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Kumar, Tracey – Multicultural Education, 2016
This study of participants' contributions to a university-based family literacy program was informed by both "funds of knowledge" (Moll, 1992) and "multiple literacies" (Auerbach, 1995). The study examined participants' contributions to the design, implementation, and evaluation of a university-based family literacy program. In…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Literacy Education, Cultural Background, Program Design
Angelo, Denise; Disbray, Samantha; Singer, Ruth; O'Shannessy, Carmel; Simpson, Jane; Smith, Hilary; Meek, Barbra; Wigglesworth, Gillian – OECD Publishing, 2022
Indigenous peoples have rightful aspirations for their languages and cultures, supported under international conventions, jurisdictional treaties, laws, policies and enquiry recommendations. Additionally, the inclusion of Indigenous languages in education can impact positively on Indigenous students' learning, engagement, identity and well-being,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Academic Achievement, Educational Experience, Outcomes of Education
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Ward, Jack H. – Educational Perspectives, 1975
Author intended that academicians and residents of Hawaii learn about the development, design, and possible future of the Hawaiian Studies Program in order that its effectiveness might be maximized. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Cultural Background, Curriculum Development, Guidelines
Mazon, Manuel Reyes – 1972
A design for bilingual/bicultural education should begin with the assumption that cultural, racial, and linguistic differences are an integral and positive part of American society. School districts that want federal assistance in bilingual/bicultural programs should be able to demonstrate a commitment to this philosophy. Program planners should…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Pluralism
LaFontaine, Hernan, Ed.; And Others – 1978
This anthology of articles is intended to encourage broad study in the field of bilingual education as a basis for the acquisition of knowledge which will enable practitioners to make intelligent decisions about the programs in which they participate. An overview is provided of the policy and legal factors which had an impact on the efforts to…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Dysart, Brent, Comp. – 1983
The proceedings contain the text of the major presentations to the interpretation seminar, held September 21-23, 1983 at Bark Lake, Irondale, Ontario, and attended by 66 participants. The proceedings contain the keynote address, which defined interpretation for the participants, and 11 other presentations dealing with planning and evaluating…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Cultural Background, Environmental Education
Harris, Francis – 1980
The Indian Child Welfare Program (ICWP), sponsored by the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Phoenix and funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is the nation's first program to provide comprehensive child welfare services to Indian people both on and off the reservation. Beginning in 1973 as an Indian Adoption Project to prevent the…
Descriptors: Adoption, American Indians, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Smith, Mary E.; Heflin, John F. – 1988
A study of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) and bilingual education policies in Oregon's local school districts analyzed their contribution to equal educational opportunity and quality education for language minority students. A survey of all public school districts in the state elicited information about eight policy areas: identification and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Board of Education Policy, Cultural Background, Educational Legislation
2002
The first of three papers from this symposium on cross-cultural human resource development (HRD), "Determinants of Supply of Technical Training Opportunities for Human Capital Development in Kenya" (Moses Waithanji Ngware, Fredrick Muyia Nafukho) reports findings from interviews of technical training institute department heads in Kenya…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cherokee (Tribe), Comparative Analysis