Describes a study that investigated learning skills as a determinant of future academic achievement. Compared cultural effects between the two largest groups in the study, indigenous (British) and Asian children, and examined adverse ratings by sex, ethnicity, preschool experience, and age. Considered the findings within the context of early…

True citizenship education is impossible unless students develop the habit of intelligently evaluating cultures. Abraham Maslow's theory of self-actualization, a theory of innate human needs and of human motivation, is a nonethnocentric tool which can be used by teachers and students to help them understand other cultures. (SR)

Reveals some of what an English teacher from England learned from teaching English in the United States. (JL)

Presents an annotated bibliography of children's books dealing with Mexican Americans and discusses common themes found in them. (FL)

Teachers can enhance the academic success of culturally different students by communicating positive attitudes and creating an environment in which rules are clearly stated along with consequences for breaking the rules. Also important are structuring the situation to provide success and treating students with unconditional respect. (CL)

Investigates development of mathematical concepts among West African children from an agricultural tribe (Baoule) and a merchant society (Dioula). Baoule and Dioula children at three age levels participated: Preschoolers, 5-6 years; 7- to 8-year-olds with one year of school; and schooled and unschooled 9- to 10-year-olds. Experimental tasks…

Describes the biological evolution and social evolution concepts of race. Asserts that changes in social or religious norms create possibilites for interbreeding and ultimately generating new race groups. (Author/MW)

The first in a series of three, this article argues that the transfer of educational models and innovations from developed nations is not sufficient for developing countries. Recommended instead are bold approaches to education which can demonstrate direct application and benefits for meeting local and national goals. (MER)

Teachers' concerns in the recently desegregated Willa Cather Elementary School include: (1) problems arising from busing; (2) unfamiliar behavior among Black children, with whom White teachers have not had previous experience; (3) disadvantaged family and educational backgrounds of Black students; (4) a wide range of achievement levels among…

After describing the moral development "stage" theories of Piaget and, particularly, Kohlberg, the authors critique assertions that such stages are universal and sequential. Using findings from anthropology and other disciplines, they demonstrate that morality is culture-specific and that one person can simultaneously demonstrate…

Presents a model of communication through translation that accounts for the complexity of the process and attempts to draw a coherent view of the sociological and cultural factors involved. Stresses the necessity of calling upon a number of disciplines to provide conceptual and methodological clarification. (MES)

The author discusses the overrepresentation of Blacks and other minority or culturally different groups in special education classes and points out how special education fails and succeeds in dealing with diverse cultural groups. (SBH)

Discusses Britain's lack of children's books that deal with the problem of skin color and examines some books that discuss this topic. (HOD)

The relative saliency of social comparison and anxiety reduction as motives for interpersonal affiliation was examined in nearly 100 Chicano and Anglo adolescents. The experiment's failure to replicate the findings of Darley and Aronson was probably due to lack of functional equivalence across cultural groups. (Author/GC)

In this article, an ethnocentric view of the improvisatory music of Korea is presented in terms of what Korean musicians think of improvisation as opposed to fixed composition and how improvisation operates as a performance practice. Musical scores and selected recordings are listed. (Author/KC)