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Phelan, Patricia, Ed.; Davidson, Ann Locke, Ed. – 1993
This book contains selected papers presented at a working conference, "Cultural Diversity: Implications for Education", held in 1991. The issues explored cover such areas as cultural therapy as a means to enhance student-teacher relationships; the differences in attitude and motivation of immigrant and domestic minority youth; the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, CA. – 1987
This curriculum guide is intended as a resource for persons who work toward changing attitudes and overcoming prejudices and offers resources for addressing "blindspots," areas of stereotyping and prejudice of which one may be unaware. The material, current as of April 1987, is drawn from educational, psychological, and ecumenical sources, among…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Change, Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Guides
Warren, Beth; Rosebery, Ann S. – 1991
An innovative instructional intervention model is presented that represents a promising approach to the education of language minority students. One of the four handbooks produced to document and disseminate the findings of the Innovative Approaches Research Project (IARP), this handbook describes the IARP model for providing science and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education
Malowney, C. Lynn; Harrington, Lois G. – 1983
This module, one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages, focuses on specific professional competencies of vocational teachers. The modules are suitable for the preparation of teachers and other occupational trainers in all occupational areas. This module on the promotion of vocational programs for…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Disabilities, Exceptional Persons
Brodsky, Stanley M. – 1989
The problems of underrepresentation of women and minorities in science and engineering occupations are complex and variant. Many institutions have to learn how to attract more women and minority students to the hard sciences and technologies which are still relatively non-traditional areas for both groups. The project described in this document…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Science, Community Colleges, Engineering Education
Young, Eric D. – 1986
This report describes a model for improving retention and graduation rates of culturally diverse students that involves a guided studies seminar in psychological education. The objective is to provide incoming freshmen with an experiential seminar structured around examining higher education, learning and study skills development, and personal and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education
Ignatz, Mila E.; Ignatz, Milton – 1987
There are many problems involved in upgrading scientific literacy in high schools: poorly qualified teachers, the lack of good instructional materials, and economic and academic disadvantages all contribute to the problem. This document describes a project designed to increase the opportunities available to the high school science student to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Computer Simulation
Pulido, Josefina; Almendares, Simon – 1978
Four resource units are included in this document. For each, general objectives on knowledge and concepts, skills, and attitudes are given; content is outlined; and some suggestions for initiating the unit are listed. The first unit, on measuring length, provides six lesson plans, to teach about the meter, the smaller units of the meter, units…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Lamott, Stephen – 1988
There has always been a traditional bias in the learning materials used in schools. Due to a growing awareness of this bias, educators have become sensitive to the need for change in curricular materials. The trend in textbook publication has been to pretend that discrimination no longer exists in the United States. The extensive textbook…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economics, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Nicholson, Heather Johnston; And Others – 1987
There is evidence that more boys than girls have experience in activities related to science and mathematics outside of school and that there are a number of kinds of interventions that can sustain girls' interest and participation in science and mathematics. What is missing is a theoretical explanation for the phenomenon that more boys than girls…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Females
Malcolm, Dolores B.; And Others – 1985
Project Equity was a one-year project, funded by the Women's Educational Equity Act Program of the Department of Education, to enable the Saint Louis (Missouri) Public Schools to develop, test, and disseminate a curriculum on sex equity issues and laws. Designed to be integrated with law-related education programs in grades six through eight, the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection
Mahan, James M. – 1984
The Inservice Teacher Cultural Immersion Model of Indiana University has placed 122 inservice teachers in summer graduate practicum positions in distant Native American communities. The model was developed so that teachers can have an innovative and personal experience learning about Native Americans in their own cultural setting. The program…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange
Thompson, Chad; McGary, Jane, Ed. – 1984
This is one of a series of handbooks designed to assist classroom teachers, bilingual-bicultural education and special education program staff, counselors, and school administrators in instructional services for students from native Alaskan language groups. The unique sociocultural and linguistic characteristics of Athabaskan language speakers as…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques
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Ramirez, Bruce A.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Appropriate instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse children requires distinguishing among individual needs related to culture, language, poverty, mobility, and exceptionalities. Presented are suggestions regarding prereferral, assessment, curriculum, parental involvement, and program coordination for Black, Hispanic, Asian, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Lee, Valerie – Momentum, 1986
Summarizes National Assessment of Educational Progress findings regarding the reading proficiency of students in Catholic and public schools in fourth, eighth, and eleventh grades. Contrasts results in terms of family background and social status, school characteristics, and behavior associated with academic performance. (DMM)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics
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