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Eliyahu, Shlomo Ben – 1979
The major concern of the educational system in Israel today is how to advance students who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and from a cultural background which is different from that of the privileged sectors of the population. In general, the problem of educationally disadvantaged students is related to the problem of social gaps. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSingh, Michael Garbutcheon – Journal of Education, 1989
Describes a literacy education project in which Australian non-English-speaking background (NESB) secondary school students were asked to evaluate the state of human rights in their schools and make suggestions for improvement. Relates this project to broader political implications. (FMW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Minority Group Children, Multicultural Education
Lombard, Avima D. – 1980
This document describes a home-based enrichment program for preschool children in Israel. The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) provides weekly packets of educational activities to mothers and their educationally disadvantaged children of 4 to 6 years of age. Families selected for the program are of Afro-Asian origin, have…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMakin, Laurie – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1992
Describes the Home Language Support Project, which is an attempt to help mainstream teachers include children's home languages in educational programs. Questions that arose during the implementation of the program are discussed, including language delivery patterns in home language support programs and the issue of code switching. (19 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Code Switching (Language), Day Care, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedWertheimer, Leonard – Canadian Library Journal, 1979
Provides an overview of public library services in Canada for children of ethno-cultural minorities, with emphasis on the problems involved in book acquisition and the importance of continued service in multilingual communities. (CWM)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
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
