Attempts to clarify some of the differences and similarities between students from low-income countries enrolled in graduate science education programs in high-income countries and students from the host high income-countries. Offers suggestions for making graduate programs more responsive to the special needs of students from low-income…

Incorporating oral history and oral tradition into the curriculum helps students connect with people different from themselves and with the larger community. The article describes oral history and tradition, and discusses ways for parents and teachers to work together for greater understanding and acceptance of diversity through oral history and…

Mothers of biracial preschool children were interviewed regarding self-concept, identity formation, developmental issues, and variables identified as part of child-rearing practices to promote the dual heritages of their children. Found that these mothers form two perspectives in promoting identity development. Self-concept was viewed as a…

Because many student affairs practitioners serve in counseling roles to students, this article examines Pedersen's 10 frequent assumptions of cultural bias in counseling. Also provides appropriate applications and recommendations for increasing the cultural sensitivity of student affairs professionals. Hopes to initiate an impetus for further…

Describes how one university developed the role of foundations of education in the teacher education program. The National Endowment for the Humanities funded intensive faculty development and collaboration between education and liberal arts faculty. The seminars and curriculum development were catalysts for interdisciplinary curriculum…

Among 206 Arab and Jewish Israeli elementary teachers surveyed, teacher orientation toward classroom discipline was related to the interaction of location and ethnicity. More authoritarian attitudes were found in Arab rural schools than Arab urban schools, and in Jewish urban than Jewish rural (kibbutz) schools. Cultural factors and social context…

Studies whether Chinese children are more cooperative, whereas U.S. children are more competitive, using 76 10- to 12-year-old children in each country. Results using the Social Values Task indicate that Chinese children favor strategies that result in equality and group enhancement, and U.S. children favor individualistic and competitive…

The fourth article in a series designed to help library selectors enhance their collections of materials on multicultural diversity provides a list of 92 videos about the cultural heritage of Hispanic Americans. Each entry includes ordering information, grade level, and a brief annotation. A list of distributors is also included. (LRW)

Compares interview results to identify moral stages of United States and Japanese adults. Includes findings of postconventional reasoners to substantiate evidence of postconventional stages as adult stages. Reports major cultural differences in the approach to the fundamental value of human life. Suggests a need for examination of the conception…

Discusses controversy over language, clarity, and experience in educational theory, recommending a language theory that recognizes complexity and difference. Linguistic clarity suppresses differences and multiplicity and reproduces a populist elitism that disempowers educators. People need knowledge and skills to be able to govern and shape…

Examines questions arising from concern for Africentric and multicultural education, including the nature of diversity and the relationships among cultural hegemony, cultural diversity, and cultural pluralism. Changing conceptions of intelligence, knowledge, and education are considered in relation to the treatment of cultural and ethnic…

These books are, in many ways, companion volumes addressed to educators working on curricular issues and educational reform. Both consider how postmodernism, feminism, and cultural studies contribute to contemporary educational theory and social criticism. The authors make a convincing case for critical "border pedagogy" that examines…

Argues that African Americans, other people of color, and those committed to democracy must counter Anglohegemony by using liberatory and emancipatory pedagogy in learning institutions. Examples of interpretive lenses of "the other" are given, and implications of using these lenses are examined. The importance of educational research is…

The development of communicative competence and the role of cultural context in the communicative interaction of four young Inuit children and their caregivers was studied ethnographically. Caregiver accommodations to Inuit children differed in many ways from those reported for White middle class North Americans. The paper calls for culturally…

The decision-making process for determining special education eligibility for students who may have behavior disorders is considered biased because of the subjectivity inherent in the process. Assessment procedures should allow for cultural freedom. Certain minority groups are still vulnerable to discriminatory practices within the field of…