Presents an ethical dilemma posed by two important professional concepts: (1) presenting a balanced cultural diversity, and (2) not offending cultural values. Sample responses to the problem include using the NAEYC Code of Ethics, a teacher's viewpoint, and a third response. (SD)

Compared social behavior of five-year olds from Germany and former USSR, and child-rearing belief systems of their mothers. Found that intensity of prosocial behavior was higher in German girls than in German boys or Russian girls. More Russian boys than girls showed at least some kind of prosocial behavior. Russian mothers described their…

Utilizes information gathered from archival and other documentary sources to develop greater understanding of the ways in which New Zealand's Native School system operated and was perceived by the Maori communities. Gives voice to former pupils of the Native Schools by establishing an oral-history database of their experiences within the school…

Conveys that multicultural children's literature can support and encourage tolerance and understanding among children. Presents information about multiculturalism in Canada and gives criteria to help teachers select multicultural literature. Suggests a number of picture books that may be used to encourage positive attitudes toward difference at…

Examined teacher-child and child-child talk collected as part of a longitudinal, ethnographic study of life in a vertically-grouped multilingual class in an inner-city first school in the North of England. Reveals the complex, subtle processes involved in the interactive negotiation of meanings between teachers and learners and the joint…

Used semi-structured interviews to examine a grounded theory of beliefs that Canadian teachers and Japanese immigrant parents hold regarding schooling and learning. Results indicate that the participants' belief systems can consist of three layers: the general belief system concerning school and learning; opinions regarding learning difficulties;…

Studied high-ability, high-achieving students in an urban high school over 3 years. Identifies factors that enabled these students to achieve, including belief in self, supportive adults, high-achieving peers, challenging classes, personal characteristics, and family support. (SLD)

Examines issues inherent to the gap between the home and school cultures of Native Hawaiian students, focusing on: developing an understanding of present dilemmas in Hawaiian education; reviewing related research; describing initiatives in K-12 curriculum development and teacher training; and identifying implications for policy and reform issues…

Includes "And the Answer Is...Yes But" (Migler); "Does Farm Business Management Education Pay?" (Torgerson); "Adult Agriculture Education" (Riley); "Adult Education in Agriculture" (Zidon); "Relevant Agricultural Education Is Needed at the Two-Year College" (Claycomb); "A Paradigm Shift?" (Sponaugle); "Change and Diversity" (Bolton); "The Future"…

Discusses results of a needs analysis undertaken on the Southern Illinois University-Carbondale campus to determine the language and communication problems that exist between staff of the student health program and their international patients. Results show that students and staff agree on several problem communication areas including medical…

Presents a workbook extract from the teaching resource kit entitled "Land and Landscapes: Views of America's History and Culture" that examines landscape paintings and photographs from the 19th century to the present. Explains that the main focus of this extract is to question how European American views about landownership affected…

Presents the dilemma of infusion of Christian ideology in public education faced by ethnic-immigrant families. Explores three factors challenging the validity of non-Christian beliefs and disfavoring bicultural and bilingual socialization of ethnic children: family structure and religiosity, community orthodoxy, and Christian education in public…

Describes the objectives, methodology, and resources for a college German course, taught in English, that examines the concept of "outsider" and is aimed at fostering critical thinking, ethical relations, and understanding of contexts. It traces representations of cultural groups in literature and the visual arts. Students learn to question…

Investigated Japanese and U.S. mothers' descriptions of behavioral characteristics they found most desirable and undesirable in preschool children, noting characteristics they considered most highly positive or negative. Mothers in both cultures emphasized social cooperativeness and interpersonal sensitivity. U.S. mothers were far more likely to…

Describes eight English lessons using creative dramatics for Chinese third graders. Notes that the elementary lessons were mostly unsuccessful. Considers how the cultural differences in education suggests that Chinese educational methods are strongly based on memorization and repetition, while western educators often strive for just the opposite.…