Third of five articles in a series, titled "The Elementary School: Focus on the Culturally Different.

This bibliography contains over 280 references to recent published works, divided into four topic areas: (1) primary prevention of drug abuse for multicultural communities; (2) bicultural women and substance abuse; (3) program processes in multicultural drug abuse prevention; and (4) Spanish and bilingual materials on drug abuse prevention. Each…

Policies formulated by the Board of Education in Queensland, Australia regarding multicultural education are presented in this document. A review of population statistics and immigration projections established the need for multicultural education. The retention and promotion of cultural diversity among various ethnic groups is considered the…

Algeria and Tunisia, where newspapers in both French and Arabic have large circulations, were used as case studies to test ideas about elite journalism. It was hypothesized that if French language newspapers appealed to the intelligentsia and opinion leaders, then their content should be serious and responsible; and that, by contrast, the Arabic…

Organizations are directly influenced by the beliefs and values of the employees. Many of these beliefs deal with the meaning of work and preferences for broad classes of work outcomes. A heterogeneous sample of working people (N=318) completed a questionnaire which examined beliefs about work on nine job-related dimensions that distinguish four…

This handbook begins with a brief discussion of Vietnamese religion, values, characteristics, and customs, and then describes the educational system of Vietnam and the behavioral expectations for its children. The third section of this handbook discusses the adjustments and conflicts faced by Vietnamese refugee children. Finally, some educational…

This study investigated the effect of culture on the cognitive styles of Polynesian Asian, and Caucasian Americans in a multicultural school setting. The study attempted to test the Hill scales of cognitive development to determine if they would be a valid predictor of individual cognitive styles. In addition, the investigation tested the popular…

In learning to read, children must first understand the objectives of that skill: that the visible symbols communicate meaning and code certain features of speech. If a child does not understand this, learning will be impaired. For instance, children who are taught to read a language other than their native language learn better if instructions…

This study applied a path model, developed from factors associated with instructional development success in the United States, to a similar instructional development environment in Australia. These factors included institutional commitment, faculty rewards, instructional design staff expertise, campus audiovisual production services, program…

Twenty children (ages 5 and 6) from each of seven cultural groups (Caucasian, Black, Jewish, Puerto Rican, Chinese, Korean-American and native Korean) were given a copying task of 21 geometric shapes to test the cultural invariancy of Piaget's topological-projective-Euclidean concept acquisition sequence. All subjects were either middle or lower…

A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1978, which set out the goal of a new, more just, and more effective world information and communication order, represented a new focus on conceptual rhetoric. Although there is as yet no settled definition of the new world order--a concept that involves cultural relations in…

This handbook delineates the planning necessary for the development of a program of multicultural education, a concept defined as the recognition of the value of all people in their racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, and physical differences. Included are discussions of options (either student or curriculum-oriented) in developing multicultural…

Part of a 10 booklet series on talented and gifted education, the booklet describes the characteristics of talented and gifted children during the preschool and school years. The underachieving gifted child is discussed in terms of emotional problems, school programing, and cultural difference. Special traits and skills needed for teachers of the…

The major concern of the educational system in Israel today is how to advance students who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and from a cultural background which is different from that of the privileged sectors of the population. In general, the problem of educationally disadvantaged students is related to the problem of social gaps. These…