The authors of this article relate their thoughts about ethnic conflicts in general. They confront guidance personnel with their dealing with culturally different clients. (Author)

Ways to shape the education of Mexican American children so that they will be better oriented in their society are discussed. (CK)

Reports on a study which attempted to delineate cultural differences between middle-class White and Black females by determining if they have different reference groups as reflected in media usage habits. Findings showed that magazine, radio, and television use differed between groups. Differences were not considered indicative of true cultural…

Crisis is an essential ingredient in the great developmental stages of the natural world and dealing with disruption can result in much that is positive. (Author/JD)

Problems of serving Gypsy children in Hungarian schools are ascribed to the children's disadvantaged background. Examples of corrective measures suggested by the Ministry of Public Instruction are reviewed, as well as specific activities developed by teachers. (Author/CL)

The article presents a detailed description of a process for identifying culturally different gifted children. (Author/DLS)

Presents and discusses criteria for selecting multiethnic children's literature. Suggests some points of departure for critical deliberation of Asian literature. Finds the terms and language of socio-political frameworks necessary in facilitating ethical deliberation over the function, value, and purpose of the multiethnic work. (SG)

Studied the representation of historical events in 1492 in elementary and junior high school textbooks in Mexico (five textbooks) and Spain (four textbooks). Findings show very different representations of the same events in these two countries. (SLD)

Offers an understanding of "class activism" that focuses less on the putative emotional needs of working-class students, of whatever ethnicity or gender, and more on the ways hierarchy and distinction are reproduced within and outside of the various institutions of higher education. Suggests that it is possible and even desirable for most people…

Focuses on Latino students' difficulties with higher education because of dual constructions of identity from and toward the Anglo mainstream. Addresses Other perception (the potential problems Latino students encounter in higher education based on how others perceive their individual and group identity); and self-perception (the contradictory…

Issues related to how a white, female correctional education copes in a prison where the majority of those incarcerated are nonwhite and male include the following: cultural definitions of sex roles, perceptions of female authority, low literacy, and role identification based on cultural norms. (JOW)

Describes differences in evaluation practice in the United States and South Korea, noting the cultural variations in practice and their implications. Provides several examples of how differences in culture between the two countries affect evaluation practice, framing these examples in terms of what a U.S. evaluator would need to know to work…