Provides a discussion of the multiple dimensions of the grieving process. Using an example of an Italian American family, it also shows how to assist bereaved families as they cope with loss in the context of individual, familial, and social/cultural influences. (Contains 29 references.) (GCP)

A study framed by sociocultural theory involved 15 British Caribbean women immigrants in the United States. Home country culture and early schooling involved learning experiences in the host country. They faced challenges in negotiating language and identity. Length of time in the new culture, level of social support, and sociocultural environment…

From interviews with 47 Mexican maquiladora workers, a model of voluntary turnover was created and compared with models from the United States, Canada, England, and Australia. Despite similarities, the cultural and economic environment affected the precise content of antecedents in the Mexican model. (Contains 63 references.) (SK)

An extensive adaptation exercise was undertaken by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) when it was decided to modify the 1998 version of the American "SIGI Plus" (System for Interactive Guidance, plus more) for Australian conditions. Although the same language was involved, there are substantial differences in…

Notes that for children of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, schooling brings an immersion into a world not just unfamiliar but uncomfortable, in which rules governing participation may be in conflict with cultural values. Proposes that culturally responsive instruction brings students of diverse backgrounds to high levels of literacy…

Offers a feminist poststructural interpretation of the autobiographical film "The Body Beautiful" as an attempt to expand the focus on forms addressed by autobiographical theory attending to subjectivity, difference, and a politics of representation. Theorizes a politics of difference and its implications for an understanding of autobiography.…

The principles of ethnography are explained and placed within the domain of social research. Qualitative research in communication is evaluated in terms of the role of interpretation in science, the balance of subjectivity and objectivity in social research, and beliefs about science in American culture. (Author/JDD)

Western civilization rests upon the Greeks, and Homer is the first, and perhaps best, source of the Greek foundation. This article discusses Homer's influence on shaping the modern mind, his contributions to literacy among the Greeks, and his impact on Greek education. (IAH)

Suggests ways to use riddles to teach reading, including riddle statements, clues to riddles, and riddle stories. (MM)

Foreign language teachers need to face the challenge of handling cultural meaning in foreign language teaching so that students not only learn the language but also learn the different associations a particular linguistic stimulus calls up for the native, rather than internalizing meanings in terms of their own past experience and culture. (CB)

Discusses modern educational technology, including postmodernism; deconstruction; the Shannon-Weaver Model for telecommunication apparatus and the epistemology of educational technology; the systems approach; and possible demands of postmodern educational technology, including technoscience, instructional design issues, and cultural aspects.…

Four writers (Yerker Andersson, Trevor Johnston, Leila Monaghan, and Brian Street) respond to Graham Turner's discussion of deaf culture, considering labeling categories and approaches to definitions of "deaf culture." (Contains 24 references.) (LB)

Turner's responses to discussion of deaf culture cover these topics: deaf perspective; approaches to description; transparency and explicitness; labeling; historical awareness; and "thinking beyond." (Contains seven references.) (LB)

Explores the representation of AIDS in culture through narrative structure by focusing on the critically acclaimed autobiography "Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir" by Paul Monette. Examines how poesies and healing represent illness and reflects upon the negotiation between identity and dominant cultural images associated with AIDS. (PA)

Discusses the need for multicultural dialog as a meaningful exchange of ideas and emotions among stakeholders in a culturally diverse society. Presents strategies for incorporating multicultural dialog in specific science activities. (JRH)