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Download full textSwarts, Valerie R. – 1992
Recent educational reform by proponents of multiculturalism and diversity has tended to identify with cultures other than the dominant one and to embrace variations in race, gender, age, or others. However, this trend has caused a backlash by conservative elements against what has become known as "political correctness," a backlash which…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences, Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends
Williams, Colin H. – 1991
This plenary opening address on cultural and language rights emphasizes both the opportunities and constraints facing selected European minorities in their struggle both to reproduce their culture and to have their efforts recognized as a permanent, legitimate, and democratic contribution to modern society. The central thesis is that although the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance
Siegel, Paul – 1993
The meaning of "diversity" was at the core of the U.S. Senate debate of 1991-92 concerning continued Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) funding, a debate that was both reported on and fueled by a parallel discourse on the topic in the popular press. Ideas about the diversity of programming fell into three sub-dimensions: (1) political…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cable Television, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis
Scheirer, Elinor A. – 1988
This paper explores how a set of curriculum reforms in the United States and England over the past 20 years may be interrelated, according to conclusions drawn from ethnographic investigation and informed by historical reflections. The discussion centers upon the case of informal, open, or progressive education, which has enjoyed a 40 plus--year…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2005
In the western literature, mathematics achievement and its related student self-concept are important education outcomes reciprocally linked and mutually reinforcing. The reciprocal relation model is examined in this study to assess its generalization in a cross-cultural setting. Hong Kong is the site of choice because of its exposure to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Self Concept
Heywood, Stanley J. – 1985
This paper discusses cognitive maps of the world that an individual needs to be considered educated. A cognitive map is the filing structure within the brain that allows an individual to encode, give meaning, and retrieve information relating to a variety of world matters. The first requisite is a cognitive map of the world of differences, whereby…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Cultural Awareness
