Describes acculturation measures for Hispanic Americans: Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans, Cultural Life Style Inventory, Bicultural/Multicultural Experience Inventory, Measure of Acculturation, and Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire. Discusses acculturation assessment issues: direct versus indirect measurement, potential…

Discusses the ethical issues school counselors face when deciding whether to engage in multicultural counseling without having had multicultural training. Illustrates how theories that seem to be free of bias may be based on cultural assumptions, provides a historical overview of multicultural counseling, and addresses divergent expert opinions in…

Examines the possibility of a university based on dissensus, disagreement, and diversity. Deconstructs the traditional English major, noting the inappropriateness of studying British literature as a substitute for a national cultural whole. Notes that the United States has never really had cultural unity and has always looked to the future for it.…

Presents brief descriptions of 25 children's books that will engage teachers and children in: appreciating cross-cultural and multicultural families; understanding nontraditional families; meeting intergenerational and extended families; dealing with cultural conflict through humor and realism; and enjoying feasts of language play and…

Studied ideal body size beliefs of 337 white and 159 black adolescent males. Findings point toward a greater approval and social acceptance of a larger body size for black females by black males. Cultural differences may be a factor to consider in designing appropriate weight control programs. (SLD)

Offers reviews of 10 professional books that offer valuable information to language arts teachers who are concerned with the linguistic and cultural diversity in their classrooms. (SR)

Presents a personal reflection of the difficulties of being a non-English-speaking child in the United States. As a Spanish-language instructor, the author realizes the potential she has to influence her students, teaching not just about the language but also about the culture of Spanish-speaking people. (ER)

Reviews research on children's early storyreading experience along the following dimensions: historical perspective, the significance of read-aloud, parent-child read-aloud, and teacher-student read-aloud. Shows a need for more naturalistic studies of read-aloud, more studies exploring connections between read-aloud at home and school, more…

Draws on an experience of teaching in Hong Kong to discuss (1) the challenges of intercultural teaching, such as culture shock, organizational demands, and communication differences; (2) strategies for adapting instruction to address obstacles; and (3) the ways an international teaching experience can enrich instruction. (CMK)

Discusses how educators must begin to appreciate home culture as a key factor in school success. Reflects on the author's own personal experiences and struggles in his first experiences learning to read. Presents instructional approaches for working with culturally diverse learners. Considers the social context of learning to read. (SG)

Identifies four approaches to cultural diversity that professors at institutions of higher education may take. These are neutrality, similarity, diversity, and diversimilarity. Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each of these approaches, and argues for the diversimilarity approach, using the teaching of the death penalty (and examination…

Explains the cultural evolution and the impossible interchangeability among United States and Japanese schools. Advocates the need for incremental changes, improving employment conditions, and effective curriculum change to meet youths' developmental needs. First published in 1991. (YDS)

Discusses paradigms underlying current approaches to multicultural education, introducing a typology of philosophical assumptions that has been used to classify approaches to multiculturalism in the field of psychology; discussing racial identity theory as an important psychological component of a race-based perspective for understanding race and…

Discusses the features of East Asian mathematics education and its underlying values in contrast to features and values in the West. Presented in terms of six dichotomies: (1) product versus process; (2) rote learning versus meaningful learning; (3) studying hard versus pleasurable learning; (4) extrinsic versus intrinsic motivations; (5) whole…

Describes one educator's experiences teaching mathematics in Zimbabwe, noting the importance of immersing oneself in another culture and the influence of teaching in another culture on understanding one's own teaching philosophy and practices. Discusses the alignment of teaching with the culture and explains the rewards of such a teaching…