The monograph emphasizes the need for university-sponsored programs for professionals serving ethnic communities. The programs could consist of undergraduate and inservice courses in teacher education. The courses should teach students and teachers to accept and understand cultural differences, to recognize the right of such differences to exist,…

The paper offers recommendations for an ethnic studies curriculum at the elementary school level which would be interdisciplinary in nature and integrate the basic skills of reading, writing, and critical thinking. In the social studies, for example, concepts of cultural diversity and universality can be presented in simple form in the early…

A handbook prepared for Michigan teachers offers guidelines for education in human relations. Described are ways by which teachers can help children to accept each other, to recognize the basic human similarities, and to learn from the cultural differences of their classmates. Religious differences, classroom routines, the culturally homogeneous…

The author describes our prime educational aim in Alaska as an effort to help the native to become an autonomous, productive member of the larger society which he is entering. To a certain extent, this is the aim of all teachers who are teaching English as a second language. They are teaching the culture that the language expresses at the same…

The Bilingual Bicultural Act of 1968, which mandates teaching in the native language of children with limited ability in English, is not obeyed in the Navajo Reservation where the schools' teaching to normal and special education students is in English. This violates the rights of peoples with a foreign language and culture to be educated…

The performances of three groups of neonates on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale were compared to determine if cultural differences exist. Subjects were 90 full term, healthy infants; 30 born in Puerto Rico, 30 black and 30 white born in Florida who were administered the scale within the first two days of life. Eight summary…

There are numerous problems involved in counseling minority group members. Rapport is difficult to establish because of the racial and/or cultural attitudes client and counselor have toward one another; consequently the client often finds his own goals in opposition to those of counseling. The existing cultural gap also leads to different patterns…

Dance has often been a significant part of a cultural heritage. Most of the religious organizations which were formed just after the United States achieved its independence, however, rejected many European religious customs, including dance. Despite this, the Mormon church not only allowed dance, but advocated and sponsored it. Dance was an…

This document was designed for use by professionals concerned with bilingual and multicultural education. It is divided into three sections. The first encompasses various aspects of teaching methodology and materials, history and background, and evaluation problems. Part 2 focuses on the Texas law governing bilingual/multicultural education…

Everyone in the United States has a cultural heritage which varies from the present mainstream culture of this country and yet, the majority of Americans have lost ties with their cultrual background. This has occurred because of both the melting pot theory and the educational system that has developed under a philosophy. There has been a serious…

The essays in this book represent the substance of the 40th annual Claremont Reading Conference, the theme of which was "Reading, Thought, and Language," Among the nineteen essays included are "Cognitive Development and Reading" by David Elkind; "Behavioral Objectives and Teaching Instruction" by Herbert Simons; "Toward Personal Growth through…

Christians have a limited understanding of the contemporary Jewish community in its variety, devotion, contribution to character, and perception of its heritage. This research project contrasts family cultural patterns of the Orthodox Jew to those of select white middle class Christian families in America (especially Catholics) to help foster…

Teaching within the context of individuality, desire, and emotion means that teachers must have an understanding of various cultures, the languages children speak, and the strengths the children possess. This second edition of the text "Teaching Culturally Disadvantaged in the Elementary School" is more inclusive of minority groups, moves into the…

This six-culture study sought to make a first approximation measurement of differences in personality development and the socialization of these differences in children. The study was part of a larger strategy involving other cultures and methods. A sample of 24 children from each of the six cultures was selected and observed during at least 12…

The handbook is the result of an Indian Teacher Aide Training Program conducted in 1970 at several Indian schools in Arizona. Content of the document was derived from talks, discussions, projects, and lectures included in the training program. As noted, rather than using a university-program-centered approach, a problem-centered approach was used…