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Download full textOrr, Alberta L.; Kaarlela, Ruth – 1990
This curriculum was designed to train approximately 250 community health representatives (CHRs), to teach visually impaired and blind Indian elders and their families necessary independent living skills. The curriculum aims to sensitize CHRs to the impact of visual impairment upon elderly persons and their families, and to provide basic…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Aging (Individuals), American Indians, Blindness
Frazer, Linda – 1990
The school-year and annual dropout counts for high schools in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District are summarized for the past 7 years, 1983-84 through 1989-90, and for grades 7 and 8 for the past 6 years. Also reported are the current status of entering ninth graders of 1983-84 through 1989-90, and of the entering seventh graders of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Cohort Analysis
Houser, Schuyler – 1991
Tribal colleges are attracting, retaining, and educating a new population of Native students. These 24 institutions are characterized by their location on reservations, governance by local boards, dedicated faculty and administrators, intercollegiate cooperation and collaboration, frugal management of material resources, and the central role of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Community Control
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1980
This booklet, one of a series featuring the Canadian provinces, presents a brief overview of Nova Scotia and is suitable for teacher reference or student reading. Separate sections discuss the geography and climate, history, economic development, fishing, agriculture, forestry, mining, manufacturing, energy, education, arts and culture, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, American Indians, Area Studies, Climate
Michigan State Dept. of Public Health, Lansing. – 1988
This document summarizes a report on the health status of minority groups in Michigan. Mortality rates and health problems are analyzed for the following groups: (1) Blacks; (2) Hispanics: (3) Arab Americans; (4) Asian and Pacific Islanders; and (5) Native Americans. The following problem areas are discussed: (1) nutrition and hunger; (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, American Indians, Arabs, Asian Americans
Montana State Univ., Bozeman. Office of Tribal Service. – 1988
This report describes the Montana Tribal College Development Program (MTCDP), a project designed to meet the educational and economic needs of the state's American Indian tribal communities. The document also includes a detailed evaluation of the program based on research results. The MTCDP was designed to improve services of seven American Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Colleges, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Lee, Beth S.; And Others – 1990
In 1989, the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA)/Minority Engineering Program (MEP) was initiated at American River College. The MESA/MEP program recruits Black, Hispanic, and Native American students and provides assistance, encouragement, and enrichment programs to help them succeed in the fields of mathematics, engineering,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Stiles, J. Mark – 1984
This paper examines communications and information technologies and the ways in which they have been used in both the formal and the nonformal education of Canada's native people (four groups: status Indians, non-status Indians, Metis, and Inuits). It is noted that generalizations about the use of technology in native schools is difficult because…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Communications Satellites
Barnhardt, Ray, Ed.; Tonsmeire, J. Kelly, Ed. – 1988
This collection contains 15 essays by teachers who participated in the First Annual Rural Alaska Instructional Improvement Academy in Fairbanks in May 1987. The essays were written as a follow-up to the academy, based on the teachers' reflections on their own experiences in rural schools as well as on the academy workshops they attended and on the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Dilworth, Mary E. – 1990
This monograph identifies for researchers and teacher educators important questions about the ways in which race, ethnicity, and culture influence teachers' motivations and intentions for teaching, as well as their expectations of their students and of their own professional lives. Chapter 1, "The Culture of Teachers: The Culture of Teaching,"…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Background
Presseisen, Barbara Z.; And Others – 1990
The five chapters of this book discuss children's development and learning. Chapter 1, by Barbara Z. Presseisen, raises fundamental questions about schooling and learning. Chapter 2, by Robert J. Sternberg, presents a theory of intellectual styles and discusses its relevance for education. The theory concerns the ways in which people use their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Seminole County Board of Public Instruction, Sanford, FL. Dept. of Curriculum Services. – 1988
Designed to help teachers, this curriculum guide outlines a field trip fourth-grade students take to visit a Florida student museum. Included are objectives for student learning, student activities for both before and after the visit, and activities for comparing a turn-of-the-century classroom with the classroom of today. All of these activities…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Curriculum Guides, Educational Facilities, Experiential Learning
Isaac, Paul D. – 1986
Beginning a program to recruit minorities (American Indians, Blacks, and Hispanics) to graduate school is discussed, along with retention strategies. Reasons to recruit minorities to graduate school, and specifically to the field of psychology, are identified, including: not all qualified minority students will apply to graduate school; nonwhites…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indians, Black Students, College Admission
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1986
This report reviews the use of federal foster care funds under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for emotionally disturbed and delinquent adolescent boys placed in the Rite of Passage (ROP) program which operates three facilities on Indian land in Nevada. The report indicates: (1) California counties paid about $434,000 in Title IV-E funds for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, American Indian Reservations, Certification
Nenty, H. Johnson – 1986
The Cattell Culture Fair Intelligence Test (CCFIT) was administered to a large sample of American, Nigerian, and Indian adolescents, and item data were examined for cultural bias. The CCFIT was designed to measure fluid intelligence, which is not influenced by cultural differences. Four different item analysis techniques were used to determine…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests
