A method of intercultural communication training is needed that allows people to retain their cultural identities and still function effectively in an intercultural situation. Seasoned negotiators have much experience that should be documented and systematized for this purpose, and all language training should contain cultural information. (MSE)

An application of cultural psychoanalysis to the present culture, society, and its history examines insights into the conditions and possibilities for social action toward a higher form of democratic community. Such a community can work together in turning education toward the fulfillment of democracy. (CJ)

Hypothesized effects of school which determine parent behavior dispositions were found to have important consequences for a child's cognitive skills, learning strategies, and personality. A conceptual and empirical investigation was conducted in the context of ethnic diversity, individual variability, and educational and occupational equity. A…

A checklist is provided to help civilization teachers identify relevant aspects of the visual arts. The goal is comprehensive treatment of works of art by focusing on the aesthetic dimension, social context, and the artist's experience. Activities are suggested for integration of aspects of the arts while practicing language skills. (Author/MSE)

Two major problems exist in working with handicapped minority-group children: the handicap itself and the integration of language and culture into the curriculum. Classroom activities to help meet the special needs of the handicapped Mexican-American child are recommended. (PP)

Increased schooling is being undertaken in developing countries to increase productivity and to affect socioeconomic characteristics such as health and family formation. A study of Nicaraguan education indicates that schooling productivity seems often to be misunderstood, resulting in considerable over- and understatements in certain aspects of…

Those aspects of bilingual education particularly relevant to the teaching of mathematics are examined. The discussion includes a brief overview of bilingual education and consideration of languages of instruction, appropriate cultural referents, and cognitive styles. (MK)

Discusses some of the less visible media effects on counseling. Suggests the need for personal conversation in a mass-mediated culture, and examines the demand for professional counseling. Notes the effects of mass media on the counseling transaction. Discusses the relationships between media, loneliness, depression, and anxiety. (RC)

The Western mind set, or naturalism, is firmly entrenched. The clue to its existence is that an epistemology which aims relentlessly at control rules out the possibility of transcendence in principle. (JN)

Claims that schools in the Southwest have created a culturally-biased atmosphere damaging to children of Hispanic descent. Recommends the establishment of Hispanically-oriented schools to introduce barrio children to Anglo culture gradually, without threatening their cultural identity. (SK)

This article uses an examination of the formal instruction of the Bumbudye association in Zaire to point out problems that exist in anthropological writings concerning primitive and modern schooling in nonindustrial, non-Europeanized nations. (Author/EB)

The development of cross cultural competencies in social studies are discussed in terms of those competencies students need to develop. A five-stage curriculum is proposed to promote acceptance and positive attitudes toward a multiethnic society. (JMF)

Discusses developments in communications history in Europe since the 1950s and evaluates the effect of these developments on patterns of communications. (Author/DB)

Describes a one-semester course whose purpose was not to include as many items as possible, but to try to treat adequately a few carefully chosen "theme areas", e.g., The Middle Ages, from Cloister Culture to the Decline of Chivalry, and The Growth of Urban Culture. (WGA)

In attempting to improve the interface of education and the world of work, educators should examine three kinds of scenarios: (1) probable futures--what is most likely to happen; (2) possible futures--what could happen; and (3) preferable futures--what should happen. These are related to vocational, creative career, and quality of life contexts.…