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2012
As external forces demand change in the delivery of postsecondary education and institutions seek to take advantage of new opportunities, the potential for achieving higher levels of student and institutional success is vast. New technologies, communication tools, data use, and organizational constructs present key factors in improving the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Management, Educational Change, Strategic Planning
Forster-Scott, Latisha – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, childhood obesity rates are highest among ethnic minorities. It is very helpful to consider the role of culture when attempting to analyze and explain obesity rates in ethnic minority populations. Culture influences the attitudes and beliefs toward exercise, food and nutrition, and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Minority Group Children, Ethnic Groups, Cultural Influences
Schmidt, John J. – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2007
Invitational theory uses many elements to define, describe, and delineate its beliefs and practices. For example, the Five Ps of people, places, policies, programs, and processes are consistently cited in the literature and research as the framework for assessing inviting practices. Another example is the presentation of four areas of inviting:…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Human Relations, Researchers, Cultural Differences
Zepeda, Marlene; Gonzalez-Mena, Janet; Rothstein-Fisch, Carrie; Trumbull, Elise – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
This book is a resource designed to help pre-service and in-service early childhood educators, including infant-toddler caregivers, understand the role of culture in their programs. It is also intended for professionals who work with children and their families in a variety of other roles, such as social workers, special educators, and early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Individualism, Culture Conflict
Scherer, Marge – Instructor, 1985
When Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, and Chinese people arrived in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to make their homes and send their children to school, there had never been an English as a Second Language program. A successful program was set up quickly and is now facing different concerns. (MT)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Heffron, Mary Claire; Grunstein, Sara; Tilmon, Shawniese – Zero to Three (J), 2007
Issues of diversity, such as culture, class, race, and ethnicity, affect all relationships. It can be difficult to explore these issues in supervision, but doing so is imperative to understanding and working effectively with each other and with families. This article explores the challenges associated with discussing issues of diversity, and…
Descriptors: Supervision, Child Care, Interpersonal Relationship, Consciousness Raising

Orlansky, M. D.; Trap, J. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
The article provides suggestions to professionals to help develop effective patterns of communication and interaction with disabled Native American students or clients. Cultural characteristics such as placing greater value on cooperation than competition are discussed. Suggested readings and demographic data are included. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences

Kenney, Marianne – Journal of Geography, 1992
Describes "Harvest of Hope," a project for science and geography instruction in which students from an inner-city and a suburban school joined in a community service project. Explains that the students planned, planted, and harvested crops for the needy on school property. Includes handouts simulating international negotiations, trade…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Cultural Differences, Geography Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach