Identity as a mathematics teacher is enhanced when a teacher explores the cultural setting of their mathematics. The reports of projects that link culture and mathematics were analysed to explore the impact of sociocultural situations together with affective and cognitive aspects of self-regulation on identity. The reports were written by…

The effect of adaptive stresses operating on hunter-gatherer communities in California environments is discussed. (FF)

The research on aging in a Valley Zapotec community in Mexico reported here takes into consideration the broad socio-cultural context through which life is experienced and the social psychological significance of developmental changes as these apply to people in maturity and old age. (Author)

This study examines the socialization and enculturation process by which one becomes a school board member, using adult socialization and small group theory to construct a model of the role personalization process. Thirteen new school board members in seven Arizona school districts were interviewed indepth, from the announcement of their candidacy…

Ethnography as an inquiry process guided by a point of view rather than as a reporting process guided by a standard technique or set of techniques is the main point of this essay which suggests the application of Malinowski's theories and methods to an ethnology of the school, indicates reasons why traditional ethnography is inadequate to the…

This study of Chinese university students in Thailand is set within two contending traditions of analysis: theories of ethnic assimilation and theories of ethnic pluralism. (Author)

This study dealt with the question of white versus black superiority in learning, viewing such differences in sociocultural terms. (Author)

A general survey of the aboriginal American Indian cultures of Idaho is given in this book. Most of the anthropological and historical writing on the native peoples of this region are summarized. It does not deal with contemporary Indian cultures, which will be described in a second volume along with their history of contact with Euro-Americans.…

This rather extensive review examines the family structure in regard to general concerns resulting from industrialization, kin ties with particular emphasis on American kinship, mobility and ethnicity. Areas for future kinship exploration include: (1) dependent parents; (2) financially dependent young marrieds; (3) social class factors; (4)…

In the context of an anthropology curriculum, public high school students performed as informant-ethnographers of their own social milieu. Using the film and fieldwork techniques, students demonstrated that with training and sensitivity such studies could be more than simple academic exercises. (AUTHOR/NQ)

Analyzes E. O. Wilson's book, "Sociology: The New Synthesis" and attacks the views of biological determinists. (LS)

The author defends statements in his book, "Sociology: The New Synthesis" against a critique by the Sociology Study Group of Science for the People. (LS)

Article describes the Ethnic Studies Center of the Richmond Public Schools, which was established by the funding of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Emergency School Assistance Program. (GB)