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Cruz, Luz M.; Petersen, Susan C. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2011
Diversity is defined as differences in groups of people and individuals based on ethnicity, race, language, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, exceptionalities, and religion. Each of these aspects of diversity is a "culture" in and of itself. The goal of physical education teachers is to become "culturally responsive teachers" and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Education Teachers, Student Diversity
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Scott, Catherine – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
Individualism is the dominant value system in Western cultures and, as such, it affects the conduct of every aspect of human endeavour, including education. One of the most enduring effects on education has been the search for individual differences that can explain and predict variation in student achievement, with the hope that pedagogical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
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Mayer, G. Roy – Education and Treatment of Children, 1999
Describes the Constructive Discipline model as a preventive positive approach for managing behavior problems in school settings. Compares Constructive Discipline with traditional discipline approaches and stresses the need to clarify discipline policy, provide considerable staff support, and make allowances for individual student differences in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Educational Policy
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Jakubowski, Lisa M. – Teaching Sociology, 2001
Provides a four-step process for teaching about racism: (1) the articulation of experience, (2) codification, (3) decodification, and (4) empowerment. Teaches students to describe what they see around them, define the problem, share similar experiences, question why there is a problem, and strategize what can be done about the problem. (DAJ)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Course Content, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
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Fletcher-Carter, Ruth; Paez, Doris – 1997
Since deaf students who are members of more than one cultural group (e.g., Deaf and Black, Deaf and Asian, Deaf and Native American, Deaf and Hispanic) seldom encounter teachers who are deaf, let alone deaf and representative of their ethnic/racial group, this paper offers a framework to help teachers attend to the variations in beliefs,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Cultural Pluralism
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Elementary School Journal, 1992
Presents a model of empirically supported instructional strategies for optimizing the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped students. Argues that such a model must account for the actual characteristics of mainstreamed students rather than the categorical designation applied to such students. The model is described within an overall model of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Disorders, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education