This article explains the legal distinctions between rape, statutory rape, and child abuse and school counselors' obligations related to each. In addition, complicating issues such as cultural differences as well as the potential effect of mandated reporting on counselors' roles are addressed. (Contains 18 references.) (GCP)

Examines the diversity profile of the Standing Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) membership. Focuses on the gender and ethnic identity of members. Finds that women are overrepresented in 11 of 31 subgroups; males are overrepresented in 3 subgroups;…

Presents and discusses three sets of texts that are excerpted from essays written for a second-semester, first-year composition course at a regional public university. Considers the relationship of the linguistic and sociolinguistic markedness of texts. Explores what the sociolinguistic markedness should be in the writing classroom given the…

Examines issues related to teaching in culturally diverse classrooms. Provides proactive strategies teachers and administrators can use that begin the process of sharing cultural differences and working toward creating mutually agreeable solutions. (Author/VWL)

This paper examines studies on the interface of culture, parental beliefs, and childhood disability. The literature review indicated that parental beliefs about the nature and causes of disability reflected both biomedical and sociocultural views, and these beliefs on the nature and causes of disability affect beliefs about treatment and…

Compares the ways in which five conversational constraints (clarity, effectiveness, perceived imposition, consideration for the other's feelings, and concern about self devaluation) are perceived across gender groups. Finds that participants' sex had no significant main effect on the perceived importance of all conversational constraints in any of…

Reviews a range of topics addressed at the annual business meeting of the International Assembly on the Teaching of English during the 1995 National Council of Teachers of English meeting. Topics include cultural diversity outreach, test-driven curricula, diversity versus tradition, and literacy. (TB)

Proposes a shared conversation curricular framework and two ways that diverse student populations can be brought into common curricular conversations: through the use of conceptually-related materials, and multiple communication systems. Argues that such a curriculum helps children who are in the process of acquiring English fully participate in…

Identifies a new urgency to the struggle over the emphasis of U.S. developmental psychology. Suggestions for developmental psychologists include: recruiting diverse and empathic students; broadening the curriculum and incorporating multicultural education; implementing senior faculty development programs; transforming developmental theory to…

Six panelists (Enrique Trueba, Ronald Takaki, Victoria Munoz, Sonia Nieto, Margaret Andersen, and Doris Sommer) discuss the following questions: What is ethnicity? Who decides? How is ethnicity connected to education? and What does it mean when racial minorities are referred to as ethnic? (SK)

Suggests that the research literature that supports American instructional leadership theory and practice has limited transferability in other cultural contexts. Claims that teachers in multicultural classrooms need to "become" immigrants and minorities, and that teacher education programs must help future teachers to adapt by exposing them to…

The belief in the unambiguity of specialist texts relies upon a conception of translation limited to purely linguistic levels and a central concept of "stable meanings." From the recognition that specialist texts are, to a great degree, linked to cultural and situational contexts, criteria important for the realization and evaluation of…

Questionnaires completed by 129 U.S. nurses and 71 from the Philippines revealed higher levels of emotional exhaustion and feelings of personal accomplishment in the United States. The Filipino work environment was rated higher for supervisor support, autonomy, control, and innovation. U.S. nurses reported greater work pressure. (SK)

Diversity of environment and cultural background and geographic separation pose challenges for evaluating overseas personnel. An evaluation process for home, host, and third-country workers should consider position characteristics, external/internal environments, rater/ratee characteristics, and qualitative and quantitative criteria, having…

Interviews with six Australian adult basic education students confirmed the social nature of literacy, the social networks involved in literacy practices, and the multilingualism of students. Results suggest the need for a curriculum that recognizes and makes explicit linguistic and cultural differences. (SK)