As colleges and universities work to foster multiculturalism, simple solutions are engendered, clustering around two extremes, political correctness and cultural literacy. The role of education is providing a framework for understanding and expanding awareness of one's own situation, and denying one's own cultural heritage does not contribute to…

This article points out that the acculturation of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is achieved primarily through language socialization. It examines the types of variation that must be addressed in working with students from diverse backgrounds, such as language code differences, conversational discontinuities, and…

Discusses how cultural and gender biases in definitions of mental and emotional health and illness create critical issues for counseling research. Suggests that future research in counselor education and supervision cannot afford to uncritically accept these definitions and challenges researchers to develop more inclusive definitions. (Author/NB)

Describes seven strategies that teachers of all grade levels and disciplines can use to improve their effectiveness in teaching students of diverse cultural backgrounds. (SR)

Analysis of literature concerning approaches to studying in higher education suggests that these vary systematically from one culture to another. Two common orientations are distinguished: comprehension of meaning of learning materials, and reproduction of them. The former is consistent and coherent, the latter fragmented and variable according to…

Intersubtest scatter on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised for China (WAIS-RC) for 1,979 subjects was evaluated and compared with that of the WAIS-R standardization sample. Findings were similar, and differences in scatter range may be explained by cultural differences in values, educational approaches, and educational opportunities.…

This article argues that issues in gifted education can be usefully categorized under three headings: definitions, ideologies, and hypotheses. Seven central issues are thus classified, including the gifted label; types of giftedness; individual versus societal perspectives on giftedness; giftedness in different ethnocultural backgrounds; origins…

This paper reviews the need for formalized training of school psychologists in early childhood education and intervention with children who have disabilities. A training model and preservice training grant to prepare school psychologists to work with culturally diverse preschool children are presented. Challenges faced during the first two years…

Describes the highlights of the Second National Conference of African American Librarians, held in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) in August 1994, that focused on multicultural issues. An overview of conference programs discusses leadership development and the dangers of diversity. Sidebar articles list conference award winners and exhibitors. (KRN)

Addresses concerns of African Americans about the public school art-education curriculum. A survey of general currents in art education is followed by discussion of specifically African American art education. It can be argued that the most successful way to inculcate respect for other cultures is to teach their art. (SLD)

Investigates the nature of Black-White relations on the Stanford (California) University campus by interviewing 54 undergraduates (20 Whites, 24 Blacks, and 10 others) and analyzing questionnaire responses of half the senior class (n=862) in 1988-89. Although overt racism is considered rare, the existence of subtle racism with associated tensions…

Administers the Preschool Reading Attitudes Scale (categorized into four areas related to children's reading environment) to young children in early childhood programs. Finds significant attitudinal differences between three-year olds as opposed to four- and five-year olds as well as age-dependent differences among the ethnic groups. (MG)

Describes a project at Texas Woman's University involving adjunct class sessions to help underprepared minority students in teacher education succeed academically. Adjunct class sessions for three required freshman courses provided volunteer students with study strategies and course content discussions. Underprepared students who participated…

Reviews 57 children's books, combining realistic fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literary folklore, and folklore from people and places around the world, that reveal the cultural wonders of the world. Offers suggestions on how to group these books within thematic units. (MG)

An interdisciplinary civic education program, Facing History and Ourselves, teaches history in a way that helps adolescents reflect critically on contemporary social issues. The program focuses on a specific period (the Nazi rise to power and the Holocaust), guiding students between a historical case study and reflection on the causes and…