Purpose of the Lummi Indian Demonstration Project was to improve the efficiency and utilization of services by locating a Department of Social and Health Services office on the Lummi Indian Reservation, involving Indians as project staff, and identifying and utilizing social welfare resources. Among its activities were to: establish a career…

This paper summarizes the findings of three studies used to develop a language assessment instrument and to explore the relationships between language, cognitive development, and reading achievement in poor children. A sentence repetition task provided scores for function word omission, function word correct and reconstruction word correct. These…

This teaching manual is the second in a series designed for use in bilingual/bicultural programs. This manual outlines some features of culturally democratic educational environments and illustrates ways in which the schools can take positive steps to assure that every child can preserve pride and loyalty toward the culture represented by his…

A proposed solution to "the Indian problem" of economic dependence and psychological crippling, in comparison with the tragedy of the white man's well meaning "common sense" approach to "Get them into the Mainstream", is geared to the Indian's traditional orientation. The 18-year history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs relocation program will be…

These transcriptions of children living in a suburb of Paris represent and illustrate linguistic behavior and interests of the average nine-year-old French child. Seventy-nine children in groups of three were recorded in 30-minute periods of free conversation and 10-minute periods of play. Analysis reveals more than 30 centers of interest which…

Instructional materials provided in this second of a two-year sequence are designed to broaden and deepen the overview of Greek and Roman civilization and language developed in the initial year of study. Literary selections in the six units allow the student a comparison of themes and ideas in classical and contemporary literature. Major sections…

Sixteen social studies teaching units for Navajo students in grades 5 through 8 are presented in this curriculum guide. Purpose of the guide is to promote the Navajo child's understanding of how he interacts with members of his nuclear and extended families, with peers and teachers within the school, with members of communities located in the…

This article sets forth a hypothesis and methodology for the analysis of culture and specific cultural systems. Viewing man as a mammal, a member of society, and a participant in culture, the authors construct a framework of culture analysis which examines the content, structure, integration, and configurations of culture; and syntheses of…

A longitudinal study to determine the conditions surrounding the integration of Negroes, Mexican Americans, and Anglos in the Riverside Unified School District in Riverside, California, began in school year 1965-66. The sample included students in kindergarten through grade 6. A sample of kindergarten students was added to the original sample…

This position paper argues that education should be planned, designed, operationalized, and continuously modified to serve effectively the defined human and educational needs of a rapidly changing world. It focuses on emerging contemporary societal changes impacting learning theory, curriculum, and teaching methodology; and it outlines the…

Cultural factors should be taken into consideration in a bilingual education program. The cultural background of the students learning English as a second language should not be regarded as inferior. A realistic analysis of a student's language capability must be made so that his language-learning problems can be recognized and solved as much as…

During the summer of 1969, the authors, two white middle-class psychologists, employed two black assistants, both students at the University of Illinois and residents of the local community. This was done for two reasons. (1) They were involved in a larger project whose ultimate aim is to train both blacks and whites so that interracial…

Any series of studies which attempt to deal with the problems of conflict and lack of communication among blacks and whites in job settings must logically include some empirical analysis of these conflicts. This paper uses an information content analysis of critical incident data. The critical incident methodology focuses on specific instances of…

Current trends in reporting and discussing the educational progress of disadvantaged urban children seem to be made without the benefits of recent findings in educational psychology, learning theory, studies of the effects of societal conditions on educational progress, or psychometric procedures. When these recent findings are considered, one…

This paper describes the English as a Second Language Program developed for educationally disadvantaged Mexican-American adults as part of the educational offerings of Project Step-Up, an OEO-funded demonstration program in San Diego. Project Step-Up features a multifold methodological approach incorporating techniques from (1) life skills…