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Download full textSherman, Janice; Thompson, Marlene – Insights into Open Education, 1994
Teacher-developed activities in one kindergarten classroom in Rogers (MN) are the focus for introducing diversity in primary grades. The process of planning the curriculum is described, along with a list of strategies to implement in the classroom for the school year. A set of persona dolls, one male and one female, were purchased to represent…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1997
This theme issue explores the development of memory and creativity in very young children. The first article, "The Guy Who Went Up the Steep Nicken: The Emergence of Story Telling during the First Three Years" (Susan Engel), describes the developmental stages of children's story telling. The reasons children tell stories and strategies for…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Cultural Differences, Developmental Stages
Norton, Robert F. – 1987
Major writing style differences between Korean and U.S. essayists are examined in order to determine: (1) the types of relationships expressed in a specific essay; (2) the sequence in which related ideas are expressed; and (3) the distance between two ideas that comprise each relationship. Eighteen basic types of relationships were examined in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedMosaic, 1999
This new report series grows out of internal discussions at the Education Development Center (EDC) about the meaning of equity in education, student diversity, and reflective practice. This premiere issue looks across the EDC at a wide array of projects focused on equity and diversity. The following articles are included: (1) "Introduction:…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Horn, Marjorie C.; Mosher, William D. – Vital & Health Statistics, 1986
The National Survey of Family Growth is a periodic survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, and designed to produce national estimates of statistics on fertility, family planning, and aspects of maternal and child health that are closely related to childbearing. This report presents statistics based on data collected in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Contraception
PDF pending restorationHoskins, Marilyn W. – Development Communication Report, 1981
Criteria for establishing a project management plan for local community development of forestry programs in Africa are provided in the lead article, which elaborates upon approaches for encouraging participation in fuelwood production, determining community needs and responsibilities, assigning technical support personnel, and revitalizing rural…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conservation (Environment), Cooperative Planning, Cultural Differences
Aranda, Mario J., Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1987
This issue of the Family Resource Coalition Report focuses on Hispanic families. The articles and authors are the following: (1) Voices and Issues: A Celebration of Hispanic Diversity, M. Aranda; (2) Some Facts in Understanding Latino Families, J. Hernandez; (3) Invisibility in the Data, Invisibility in the Policy: The Latino Family and Public…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Community Programs, Cultural Differences, Family Financial Resources
Jordahl, Angela A.; And Others – Insights into Open Education, 1995
A collection of three excerpted stories is provided in this paper about cross-cultural communication. The paper presents excerpts from papers written as assignments by teacher/students in a course about first and second language development. In the paper's first excerpt, Angela Jordahl tells about her involvement with Kurdish students in a…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Bilingualism, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Woods, Diane E., Ed. – IEEIR Interchange, 1991
Two articles explore possibilities for collaboration between American and Asian researchers addressing disabilities in a worldwide context. The first article, by Mike Miles, is titled "Using Action-Oriented Disability Studies in Pakistan." It focuses on how information can be disseminated in informal, nontraditional (non-Western) ways.…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Check Lists, Child Development, Community Programs
Nissani, Helen – Focus, 1990
General issues in the development of programs for language minority children at the preschool level, ages 2-4, are discussed. Focus is on the need to meet their comprehensive needs, and the five following points are made: (1) programs should be designed to serve the child's social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development within the context…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Child Development, Cultural Differences
Denemark, George, Ed.; And Others – 1981
The eight papers in this compendium were commissioned from faculty and staff members to provide a research and theoretical base for selected components of a University of Kentucky report on a teaching experience involving mainstreamed elementary school children. That experience was reported in "Perspectives of an Ivory Tower Realist," a monograph…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Crisis Intervention, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Wadsworth, Emily C., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This annual journal issue contains 24 papers on issues of faculty development, instructional improvement, knowledge and teaching, and communication in higher education. Many of the papers were developed for the annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD). The papers are: (1) "Teaching…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, College Instruction, Communication (Thought Transfer)
TASH Newsletter, 1998
The ten 1998 issues of the newsletter of TASH comprise this document. An issue typically contains news items, a column by the organization's executive director, reports from special interest groups, legislative testimony, conference information, and several major articles, such as the following: "A Q&A on IDEA 97 with Tom Gilhool"; "Positive…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminology, Cultural Differences
Sayler, Michael, Ed. – Tempo, 1996
This theme issue of a Texas journal focuses on gifted education and culturally diverse students. "Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Students in Gifted Education" (Donna Y. Ford and J. John Harris) discusses the challenges of recruiting diverse students in gifted education and presents solutions, including using different measurements of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bilingual Students, Black Students, Cultural Awareness
Horton, Betty, Ed.; And Others – Impact, 1996
This newsletter feature issue focuses on services for persons with developmental disabilities that support the whole person by acknowledging, respecting, and incorporating aspects of identity such as race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, and class. Articles include: (1) "Serving the Whole Person: The Journey to Embracing…
Descriptors: Age, American Indians, Attitude Change, Blacks
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