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When "Difference" Is "Dominance": A Critique of the "Anti-Power-Based" Cultural Approach to Sex Differences.
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Uchida, Aki – Language in Society, 1992
Presents and contrasts a difference/cultural versus dominance/power-based approach to studying sex differences in language use. The first approach is critiqued and suggestions are provided for further research. (69 references) (LT)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Intercultural Communication, Language Usage
Understanding Differences in Cultural Communication Styles.
Mavrelis, Jean – High School Magazine, 1997
Administrators must integrate the strengths of diverse cultural styles into all parts of the system, including hiring practices, curriculum development, teaching and learning styles, discipline philosophy, and communication with parents. To reduce the potential for misunderstandings, this article explains differences in "mainstream"…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Ethnic Groups
In-Betweenness: Religion and Conflicting Visions of Literacy.
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Sarroub, Loukia K. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2002
Focuses on how Yemeni American high school girls employ religious, Arabic, and secular texts as means for negotiating home and school worlds. Explores the hidden texts in their high school, and the texts of weddings and parties, of Arabic school, and of "muhathara" (lecture). Finds these girls' identities shifted to reflect their textual…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Ethnography, Family Environment
An Exploratory Study of Counselor Judgments in Multicultural Research.
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Tomlinson-Clarke, Saundra; Camilli, Gregory – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1995
Archival data were used to explore intake judgments made by 45 counselors about 344 African American and white clients seen at a counseling center during a 2-year period. Counselor gender was significantly associated with ratings of client severity of current condition. Neither ethnicity nor counselor experience was predictive of intake judgments.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Client Relationship
Cultural Competency and Achieving Styles in Clinical Social Work: A Conceptual and Empirical Exploration.
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Lu, Yuhwa Eva; Lum, Doman; Chen, Sheying – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2001
A study explored the relationship between linguistic/cultural differences and individual achieving styles among 900 clinical social workers, including Asian Americans, Latinos, American Indians, African Americans, Jewish Americans, and Whites. Findings are related to a model of cultural competency in which cross-cultural counselor-client…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Working with Culturally Diverse Learners.
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Knott, Elizabeth S. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1991
Reviews demographic and economic trends promoting cultural diversity in postsecondary education. Urges educators to support cultural diversity and respect cultural differences, rather than forcing students to reject their culture of origin and adopt the dominant culture. Discusses instructional implications of ethnic/racial differences,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
Unspoken Messages: Understanding Diversity in Education Requires Emphasis on Nonverbal Communication.
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O'Hair, Mary John; Ropo, Eero – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1994
Examines nonverbal communication research, highlighting areas relevant to teacher education and classroom diversity and emphasizing research on cultures, races, genders, and personalities. The article discusses functions of nonverbal communication in the classroom, synthesizes functions into a nonverbal teaching framework, applies the framework to…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences, Cultural Literacy