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Forman, Ellice A.; McCormick, Dawn E. – Remedial and Special Education, 1995
This paper reviews how sociocultural theory conceptualizes teaching and learning, fundamental constructs of the theory and methodology, and basic guidelines for discourse analysis. It applies these concepts to three research areas: the social construction of disability, contingent instruction between adults and learners, and miscommunication…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Discourse Analysis
Goodman, Norman G. – 1983
A study of student opinions in a developing country--Malaysia--shows that the institutionalization of education in developed countries has been transferred to developing countries in the status given to Western degrees. Ideas about what constitutes knowledge and professionalism, disseminated by universities of the Western world, have come to…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Degrees (Academic), Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Der-Karabetian, Aghop; And Others – 1983
Nationalism and worldmindedness are social cognitions that have both culture-unique and culture-universal aspects. To compare cross-cultural manifestations of these 2 sentiments, 270 Japanese and 210 American university students in Tokyo and Los Angeles answered questions on national resources, self-sufficiency and interdependence, communication,…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Epstein, Erwin H. – Oxford Review of Education, 1992
Identifies four issues that will shape the future of U.S. elementary and secondary education: (1) decentralized governance of schools; (2) education of all students and level of achievement; (3) opportunity for educational equality; and (4) cultural diversity and ethnicity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Attainment, Educational Opportunities, Educational Philosophy
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Lee, Raymond L. M. – American Sociologist, 1994
Contends that the relationship between developed and developing nations' scholarship may be characterized as a type of ideological dependency. Discusses the different approaches to the use of sociological research and knowledge in developed and developing nations. (CFR)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Differences, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
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Haynes, William O.; Saunders, Dawn J. – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1999
Twenty socioeconomically middle-class mother/toddler dyads (half White and half African American) were video recorded during joint book-reading activities. Unlike an earlier study, most book-reading behaviors were similar between the two groups, although the White group used significantly more labeling than the African-American group. Results…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Holenbergh, Rosita M. – 1983
This paper discusses the changes in social processes and corresponding changes in education as a result of the presence of post-war, non-Anglo-Celtic immigrants in Australia. This is followed by analyses of recent reports which have influenced policy, and the paper concludes with identification of research needs in the light of recent research…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Policy, Educational Research, English (Second Language)
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Bosacki, Sandra – Canadian Social Studies, 1995
Investigates the underlying reasons for the development of a negative self-concept in Canadian Native children attending public elementary schools. Maintains that a child-centered curriculum and instructional strategies will provide the learning environment necessary to foster positive attitudes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Needs
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Hollingsworth, Sandra; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1995
Argues that the integration of mainstream literacy into social studies instruction is necessary to ensure that students in urban middle school classrooms learn content. Also argues for instruction from a "multiple literacies" approach in order to validate and engage disinterested students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
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Ovsiannikov, A.; Rakhmanin, V. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Reports on a study of Russian stereotypes of among 1,486 students and 707 instructors in 30 higher education institutions in Russia and former republics of the Soviet Union. Finds that two-thirds of respondents have anxiety feelings caused by knowledge or fear of interethnic conflict. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships, Culture Conflict
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Griffiths, Morwenna; Davies, Carol – British Educational Research Journal, 1993
Reports on an action research study on improving equality of opportunity for students in a socially and racially mixed classroom. Finds that students were empowered by their involvement setting up and drawing conclusions from the study. Questions the extent to which research should focus on race, social class, or gender. (CFR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences
Frantz-Murphy, Gladys – 1993
By utilizing world systems analysis and dependency theory in world history, ways that students can raise questions and integrate ideas at the high school and undergraduate level are identified. A discussion of the origins and design of the 14th century world system demonstrates how it is set apart from the modern world and how conveying that…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Colonialism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Willis, David B. – 1987
This anecdotal ethnography describes the student culture at Columbia Academy, an international school in Kobe, Japan. The paper begins by contrasting the affluence of Columbia Academy and its students with the relative austerity of a nearby Japanese middle school. The paper follows a typical day at Columbia, and describes the nationalities of the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Educational Anthropology, Educational Environment
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Lo, Leslie Nai-Kwai – Chinese University Education Journal, 1994
Surveys major changes that have occurred in the fields of development studies and development education since World War II. Maintains that the Western assumption of human progress has been undermined in the Asian Pacific Rim. Maintains that scholars in the region should chart a new course of educational development. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Exchange, Developing Nations
McLoyd, Vonnie C., Ed.; Hill, Nancy E., Ed.; Dodge, Kenneth A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2005
This volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Public Policy, Cultural Differences, Sociocultural Patterns