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Michaelsen, Scott – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2005
The general conversation today about the USA PATRIOT Act and its historical and legal significance must be contextualized with reference to a series of 1970s U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding the U.S. Border Patrol that directly undergird the PATRIOT Act. The Supreme Court long ago turned the U.S. borderlands adjoining Mexico into a permanent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Employees, Japanese Americans, Court Litigation
Miller, Barbara; Parisi, Lynn – 1992
To meet the needs of students who are Asian and Hispanic refugees, as well as the needs of a democratic society, teachers must be able to teach effectively an understanding and appreciation of the U.S. legal and judicial system while acknowledging, responding to, and integrating the cultural backgrounds and experiences of a diverse student…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Knezek, Gerald A.; Miyashita, Keiko T. – 1993
This paper presents the 1992 findings of a three-nation longitudinal study of the psychological effects of computer use during primary school. Results are based on an analysis of Likert-type ratings by 3,036 students in grades 1 through 3 at 21 elementary schools in Japan (1,236 students), the United States (1,072 students plus 247 Hispanic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Cross Cultural Studies