The author examines some of the basic tenets involved in meeting the educational needs of culturally different children. (LC)

This guide is intended to give concrete suggestions to home economics teachers on preparing and carrying out a public relations program. Stressing that public relations should not and cannot wait for a spectacular event to attract public attention, the booklet gives a variety of strategies to portray to different audiences what home economics…

The purpose of the study, as stated, was to identify and arrange educational needs of migrant children and make recommendations for programs with the objective of improving and equalizing educational opportunities for children of migrant families in the State of Washington. The assessment was based on lay people and educators incorporating the…

These ten guidelines offer approaches for the development and implementation of multicultural materials. The approaches reflect the cooperative, shared roles of administrators, teachers, and parents in a school and community. Steps one and two involve identifying a core planning team and participants. Steps three and four identify strategies for…

Presented are 12 author contributed chapters which developed out of an invisible college of leaders concerned with providing services to the severely, profoundly, and multiply handicapped. Stressed throughout the book are such needs as the need to listen to parents, the need for new training programs for teachers of the severely handicapped, the…

This monograph provides an international perspective on key principles governing the education of children with disabilities and the review of educational provisions. Part A begins with an estimate of the global shortfall in education provision for those with disabilities and identifies principles and strategies for policymakers developing…

This paper examines the role played by parents in their children's career decision-making process. Parents are identified as preeminent influences of adolescents' career decision making, a fact that has been largely unrecognized by career guidance personnel and school administrators, as evidenced by the lack of programs designed to enable parents…

Examines the question of crossing cultures in early childhood education settings. Suggests that parenting education should focus on clarifying parents' values and goals rather than on socializing them into the standard early childhood perspectives. Suggests that early childhood educators help people clarify their cultural values and examine how…