Jewish Israeli male and female students (N=772) in Grades 9-12 (aged 14-18 years) received a Hebrew version of the 130-item Offer Self-Image Questionnaire. Results are discussed within ecological-cultural frameworks and compared to American research to see how the subjects' self-image reflects the universality of twentieth-century living and…

The Center for the Study of Southern Culture of the University of Mississippi offers undergraduate and graduate programs in southern studies; builds teaching and research collections; sponsors research and publications; and produces films, television shows, art exhibitions, and conferences. (MLW)

Three art objects representing three different cultures are presented to show how a questioning technique can help gifted students collect cultural information about objects being viewed. Questions address: materials and process with which objects were made; object size; use of object; overall appearance; and cultural response to objects.…

Discusses the implications of the work of Paulo Freire for understanding cultural literacy. Points out that Freire differentiates between "kultur" (stable, immutable cultural institutions) and "culture" (something that is always becoming or being made), and that the difference has important implications for education. (SKC)

Discusses various aspects of cross-cultural counseling, focusing on ethnic minority needs, research, testing, sociopolitical issues, and counseling effectiveness. Reactions focus on cultural diversity in counseling and practitioner issues. (BL)

Outlines the emergence of counseling in Malaysia. Illustrates the importance of a strong professional association and counseling training program at the university level. (Author/ABB)

Very often events misfire because people are too involved with a set of premises, on which they have built correct logical systems. They look to their methodology or to their data for the difficulty, when they should examine the premises. Examples are discussed. (RM)

The conceptual and cultural background for Puritan opposition to idleness are examined. Also included is a review of the educational ideals portrayed in the sixteenth-century "courtesy literature" (intended for instruction of the aristocracy). A likely source for Puritan views is England rather than New England. (RM)

Activity theory posits that culturally organized actions guide the acquisition and organization of knowledge. This theory was applied to the organization of knowledge within a large milk processing plant. The dairy was found to be organized by social knowledge, yet individuals creatively synthesized several domains of knowledge to organize their…

Describes how an educational anthropologist's study objectives developed during fieldwork conducted in a fundamentalist Christian school and community. Asserts that this narrative reflects the strong relation of problem finding to problem solving in the practice of naturalistic inquiry. (KH)

The authors explore the boundaries of ethnography (the use of some model of cultural process in both the gathering and interpretation of data). They define what is studied when one studies "culture," education as cultural transmission, and "good" ethnography as interpretation and cultural translation. (CT)

Anthropologists may be on the verge of shedding new light on the what, who, when, where, and why children learn in the formal classroom. Eleven propositions extracted from anthropological literature to help evaluate learning and teaching are discussed. (RM)

Analyzes argumentative talk as a sociable function among some ethnic groups. Even though speakers repeatedly disagree, remain nonaligned with each other, and compete for interactional goods, they do so in a nonserious way, and in ways which actually display their solidarity and protect their intimacy. The cultural relativity of norms of evaluation…

The role of festivals in the expression of a culture is discussed. In the western world festivals have been acknowledged and documented since early times. It is only recently, however, that artistic elements of this universal behavior pattern have been emphasized. Some festivals designed to educate young people are described. (RM)

All counseling approaches presume a culturally learned conceptual framework and a culturally appropriate contextual preference for counseling. These systems emphasize the importance of complexity and balance in counseling relationships. (Author/ABB)