Argues the need for a conceptual framework to facilitate teaching and investigating intercultural communication. Presents a framework of concepts for pedagogy and research. Includes a core of topics for a unit on intercultural and international communication in a business and technical writing course. (NH)

Characteristics of culturally diverse students are discussed in terms of language, culture, and socioeconomic factors. Meeting the educational needs of culturally diverse students can involve interactive teaming of professionals; parent involvement; and providing appropriate services, assessment, curriculum, and instruction. (JDD)

Asian-American college students (n=104) listened to taped counseling session in which counselor was described as Asian-American or Caucasian-American and portrayed as either culture-sensitive or culture-blind. Counselor was rated as more credible and culturally competent under culture-sensitive condition than under culture-blind condition and when…

Discusses the idea of culturally specific norms of interaction and argues that, where there is a mismatch between students and staff expectations, the students are likely to be judged negatively. It is argued that staff need to become aware of their own cultural norms and then accommodate the interaction styles of the learners. (10 references) (JL)

This article examines issues related to treatment acceptability in early intervention programs, by applying concepts pertaining to collaboration, cultural difference, compliance and freedom of choice, family life cycles, and systems theory. A paradigm for designing home-based intervention plans with families of preschoolers with behavior disorders…

Misconceptions about Asian and Pacific American students are common. The educational status of all minorities will be more comprehensibly assessed by investigating characteristic academic and social needs and problems and giving greater attention to social and personal development, adjustment processes, educational trade-offs, and long-term career…

Discusses the need for culturally specific approaches to effective substance abuse intervention among urban youth. Discusses high risk youth and the communities in which they live. Presents possible ethnocultural intervention strategies. (JS)

Addresses the impact of the ideology of IQ testing on African Americans and Asians. Presents an overview and an analysis of scholarly treatises that illustrate that IQ testing continues to be one mechanism for maintaining racial prejudice and inequality in the United States. (JS)

This article confronts concerns in providing family intervention services to the growing population of non-White, non-Anglo families. Strategies are offered for gathering information about these families while respecting their nonmainstream culture, values, and beliefs. Alternative perspectives on child rearing, disability, medicine, intervention,…

Compares activities related to maternal organization of infant attention toward mother and the environment in Japanese and American mother-child dyads. Results reveal that the two cultures have both similar activity and interaction patterns and culture-specific patterns. (Author/BB)

Studied attachment behaviors in indigenous Dutch and Surinam-Dutch immigrant mothers and infants. In the Surinam-Dutch group, maternal responsiveness was related to quality of attachment. Surinam-Dutch mothers scored significantly lower on a responsiveness scale than did Dutch mothers. Other cultural differences are noted. (Author/BB)

Asserts that Erik Erickson's concept of identity gave a strong impetus to cultural anthropological research. Asserts that it is impossible for all 2,000 distinct ethnic groups to remain unchanged in today's world. Maintains that difficult choices of cultural traits selection will have to be made by peoples of all cultures. (CFR)

Project First Step serves potentially gifted student populations at 10 inner-city schools in southeast San Diego (California), in a community comprised of Latino, African-American, and Indo-Chinese families. The program's three components include student readiness, teacher training, and parent involvement. (JDD)

Describes how one English teacher uses Leslie Marmon Silko's novel "Ceremony" as in introduction to Native American culture and as a complex example of narrative and storytelling. Shows how the book's difficulties are enhanced by the large differences between mainstream American and Native American cultures. (HB)

Examined cultural variations in parenting attitudes, behavior, and involvement of mothers and fathers in two-parent families. Findings from Caucasian (n=2,642), African-American (n=469), Hispanic-American (n=357), and Asian-American (n=49) parents revealed that, as group, ethnic parents indicated greater general emphasis on children exerting…