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Guild, Pat – School Administrator, 1994
Researchers and practitioners agree that learning styles stem from a nature/nurture combination; students of all styles can be successful learners; students are more successful when using their style strengths; and diverse teaching styles are essential. This article discusses implementation issues, cultural factors, alternative teaching styles,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Individual Differences

Kim, Min-Sun – Human Communication Research, 1994
Investigates how cultural groups differ in the relative importance they attach to conversational constraints. Suggests that the perceived importance of clarity is higher in the more individualistic cultures but that the perceived importance of avoiding hurting the hearer's feelings and of minimizing imposition is higher in the more collectivistic…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
VanBalkom, W. D. – Education Canada, 1991
Addresses how faculties of education in Alberta respond to the need to prepare teachers for the challenges of teaching in an ethnically and culturally diverse society. Multiculturalism can be introduced through special courses or infused across the curriculum. Finds that, although most universities offer some courses associated with…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Bates, Joanna; Andrew, Rodney – Academic Medicine, 2001
Describes and evaluates academic problems of international medical graduates (IMGs) within one community-based residency program. Suggests that many problems may be caused by difficulty with English, differences in medical education, length of time since previous training, different life stage, or cultural differences in beliefs about…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Foreign Medical Graduates, Graduate Medical Education

Zsiray, Stephen W., Jr.; Parsegova, Marina; Eltseva, Galina – Clearing House, 2001
Describes an educational exchange program between Russia and the United States that provides an unparalleled learning experience for students from Lyceum 1511 (a high school near Moscow) and Mountain Crest High School (Utah). Notes the most important differences were the highly structured school day of Lyceum 1511 compared with the flexibility and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange
McCarthy, Jeanne McRae – 1982
The final report describes activities of Project First Chance, Interactive Outreach Project, a program to stimulate the development of improvement of educational services to preschool handicapped children and their families. The project was also designed to provide outreach to culturally diverse populations (primarily Navajos) and to programs in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Navajo

Rodriguez, Fred – Exceptional Children, 1982
A project at the University of Kansas has analyzed, evaluated, and developed guidelines for multicultural emphasis in special education teacher education. The project has progressed from analysis of the department curriculum to development of a workshop model (the format of which is included). (CL)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Multicultural Education, Program Development

Myers, Linda James – Theory into Practice, 1981
The nature of pluralism, especially in education, is discussed. The dominant culture in the United States is compared with the African culture. The uniqueness of African Americans and the implications for pluralism are investigated. Specific examples of ways educational personnel might promote educational pluralism are presented. (CJ)
Descriptors: African Culture, Biculturalism, Blacks, Cultural Differences
Jarchow, Elaine – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
New Zealand educators have some ideas worth stealing, including morning tea-time, the lie-flat manifold duplicate book for recording classroom observation comments, school uniforms, collegial planning and grading of college assignments, good meeting etiquette, a whole-child orientation, portable primary architecture, group employment interviews…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Cary, Emily Pritchard – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
A consultant in talented and gifted education shares excerpts from letters written to her by teachers in the former U.S.S.R. These moving accounts of everyday struggles in a harsh, unpredictable environment show that the world has grown smaller and its inhabitants more interdependent. (MLH)
Descriptors: Bias, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Bauman, Dona C. – Online Submission, 2007
This purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of parents with children with disabilities towards their children and how Mexican society treats their children. Using a focus group with a translator four middle class parents were interviewed about their children with disabilities in Guadalajara, Mexico. At a later date two other parents…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups
Paris, David C. – 1988
The current demands for values education, like recent basic educational reforms generally, reflect a superficial consensus. The push for values education by educators and politicians is a response to two developments: (1) the public's perception that schools are too disorderly; and (2) a desire to inculcate a common belief system. However, the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education
Nolan, Robert E.; Kato, Hiroki – Lifelong Learning, 1985
Describes a model for the cross-cultural training of adults. Three learning steps are explained, including (1) values, beliefs, and assumptions of American culture contrasted with those of the host culture; (2) specific communication situations analyzed in terms of formal, prescriptive behaviors; and (3) contact with people and situations of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Modification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Training

Vogel, Albert W.; Elsasser, Nan – Theory into Practice, 1981
A high percentage of Rom (Gypsy) families do not send their children to school. Most Rom in the United States are illiterate. Rom families believe that from the viewpoint of their culture, formal education is a destructive force. The strictures that govern their everyday lives influence standards of personal cleanliness, food preparation, sex…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Isolation, Cultural Traits, Ethnic Bias

Goldring, Ellen B. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1992
Israeli principals are actively redefining their role and are evolving from routine-managers to leader-managers. This role change is reflected in four pivotal areas: resource allocation, organizational framework, governance, and market structure. Israeli principals are required to be environmental managers who mobilize resources and manage…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries