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"Recuperando La Dignidad Humana" [Recovering Human Dignity]: Shuar Mothers Speak out on Intercultural Bilingual Education
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Katz, Susan Roberta; Chumpi Nantip, Cornelia Lupe – Intercultural Education, 2014
This paper presents findings from interviews conducted in December 2011, with seven Shuar mothers of children in an intercultural bilingual school in the southern Amazon region of Ecuador. This study had two objectives: (1) to foreground the perspectives of Shuar parents towards intercultural bilingual education (IBE) as implemented in the Shuar…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Interviews, Multicultural Education
Perspectives in Understanding the Schooling and Achievement of Students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
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Chu, Szu-Yin – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2011
The U.S. is comprised of many different cultural and linguistic groups, and this diversity is reflected in every state and local school district. However, the ongoing underachievement and high dropout rate of some racial/ethnic groups is still of major concern. This paper focuses on a discussion of three powerful factors related to the schooling…
Descriptors: Social Class, Dropout Rate, Ethnic Groups, Underachievement
Superintendents' Perceptions about Social Distance, Succession, and "Sunset" Provisions for Asian, Latino, and Native American Candidates Seeking Building-Level Administrator Positions
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Young, I. Phillip; De La Torre, Guadalupe Xavier – Journal of School Leadership, 2006
Research addressing the attraction and selection of individuals for administrator positions is encapsulated in a structural model that depicts different phases of the employee procurement process. Within the present study, attention is devoted to the prescreening stage of the selection process, and screening decisions of superintendents are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Personnel Selection, Principals, High Schools
Education of Teachers for Improving Majority-Minority Relationships: Course Offerings for Teachers to Learn about Racial and National Minority Groups. Bulletin, 1944, No. 2
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Caliver, Ambrose – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1944
The improvement of human relations is generally recognized today as an essential prerequisite to national unity and world peace. Bringing about better human relations, however, presents many important problems, among those of: (1) Providing accurate knowledge about different races and groups; (2) Developing understanding and appreciation of these…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education