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Guo, Yadong; Gao, Xuesong – SAGE Open, 2023
The promotion of the English language continues to be instrumental in helping China to engage with the world, but it has caused identity anxiety and cultural uncertainty among language learners. In this paper, we analyze data from a favorite-character-presentation task and an oral survey conducted with 82 preschool children in Shanghai. We found…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chen, Emma; Liu, Yina – Waikato Journal of Education, 2022
Canadian multicultural picturebooks greatly influence both children's and educators' being and becoming. Identity is closely related to our engagement with literacy practices. In this article, two researchers who immigrated from mainland China engage in autobiographical narrative inquiry, a methodology that asks the researchers to self-face, and…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Cultural Pluralism, Immigrants, Asians
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Zaidi, Rahat; El Chaar, D. – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2022
The growing number of international students studying at Canadian universities has exacerbated the need to address identity, cultural aspects of teaching, and the commonalities of different cultures through a transcultural lens. To explore these concepts, researchers conducted a qualitative study using a workshop format at a large university in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, International Education, Cultural Differences
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Gleeson, Margaret – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia are similar in many ways. Both were colonised by English-speaking British settlers, and English is a national language in each country. In recent years, both countries have become destinations for immigrants speaking languages other than English and international fee-paying students. Both have a chequered history…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Mainstreaming, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Acevedo, María V. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2019
Children's life experiences can position their exploration of global cultural communities within early childhood classrooms. Some early childhood educators, however, are concerned that many young children do not have direct experience of global cultures and thus believe that differences between cultural practices will be confusing to young…
Descriptors: Play, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Alkire, Scott; Alkire, Andrew – TESL-EJ, 2007
Although most universities in the Muslim world publicly recognize and support the teaching of Western literature, the exploration of some Western literary themes (for example, self-determination, sexual liberation, and gender equality) is viewed negatively by authority figures as well as by some professors and students. To reconcile this concern…
Descriptors: Muslims, Western Civilization, Biculturalism, Second Language Learning
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Brooks, B. David; Merino, Sharon – Reading Improvement, 1976
Presents methods for dealing with bicultural situations among Mexican-American students. (RB)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Information Service, Austin. – 1974
This document was designed for use by professionals concerned with bilingual and multicultural education. It is divided into three sections. The first encompasses various aspects of teaching methodology and materials, history and background, and evaluation problems. Part 2 focuses on the Texas law governing bilingual/multicultural education…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Sancho, Anthony R. – 1974
The creation of a classroom that is more receptive to individual and cultural differences and the inclusion of the intangible elements of culture in the total instructional plan will increase the effectiveness of the educational process in bilingual-bicultural programs. In planning a cultural component for the bilingual-bicultural classroom, the…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness
Darder, Antonia, Ed. – 1995
The teaching and politics of cultural difference and identity are explored in these essays, which examine the possibilities of living with cultural differences through new ethical and pedagogical frameworks. The following chapters are included: (1) "Introduction. The Politics of Biculturalism: Culture and Difference in the Formation of…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
Ramirez, Manuel, III; And Others – 1974
This teaching manual is the fourth in a series of seven (accompanied by a manual of self-assessment units) that have been designed for use in bilingual/bicultural programs. The components of the series may be used either individually or together. This manual is intended to familiarize teachers with ways of measuring cognitive styles in children.…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
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Dean, Terry – College Composition and Communication, 1989
Examines the loss of an individual's culture while learning the discourse of academia. Suggests writing topics and assignments that not only help students mediate between school and home cultures, but serve as a base for ongoing teacher research into the ways in which home and university cultures interact. (RAE)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Biculturalism, Classroom Research, Cultural Background
Cortes, Carlos E. – 1974
This teaching manual is the seventh in a series designed for use in bilingual/bicultural programs. This manual discusses ideas for applying the concept of cultural democracy to the school curriculum by incorporating the study of the Mexican-American. Six alternative exploratory concepts are suggested as ways of escaping the traditional frames of…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Titus, Dale – 2001
This paper examines the education of New Zealand's Maori people, noting historical achievement and enrollment gaps between Maori and non-Maori students. This gap is due to family economics, educational resources, cultural and racial barriers at school, negative school attitudes among older Maori students, and the student achievement testing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education
Lafayette, Robert C., Ed. – 1975
This book consists of eleven papers presented at the 1975 Central States Conference. The principal objective of the conference was to examine the trend for human relations, ethnic studies, and bilingual-bicultural education in American education and the new interest in languages not usually taught in the past. The papers include: (1) "We're All…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
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