Provides advice for people working in multinational corporations, especially Japanese owned, by describing cultural differences, Japanese work values, and ways to implement cross-cultural training. (SK)

Torrance's Ideal Pupil Checklist was used to examine American and Filipino parents' perceptions of the ideal child. Cultural implications of similarities and differences are discussed. (PCB)

Addresses the influence of cultural and ecological backgrounds, as mediated by the family, on children's achievement. Contrasts models used to explain academic successes and failures of African-American and Asian-American children. (PCB)

Results indicate that the achievement level of Black and Hispanic elementary school children is not substantially lower than that of White children of similar socioeconomic status. Beliefs of minority children and their mothers are similar to those typically associated with higher levels of achievement. (PCB)

Compared American and Japanese maternal speech to three-month-old infants. Observations showed that U.S. mothers were more information oriented than Japanese mothers, and that Japanese mothers were more affect oriented, using more nonsense, onomatopoeic sounds, baby talk, and babies' names. Differences are attributed to culture-specific…

Inexpensive and easy to implement, cooperative learning shifts the achievement burden from the teacher to all individuals in the classroom. Cooperative learning can prove particularly useful for Native American students, who are already fairly well advanced at sharing, working in groups, and independent reasoning when entering school. Includes…

Students are often served up a "simplistic stew" that reinforces news media and political pronouncements about the Soviet Union. It's time to remove the "enemy" label and build positively on American and Soviet shared humanity by providing accurate information about both countries. Includes one reference. (MLH)

Offers suggestions for orientation and management development to prepare people to do business in different cultures. An orientation outline for Saudi culture is presented as an example. (SK)

An English teacher recounts snippets of her conversations with remedial students who have introduced her to a different world. Although she cannot change their violent circumstances, transform them into avid readers, or dispel feelings of craziness, she and the students keep talking. (MLH)

Explores cross-cultural attitudinal differences toward rhetorical sensitivity style. Finds that French subjects preferred a direct rhetorical sensitivity style; Japanese subjects expressed a moderate orientation towards the use of rhetorical sensitivity style; and United States subjects preferred an indirect rhetorical sensitivity style of…

Home economics in developed nations has been strongly influenced by capitalism and individualism, and it has lost focus on community. Developing African nations have a different philosophy on communal life. (SK)

Describes Suzanne Fisher Staples' young-adult novel "Haveli." Presents two passages from it as read-alouds. Suggests class activities related to the book as a means of discussing cultural diversity and differing attitudes towards literacy in other cultures. (SR)

Classrooms sensitive to race and caring cannot happen without sensitive teacher preparation. In this essay, the author (an Australian citizen) shares efforts to think about race in the teacher education classroom while disclosing her own difficulties in learning to care for others. Her autobiographical approach inspires students to ponder their…

Discusses treatment of an adult West Indian female who was the victim of incest during childhood and adolescence. Studies of West Indians provide a knowledge base for incorporation into appropriate and culture-specific treatment techniques. Winnicott's psychodynamic constructs of object relations theory is used as the organizing framework for…

Introduces the role of law and government in consumer protection in Japan. Suggests that recognition of cultural differences between U.S. and Japanese societies can provide insights that will stimulate the U.S. consumer movement to confront the anticonsumer structures in Japan while respecting their internal values. (Author/JOW)