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Damrosch, David – 1995
This book explores an academic culture in which disciplines are isolated and then further divided into specialized fields, resulting in a mix of scholarly alienation and disciplinary territorialism, specialized inquiry and a poverty of general discussion. After an introductory chapter, the following subjects are addressed: (1) influences on…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, College Faculty, Core Curriculum
Download full textLeonard, Olen; Loomis, C. P. – 1941
Located on the Pecos River in San Miguel County, El Cerrito (New Mexico) was a culturally stable rural community. Almost a cultural island, its inhabitants were of native or Spanish American stock, descendants of conquistadores who mixed their blood with that of the indigenous population. Religion and the Catholic church had a profound influence…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Context
Junqueira, Carmen – 1973
Xingu National Park was officially set up in 1961 on the initiative of the Villas Boas brothers, whose intention was to afford shelter from economic expansion and its consequences in the form of disease and poverty to a certain number of still isolated tribes, and to give them the opportunity of being integrated gradually into the dominant…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Change Agents
Gaven, Patricia; Williams, R. David – 1972
An experiment is proposed which will study the advantages of satellite technology as a means for the standardization of teaching methodology in an attempt to socially integrate the rural Alaskan native. With "Man: A Course of Study" as the curricular base of the experiment, there will be a Library Experiment Program for Adults using…
Descriptors: Budgets, Communications Satellites, Cultural Isolation, Educational Methods
Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano – 1998
Noting that literacy development is a social phenomenon, this book provides an account of the cultural conflicts and struggles experienced by two children from culturally different backgrounds and their teacher in a kindergarten program. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter, "Introduction: History of the Struggle," introduces…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
Shepard, Mary; Shepard, Ray – 1975
Vegetable Soup is a new children's television series whose purpose is to counter the negative and destructive effects of racial isolation. This manual gives detailed instructions for discussion of activities that are presented during the television series such as: crafts, games, recipes, language activities, and children's questions. A list of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bibliographies, Books, Children
