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Direct linkDat Bao, Editor; Thanh Pham, Editor – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
This book identifies three types of influential forces that pose challenges to innovations: socio-cultural dynamics, teacher individuality, and local circumstances. It uses languages, cultural traits, and intellectual heritages in the Asia-Pacific region as an example to show the resistance to Western-based pedagogies due to disparities between…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Barriers, Teacher Characteristics, Instructional Innovation
Duncan, Ronald J., Ed. – 1979
This monograph contains seven papers presented at a 1977 symposium held to reevaluate the 1947 research work, "The People of Puerto Rico." (1) Sidney Mintz discusses the role of Puerto Rico in modern social science. (2) Eric Wolf, one of the authors of the 1947 work, comments retrospectively on some of the conceptual and methodological…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Colonialism, Cultural Traits, Marxism
Download full textKennedy, Rod; Kennedy, Judy – 1990
This series of articles, focusing on the Western Torres Strait Islander people, presents the following: "A Brief Introduction to Torres Strait Culture" (Rod Kennedy); "Some Guidelines for Relating to Torres Strait Islanders" (Rod Kennedy); "One Mouth Two Hands" (Rod Kennedy); "My Trading Friend in the Village of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Research, Cultural Traits, Foreign Countries
Haslip-Viera, Gabriel, Ed.; Baver, Sherrie L., Ed. – 1996
The essays in this collection are an analysis of the past and present conditions of Latinos in metropolitan New York. The focus is on Puerto Ricans, but there are explorations of the status of other Latino groups in the city. The book contains sections on historical and sociological perspectives and policy issues. Contributions are: (1) "The…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Cultural Traits, Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans
Chhim, Sun-Him; And Others – 1989
This document comprises three booklets that serve as a foundation for understanding the cultural diversity and values of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese students. Each booklet reviews the country's history and geography. "Introduction to Cambodian Culture" (S. Chhim) discusses the following topics: (1) the Khmer concept of individual…
Descriptors: Asian History, Cambodians, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
Ok, Jong-seok, Ed.; Taneri, Mubeccel, Ed. – 1989
Seven papers on various topics in language research are presented, including: "What Makes the Japanese Inscrutable?: A Linguistic Perspective" (Julie Bruch); "A New Look at Old English Metrics" (Alison K. Huettner); "A Class of Indefinites in Vietnamese" (Laura A. Michaelis); "Cohesion and the Yiddish Consecutive…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cultural Traits, Grammar, Interlanguage
Greenfield, Patricia M., Ed.; Cocking, Rodney R., Ed. – 1994
This book explores the extent to which the development and socialization of minority children can be seen as continuous with their ancestral cultures. Whether cultural and political conditions in the United States have modified development and socialization processes, and the extent to which ancestral cultures have changed are examined in the 19…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies
Early, Gerald, Ed. – 1993
Black intellectuals and writers were invited to write essays on assimilation, race, and identity, using a famous quotation from W. E. B. Du Bois about the double soul of the American Negro as a point of departure. Considering the double consciousness of which Du Bois wrote resulted in the following essays: (1) "Free at Last? A Personal…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Blacks
Roopnarine, Jaipaul L., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book illuminates play as a universal and culture-specific activity. It provides needed information about the behavior of children in diverse cultural contexts as well as about the play of children in unassimilated cultural or subcultural contexts. It offers readers the opportunity to develop greater sensitivity to and better understanding of…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Children, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Harkness, Sara, Ed.; Super, Charles M., Ed. – 1996
This volume presents observations and thinking of scholars from a variety of disciplines about parental cultural belief systems. The chapters are concerned with the sources and consequences of parental ethnotheories in a number of societies. The following chapters are included: (1) "Introduction" (Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super); (2)…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Development, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies
Nunez, Ignacio, Ed. – 1989
This magazine, created by local units of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) through its Worker-Family Education Program, is a collection of personal opinions, reports, and creative writing with illustrations. Articles include: an interview with a fellow union member; statements on aspects of the culture of native countries;…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Cultural Traits, English (Second Language), Expository Writing
Sutton, Constance R., Ed.; Chaney, Elsa M., Ed. – 1987
This book comprises the following papers discussing Caribbean life in New York City: (1) The Context of Caribbean Migration (Elsa M. Chaney); (2) The Caribbeanization of New York City and the Emergence of a Transnational Socio-Cultural System (Constance R. Sutton); (3) New York City and Its People: An Historical Perspective Up to World War II…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background
Hargrave, Susanne, Ed. – 1982
Six papers on the relationship of language and culture in the Australian Aboriginal context are presented. "Some Thoughts on Yanyuwa Language and Culture" by Jean Kirton gives an overview of some language-culture relationships and examines seven kinds of possession in one language. "Nyangumarta Kinship: A Woman's Viewpoint" by…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Children, Color, Comparative Analysis
Hardman, Joel, Ed.; And Others – 1990
The working papers contained in this volume include the following: "Intercultural Communication and the Analysis of Conversation" (Nessa Wolfson); "Methods of Inquiry into Cultural Expression in Speech Behavior" (Ruth Benander); "'I Really Like Your Lifestyle': ESL Learners Learning How to Compliment" (Kristine…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Traits, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies
International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, New York, NY. Local 23-25. – 1989
The student magazine created by the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes of a local unit of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is a collection of personal opinions, reports, and creative writing with illustrations. The Chinese immigrant community, where the magazine was produced, is reflected in the magazine's content. Sections…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cooking Instruction, Creative Writing, Cultural Traits
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