This study describes an intercultural learning program combining cooperative learning with critical incidents drawn from the culture-general assimilator developed by Brislin. The training program was adapted to school teachers, a population already identified as a high-risk group because of the frequency and unpredictability of the intercultural…

It has been suggested that the problems of foreign students are typically different from and of greater concern than are the problems of American students in higher education settings. Foreign students who must adjust to massive environmental, sociological, and psychological change may be afflicted by what amounts to an emerging disorder of life.…

This paper sets forth guidelines regarding the use of interpreters/translators for use in assessment of students from linguistically and culturally different environments. Training components for such personnel are listed according to general knowledge, cultural knowledge, and specific skills. Limitations of using a third party in the assessment…

Article investigated managerial decision making and the cultural differences in preferences for decision making styles. (Author/RK)

An examination of the philosophic and political implications of "compensatory" education that strongly affirms the difference as opposed to the deficit position and explores the practical implications of teaching useful skills and knowledge to all comers. (EH)

The current demands for values education, like recent basic educational reforms generally, reflect a superficial consensus. The push for values education by educators and politicians is a response to two developments: (1) the public's perception that schools are too disorderly; and (2) a desire to inculcate a common belief system. However, the…

General Conference Mennonites and Old Order Amish are compared and contrasted in the areas of physical appearance, religious beliefs, formal education, methods of farming, and home settings. General Conference Mennonites and Amish differ in physical appearance and especially in dress. The General Conference Mennonite men and women dress the same…

In order to develop competence in cross-cultural counseling, awareness of one's own culture must be developed. To survive, cultures incorporate both obvious mechanisms, like a distinctive language, and less obvious mechanisms, like patterns of thought. Culture acts as an invisible veil which prevents us from being aware of the cultural filters…

In some research involving Asian Americans generalizability is questionable because the group under study is composed of persons from many cultural traditions. This study looked at 2,511 4th to 11th grade American students of Asian descent all of whom were members of one of the following Asian groups: (1) Chinese; (2) Filipino; (3) Japanese; (4)…

To determine if personality characteristics reflect influences of culture, while sex differences remain similar across cultures, 100 Indonesian and 100 American college students completed the Cattell Clinical Analysis Questionnaire, in the appropriate language. An analysis of the results showed that females in both cultures were higher than males…

This is a collection of essays written by students enrolled in a 1978-79 course in cross-cultural education, given by the editor at the University of Toronto. The introductory essay, by Bancroft, provides general information on what teaching intercultural relations entails. The remainder of the papers include: (1) "From Taiwan to Canada: A…

A study investigated the issues that Blacks perceive as salient to their satisfaction and dissatisfaction with communication with Whites, and whether these issues were independent of age, biological sex, and income. Two groups of subjects, selected from economically determined working class students in a large introductory speech communication…

The paper reviews issues in the diagnosis and treatment of language disorders in black exceptional children. The controversy over language characteristics of the urban black child is examined, followed by a review of studies citing the linguistic and cultural bias of many tests used for diagnosis. Difficulties with the use of the System of…

This report examines the state of the art in assessing bilingual and/or multicultural students and asserts that dramatic improvements in assessment practices cannot be made within the context of the existing medical model. It is noted that existing assessment processes rely upon administration of technically-suspect norm-referenced measures to…

The influx of Caribbean West Indian immigrants into the United States has evoked mixed responses from the Afro American black community. The West Indians' high degree of literacy, sense of community, and high self esteem have developed black leaders who have earned the respect of enlightened Afro Americans through their achievements in education,…