Examines the "sedimented" history of probability in America using Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray's "The Bell Curve." Suggests this model reinforces ethnic hierarchy and differences by creating a "moral cartography" for the nation. Defines this spatial rhetoric with three sociographic dynamics. Concludes with…

Outlines Australian Aboriginal perspectives, groundedness in particular, on life and the world around them. Shows the need for adopting Aboriginal conceptions and ideology in western industrialized societies enabling those cultures to experience the textures of life. Emphasizes the role of listening as a way for other cultures to adopt Aboriginal…

Discusses performance theory and notions of discursive space. Describes how aspects of Latino/a culture are revealed and performed at a weekly "Latino Night" at a bar in a university town. Examines how cultural discourse is made visible, how community is maintained through the performance of these practices, and how space is claimed…

A survey of 243 Hindu, Indian Muslim, and Pakistani children in British schools revealed that 57% of boys and 43% of girls had been bullied. Bullies were as likely to be other Asian children as whites; bullying was often related to religious or cultural differences. Bullying by members of the same ethnic group was comparatively rare. (SK)

Investigated how meanings of being Chinese and being American varied among young adults, examining orientations to Chinese and American cultures and noting cultural domains upon which being Chinese and being American were based. Surveys of Chinese American college students who were American-born or immigrants indicated that the meanings attached…

Differences in demographic characteristics, services received, and attitudes toward mental health were studied among recipients of mental health services. The American Indian sample (the Handenosaunee of New York); (N=40) was matched by White, non-Hispanic clients (N=38). Differences among services needed and received and in attitudes toward…

Explores relationships between background characteristics, dualism, motivations, and measures of cultural immersion for college students engaged in an international exchange program. (Author)

Achievement goals and means were examined with 259 Anglo Australian adults (individualist culture) and 300 Sri Lankans (collectivist culture). Results reflect an individualist orientation in preferred achievement goals among Australians. Sri Lankans, although predominantly more family and group oriented, also have important individual goals. Both…

Assimilation and multiculturalism are seen as two opposing ideas. A balance between cultural similarities and differences is needed. Diversity within cultural groups must be accepted in order for cultural diversity to be valued by all cultures. Multicultural education needs to focus on valuing diversity without devaluing similarities. (MMU)

Discusses cultural influences on the definition of disability, explaining the distinction between what is in students and what the cultural construction for them is; exploring eastern and western conceptions of people with disabilities; noting the negative consequences that the American construction of disability brings to people with…

Presents a study of boys' and girls' conversations about traditional folktales. Focuses on storytelling as a teaching method and explores how students learn from folktales, myths, and legends. Investigates how characters and gender roles in folktales and other traditional stories act as educational and developmental models, especially among…

Investigates the impact of culture on negotiator behavior from two perspectives, culture as shared values and culture in context. Notes that the study recruited International and U.S. graduate students for an "international relations" study. Analyzes mixed-culture dyads rather than comparing negotiation practices in various countries.…

Discusses the use of humor in the counseling process and the potential difficulties when working with a client from a different culture. Explores the available literature and offers contributions on the subject from four ethnically diverse perspectives. Presents a general approach based on existential theory along with five general conditions to…

Exiled to Mussoorie, India, Tibetan students participating in a poetry workshop wrote persuasively about collective rage, communal loss and gratitude, and the shared wish to return home. The author, an American English professor, helped them express their individuality (a non-Tibetan value) while preserving their cultural identity. (MLH)

Suggests that higher education has compromised its academic integrity by embracing politically progressive reforms and postmodern ideology. Culture wars exist between those wishing to politicize academic life as part of social transformation and those viewing higher education as a sustained and rigorous academic enterprise. (SM)