An assessment was made of the development of logical thinking of four samples of Australian children. Marked differences were found between the European and aboriginal groups of the samples chosen. Environmental differences were considered to have been a major influence in the performance differences. (DM)

Research supported in part by a Public Health Service Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health and a Research Grant from the National Science Foundation.

Discusses career development in Japan and how it is influenced by Japanese culture. Indicates that while career development is a lifelong process for men, women tend to focus personal achievement on the development of their husbands and sons. (JOW)

Examined relationship between cultural dissimilarity and duration, satisfaction, and perceived effectiveness of counseling in treatment dyads that varied race of counselor and client. Results indicated White counselors provided fewer sessions than non-White counselors and non-White clients expressed less satisfaction with counseling, regardless of…

Investigated the development of informal addition in Dioula (A Moslem ethnic group from West Africa) from childhood to adulthood and the effect of schooling on mental arithmetic. Compares these data with results from a study of children from the United States. (MK)

Reports on a factor analysis of homogeneously grouped behavior problems for two large samples of Chinese adolescents during their junior high school years. Cross-culturally compares this factor organization with those found for non-Oriental children and adolescents. (MK)

Discusses how professional historians can make history relevant to college students who are not majoring in history. History teachers should stress the importance of not making generalizations based on inadequate facts. Teachers should help students understand the beliefs and assumptions which hold societies together and the need to understand and…

Asserting that sleep-inducing verses do have significant meaning and direct relationships to cultural expectations this article examines and discusses four Hopi lullabies in regard to linguistics, oral tradition and culture. (RTS)

Discussed relationships between cultural variables and psychosocial treatment. Value Orientations Scale was developed. Cuban immigrant and Anglo-American adolescents were compared. Cubans preferred lineality, subjugation to nature, present time, and not to endorse idealized humanistic values. Americans preferred individuality, mastery over nature,…

The author examines the main barriers to the interaction and fulfillment of the cultural groups in Britain with regard to special education. Sections address referral and ascertainment, the curriculum, identity problems, ways to ease communication difficulties, development of resources, removal of barriers, approaches to good race relations, and…

Critiques the ideology of New Pluralism. Maintains that its underlying premise is merely disguised ethnocentrism, which an understanding of science, history, the individual and the educational process should deter. Proposes that education should provide students with a scientific perspective with which to evaluate themselves, other ideologies, and…

Presents a theoretical base for combining humanistic and cultural study while offering ideas for implementation. Emphasis is placed initially on discovering similarities and common points of reference. Building empathy for another culture begins with acquiring a foundation of likeness before dealing with contrasts and differences. (Author)