Investigates the major content characteristics of obituary announcements in Nigerian newspapers, including humor, ambiguity, enmity, adulatory statements about the bereaved, statements addressed to the deceased, and statements reflecting enmity or suspicion. Concludes that obituaries reflect the values of society. (MM)

This article proposes that the interaction comprising the teacher student relationship is the primary instrument for school learning. Discussed is the belief that knowledge is a product of existence, that meaning is unrecognized outside its cultural context, and that the nonconscious is a critical factor in behavior. Implications are discussed.…

Examined the inclusion of a cultural component in an assertiveness training program for 40 low income Puerto Rican women. Assertiveness scores of the training group were significantly higher than those of the no-training group. This effect was true regardless of level of education. (Author/ABB)

Traces the development of British and Australian television criticism from the mid-seventies. Suggests a conscious study of the characteristics of television as a cultural agent and as a text within a sociocultural context. (MS)

This synthesis of the previous articles concludes that cultural considerations are important for effective evaluation practice. Culturally sensitive and situationally responsive evaluation practices can contribute to international understanding. (BS)

The author, a Fulbright Lecturer at Osaka University, discusses debate in Japan and the Japanese value system with its deference to age and authority. (PD)

Examines the historical and social context of the rise of the militant trade unionist, and his role in French Society. (Text is in French.) (AM)

The design of the Benita Juarez High School will provide an environment of cultural and ethnic heritage for its Mexican-American students. (Author/MLF)

The Benita Juarez High School, now under construction, is designed to provide an environment of cultural familiarity and ethnic identification for some 1,500 Mexican-American students. (Author/MLF)

This paper focuses on the geographic area that lies south of Baghdad, the area between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf, an area now under occupation by United States forces. The paper's focus is approximately 4300 years before, yet it hopes in the end to explain the rhetorical relevance of that time, that place, and the particular figure of an…

History learning involves more than the mastery of cognitive skills and problem solving, because history learning always takes place within socio-cultural environments, and the material is charged with values and identity issues. This paper presents a theoretical perspective for understanding and designing history learning environments outside of…

Nearly 20 years ago a culturally relevant program was created on the island of Guam. Inspired by the Gheel, the Belgium colony's humanized treatment of the mentally ill, the program is based on the island's Spanish heritage and makes use of Roman Catholic ritual in communal assembly and in commemorating developmental attainments. Beginning as a…

This report seeks to assist employees of the military services to increase their awareness of and knowledge about Hispanics beyond what they see in popular culture. The report includes an overview and update about Hispanic demographics in the United States. It also discusses a few cultural issues and provides information intended to help…

Religious narratives can and do cross borders through communicative practices and arenas that span cultures. The ideas and conceptual tools enshrined in another culture's stories can be appropriated in one of two ways by another culture--either through using such a text to denigrate the originator culture or to adapt the ideas within to the new…

This book looks at the way corporate cultures is encroaching on children's lives. It explores three myths prevalent in society: (1) that the triumph of democracy is equal to the triumph of the market; (2) that children are unaffected by power and politics; and (3) that teaching and learning are no longer linked to improving the world. The book…