A 1995 study explored how high school students from four ethnic groups who have experienced disciplinary problems explain the causes, consequences, and potential resolutions of conflicts with their teachers. The answer to reducing behavior problems in ethnically diverse classrooms may be culturally responsive discipline undergirded by competence,…

Explores how white hegemony is socially enacted and the ways that schools, as institutions in a racially and hierarchically ordered society, tend to obscure its existence. It is argued that a primary role of multicultural education is to make whites aware of their own cultural identity and its associated values. (SLD)

Discusses the need to enhance United States/European Union (EU) commercial and educational cooperation. Differences between US and EU language and trade policies are explored and the importance of plurilingualism in the global economy is examined. The role of the French Language, especially "Le francais des affaires," in facilitating…

Suggests that the contrasting cultural and material circumstances of children in the United States and Spain contribute to their relative capacities for critical thinking and discussion. Suggests that Spanish adolescents hesitate to take a stand without openly discussing their feelings, while North American students hate discussion that wanders…

Examines classroom dialog about arranged marriages in Ali Ghalem's "A Wife for My Son" (as well as several other postcolonial, nonwestern texts) as a means of defining and sharing appropriate curricular and pedagogical modes for classroom discourse and discussion. Urges rethinking the boundaries of English studies and redefining the study of…

Many white, middle-class teachers tend to dismiss their students' cultures and judge parental involvement by their own behavioral norms. Many nontraditional literary experiences occur as parents and children go about their daily lives. Teachers may also have limited views of parental competence, motivation, and home-school collaboration. Teachers…

Some insights and reflections based on experiences in trying to implement some feminist pedagogical principles and practices in women's studies courses in Japan are presented. Data from roughly 1,500 students reveal the difficulties in such teaching and the potential for change in Japanese education. (SLD)

Examines why some Asian American students withdraw from or rebel against academic expectations. Reports on an ethnographic study of an Asian American student that gives particular attention to his family background and peer relationships. (TB)

Investigates university students' expectations of foreign language teachers cross-culturally. Japanese, American, and Chinese college students chose five important qualities in a teacher from a list. Results indicate that students of all groups placed importance on some qualities, and that Japanese and Chinese students had some similar…

Investigated the process of stereotyping in the representation of the content of narrative texts through visual reformulations. Subjects were Argentine college students enrolled in an English course at a university in Argentina. Reveals students' inability to transcend heir cultural biases and points to an urgent need to address stereotypes in the…

Discusses how the most important goal of educators has become meeting the needs of a diverse student population. Discusses that research has shown that classrooms do not address the needs of student diversity. Discusses how to develop an action plan that better equips teachers. Contains 2 references. (MZ)

Examined effects of planned encounters between religious and secular Jewish children and parents at a school in Jerusalem, Israel, on perceptions of religiosity and secularism. Results suggest that each group was aware of its affiliation, could discern similarities and differences, and did not have stereotyped perceptions. Social encounters…

Focus interviews were conducted to assess young children's views about their national identity. Findings indicate that children are aware of social, racial, and cultural differences, but little discussion exists of how this may affect their relationships with others or willingness to engage in civic processes. Responses suggest that children are…

Forty-nine African American children (ages 3-5) enrolled in Head Start were assessed using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. Their mean score was significantly lower than the mean for the normative sample. Few items were systematically missed; instead, performance seemed reflective of socioeconomic and/or ethnic patterns of vocabulary usage.…

This study coded descriptions of disliked peers provided by U.S. and Indonesian 11- and 14-year-olds for references to physical, verbal, and three types of relational aggression. Found that physical aggression was mentioned more frequently by boys, adolescents, and Indonesians, with no significant differences in verbal aggression references. Girls…