The economic and cultural impact of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego on the local economy is reviewed. The following areas are covered: the community in historical perspective (1861-1970); the college in historical perspective (1861-1970); changes in the size, nature, and structure of the community, 1950-70; and growth of the…

This essay supports William Kessen's recent call for a reorientation of child development research toward studies of the child in context and focuses on problems in monocultural studies of the child to argue that this reorientation will require significant changes in child development research methodology. Research on cultural differences in moral…

Child development in Israel takes place in a context of many unique influences. Influences which define the nature of family experience include religion, ethnic group membership, immigrant or non-immigrant status, and urban or rural living. All of these influences are situated within, and further influenced by, the continuous state of military…

A THREE-YEAR FIELD STUDY ABOUT THE CULTURE BASED PATTERNS THAT ARE CAUSES OF THE ETHNIC CLEAVAGE CHARACTERIZING ANGLO-MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES OF THE SOUTHWEST WAS CONDUCTED IN ROSARIO, CALIFORNIA (55 PER CENT MEXICAN AMERICAN AND 40 PER CENT ANGLO). THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF ROSARIO APPROACHES SIMMONS'"CASTE POLE" OF A RANKING…

THIS TEXT IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE THE BASIC VOCABULARY OF NAVAHO (NAVAJO) IN CONVERSATIONAL FORM. EACH OF THE 64 SHORT LESSON UNITS CONTAINS A PAGE OF QUESTION-AND-RESPONSE PATTERNS IN NAVAHO (TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH ON THE NEXT PAGE), FOLLOWED BY DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMATICAL EXPLANATIONS AND OCCASIONAL COMMENTS ON NAVAHO USAGE AND CULTURE. A…

THIS 15-UNIT INTRODUCTION TO URDU IS BASED ON A LITERATE VARIETY OF DIHLAVI (I.E. OF DELHI) URDU AS EMPLOYED TODAY IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. BRIEF SKETCHES OF INDO-PAKISTANI LIFE ARE INCLUDED IN THE MATERIAL AND ALTHOUGH A LARGE PART OF THIS INFORMATION IS APPLICABLE TO NORTHERN INDIA AS WELL, MUCH IS STRICTLY PAKISTANI IN CONTENT. UNIT FORMAT…

AN INDIVIDUAL MAY RESPOND TO A BICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS RANGING FROM TOTAL REJECTION OF WESTERN VALUES, OR PASSIVE WITHDRAWAL FROM EITHER CULTURAL SYSTEM, TO CREATIVE PARTICIPATION IN BOTH CULTURES. TO DETERMINE WHAT EARLY SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCES MIGHT RESULT IN AN INDIVIDUAL'S SUCCESSFUL, CREATIVE ADJUSTMENT TO A BICULTURAL…

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY IN SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PREDICATED ON THE NEED OF SOCIETIES TO COEXIST WITH OTHER CONTEMPORARY NATIONAL CULTURES. IN A WORLD THAT CONSISTS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF HISTORICALLY DETERMINED, SEPARATE CULTURES, LANGUAGE ALONE CAN PRESENT THE LINGUISTICALLY CONDITIONED THOUGHT PATTERNS, THE "REALITY," OF A SPECIFIC CULTURE. LANGUAGE…

THIS STUDY GIVES OBSERVATIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE HUTTERITES AS A METHOD OF SOCIALIZATION. THE VALUES TRANSMITTED TO CHILDREN IN SUCH A COMMUNAL SOCIETY ARE EXPLORED. THE COLLECTIVE-ORIENTED PERSONALITY IS PRESENTED AS IT IS DERIVED FROM THE MORAL TEACHINGS. WAYS IN WHICH PERSONS DEVIATE FROM COMMUNITY TEACHINGS AND BECOME DEFECTORS…

A review of the history of criticism applied to the arts, literature, and drama is provided in this paper and related to the need for feminist criticism. The differences of critical opinion as to whether art should reproduce life or stand on its own are discussed. The paper notes that the role and nature of art and artists have been continuously…

This study on the African child had three objectives: (1) to become familiar with the environment of the African child, (2) to investigate the vocabulary to which the child is exposed at home and at school, and (3) to compare the vocabulary of the native language with that of the school. The first part of the study constituted a linguistic study…

ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF PRODUCING ENGLISH SKILLS MATERIALS OR TEACHER-TRAINING MATERIALS FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES IS THAT EXTREME VARIATIONS BETWEEN THE STUDENT'S CULTURE AND THE MATERIALS WRITER'S CULTURE CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INTERFERENCE IN COMMUNICATION. A SPEAKER'S VISION IS STRUCTURED BY THE KINDS OF TRAINING, BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL…

This 12-weeks course in basic Swahili comprises 55 lesson units in five volumes. The general course format consists of (1) perception drills for comprehension, oral production, and association using "situational picture" illustrations; (2) dialogs in English and Swahili, with cartoon guides; (3) sequenced pattern and recombination drills, and (4)…

Following an exhaustive review of the literature, over 60 items relevant to the relationship between authoritarianism and prejudice were identified. They include such "fugitive" items as conference papers and master's theses. This paper reviews the findings of these studies regarding prejudice. It concludes that, while some writers have stressed…

Culture learning includes the study not only of the highest artistic expression of a people, but also of the everyday patterns of communication and behavior. Recent sociolinguistic studies take the view that social rules, rights, and duties are properties not of individuals but of interaction itself, and are constantly changing. This implies that…