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Peer reviewedComas-Diaz, Lillian; And Others – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Describes the preparation and implementation of a Puerto Rican cultural program emphasizing pride in heritage. Program appraisal suggests that the students' self-concepts can be enhanced by the cultural awareness program. Implications of these findings for the school system are discussed and recommendations are offered. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDelgado, Melvin; Montalvo, Susanne – Children Today, 1979
Describes a community mental health program focused on the needs of Hispanic preschool children Worcester, Massachusetts. The program provides consultation and intervention services to the children's parents, day care teachers and family day care providers. (CM)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Cultural Awareness, Intervention
Download full textPennsylvania State Dept. of Public Instruction, Harrisburg. Bureau of General and Academic Education. – 1968
Presented is a project proposal for improving the assimilation of Puerto Rican and foreign born students in Hoboken, New Jersey. The project, to be funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, intends to aid acculturation by giving school staffs an "in-depth experience" in Puerto Rico. It is felt that this field trip…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Demonstration Programs
Benjamin, Libby, Ed.; Pratt, Richard, Ed. – 1975
This extensive monograph, multiply-authored by subject experts, speaks to the special needs of four major minority groups in the United States: American Indians, blacks, Chicanos, and Mexican Americans. Special counselor training programs are described which help provide awareness of cultural differences and tools for working with minority…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Counseling Services
Direct linkHedegaard, Mariane – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2003
The personal aspect of knowledge--the everyday concepts--is located in the life setting of a person. These personal concepts are the foundation for the child's appropriation of subject matter concepts that qualify the child's personal concept so they can function as theoretical concepts. However, subject matter concepts are not universal, they are…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Social Sciences, Minority Group Children, Social Differences
Hoboken Board of Education, NJ. – 1968
This application for a continuation grant describes the project of the Board of Education of Hoboken, New Jersey, for improving the assimilation of Puerto Rican and foreign born students. This Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, project has included, and hopes to continue, inservice teacher education, community programs, curriculum…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Attitude Change, Bilingual Students, Cultural Awareness
McClain, Shirla R.; And Others – 1977
This paper provides information on working with parents of culturally different youth. Four topics are discussed: 1) general information on culturally different paretns, 2) parenting culturally different children during the preschool years, 3) parenting elementary school youth from culturally different homes, and 4) parenting culturally different…
Descriptors: Activities, Adolescents, American Indians, Blacks
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. Dept. of Educational Research and Program Assessment. – 1977
Milwaukee, Wisconsin public school pupils in the 1976-1977 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program varied in language dominance from monolingual English to various degrees of bilingualism to monolingual Spanish. The program goals suggest that the 594 elementary pupils will pursue their studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
