As the U.S. teacher shortage continues to worsen, large, urban districts have turned to hiring teachers from abroad, including countries like Spain, Mexico, and the incorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. However, several researchers in the field of have pointed out to the unexamined complexities of hiring Latin American and Spanish teachers…

Edward T. Hall who has been an anthropologist, a writer, and for over 60 years a participant in the complex cultural life of New Mexico, talks about New Mexico's "cultural mosaic", the schools and teachers, bureaucracies and the courts. (NQ)

Investigates how the performance of Mexican-American children residing in the southwest U.S.A. compares with Koppitz's normative group on the Bender Gestalt Test for Young Children. (Author)

THE STUDY OF FOREIGN, PARTICULARLY LATIN AMERICAN, CULTURE IS DISCUSSED. DANGERS OF NATIONAL PROVINCIALISM ARE STRESSED, AND SOME HISTORICAL INSTANCES OF BOTH ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL CURIOSITY ARE GIVEN. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COLONIAL CULTURES DEVELOPED IN THE AMERICAS WOULD BE ONE EFFECTIVE WAY OF INTERESTING STUDENTS IN LATIN AMERICAN…

This paper presents preliminary explorations of the nature of differences in first-name stereotypes among three ethnic groups. A total of 147 white, black, and Spanish teachers were divided into five subgroups determined by their geographic location (Miami, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia) and ethnic grouping. Each subject was asked to rate his or her…

Article lists ways in which cultural values influence behavior and attitudes, and suggests adjustments of the curriculum to meet the needs of Mexican-American students. (SP)

Excerpts of taped interviews with members of Chicano communities in various parts of the United States reveal how they view the schools and what they see as major problems and needs in the schools. (JF)

Puerto Ricans comprise a significant percentage of potential clients for many counselors. In this article the author discusses some values and traits that characterize Puerto Ricans and the behaviors that emerge from these traits. He offers practical suggestions for those counselors who have Puerto Rican clients. (Author)

This paper describes a program whereby elementary school children are allowed to select their own reinforcement for performing a specified behavior (reading). An evaluation of the program shows significant improvement of reading ability. (RWP)

An overview of the education of the Spanish-speaking in the United States, covering the historical and current situation. A bibliography of 14 items is included. (JB)

Clash of cultures produces the defeatism erroneously called shyness in the Spanish-speaking child. (Author/ML)

Describes some problems facing Spanish speaking students including inability to work with English, achievement tests, and the monocultural attitude of schools. The report argues that administrators and teachers must change their attitudes, and that the whole school system must be refashioned to include the bilingual child. (JF)

Shows how comparison and contrast of cultures yields poetry from bilingual elementary students. Provides samples of student poems. (RL)

A principal describes his abortive attempts to battle school board prejudice toward Mexican Americans in a rural California grape growing community. (JF)

The contraceptive utilization of a sample of sexually active, urban, high school males (Black, Hispanic, and White) was examined by anonymous questionnaire. Contraceptive use was haphazard, but White males tended to be more effective contraceptors than the other two groups. Reasons for nonuse were also studied. (Author/SJL)