To improve health, health behaviors, and service provision in ethnic minority populations and communities, increasing the number of minority clinicians, researchers, and involvement of minority individuals in all aspects of health care delivery is essential. (Author)

Notes that clinical psychological research has explored relevant cultural variables and their effects on mental health and treatment of ethnic minority group members. Reviews literature pertinent to the cultural proscriptions of several ethnic minority groups and their relevance to mental health issues and treatment of gay and lesbian members.…

Discusses some of the complex and complicated issues surrounding the controversies about political correctness (PC) and multiculturalism in literature for young people. Provides some historical context for the debates about PC and children's literature. Suggests that debates about PC and multiculturalism are part of a larger struggle over…

Role expectations, ways of learning, and styles of verbal and nonverbal interaction are culturally acquired. Adult educators bear responsibility for understanding the dynamics of cross-cultural interaction and conflict in teaching diverse groups. (SK)

Gives advice for English teachers faced with the increasingly multiethnic makeup of their classrooms. Discusses what rainbow teachers must not do along with what they must do. (HB)

Worldview acquired through individual circumstances affects how teachers think about diversity. Five ways preservice teacher education can address attitudes toward diversity are increased length and selectivity of programs; increased self-reflection; questioning existing social conditions; keeping generalizations from becoming stereotypes; and…

Charts a brief history of the teaching of basic writing, suggesting that fieldwork has been shaped by three overarching metaphors--growth, initiation, and conflict. Argues that recent views of the basic writing classroom as a "contact zone" fail to offer a compelling view of public discourse as a forum expressing and negotiating cultural…

This article examines the beliefs of a variety of cultures concerning the sources of the gifts of exceptional individuals. These include Western African cultures, Egyptian culture, Greco-Roman culture, Semitic culture, Chinese culture, Meso-American culture, and European Renaissance culture. Educational implications are drawn. (DB)

Describes culturally competent assessment practice as a context for discussing advantages and disadvantages of various "corrections" currently available for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory with Hispanic populations. Corrections include moderator variables, special scales, special norms, translations, and aids to…

Multicultural activities should be integrated into technical curricula. Schools must make a serious effort to sensitize students to the nuances of other cultures so they are better able to meet the challenges of the workplace. (JOW)

Discusses an approach to teaching diversity in the business communication classroom and describes class activities that connect traditional classroom activities with diversity and the world of work. (SR)

Describes typical differences in conversational routines in French and Australian English and kinds of tensions arising when speakers with two different sets of rules come into contact. Even simple questions contain a variety of assumptions ranging from whom it is suitable to ask to the kind of answer or the amount of detail that is expected. (13…

Explored transition to first sexual intercourse among Chicano, Latino, African-American, and white adolescents. Hypothesis that, with age, teenagers would move from being more influenced by proximate factors to being more influenced by distal world of peers and community was partially confirmed, but there were significant differences between males…

Successful diversity trainers should (1) distinguish education from training; (2) position training within a management strategy; (3) not start prematurely; (4) conduct needs analysis; (5) use participative design; (6) pilot test; (7) balance internal and external resources; and (8) incorporate programs in a core curriculum. (JOW)

Disagrees with Harold Stevenson's article in same "Educational Leadership" issue; Stevenson compares incomparable groups of students and misinterprets data. Although U.S. students rate ability higher than Chinese students, they also appreciate value of effort. Chicago kids are poorer and come from larger families than their Chinese…