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Peer reviewedRoeper Review, 1981
Four papers focus on school programs for gifted and talented students. (CL)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Minority Groups
Download full textFern, Veronica; And Others – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report offers a synthesis of a Special Issues Analysis Center report based on a focus group that studied active learning and its implications for limited English proficient (LEP) students. Active learning is defined as the level of engagement by the student in the instructional process; it implies the development of a community of learners…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Involvement, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)
Martin, Rachel, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 1990
This document, designed to provide adult educators with information on innovative and effective teaching practices that involve participants in their own education, contains the following articles: (1) "Teaching about Aids: Responding to Culture" (Udin), which points out the hidden issues of culture in AIDS education and explains how to…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Community Development, Community Education
Focal Point, 1994
This special issue examines multicultural aspects of services provided by agencies concerned with children's mental health. The lead article is titled "Developing Culturally Competent Organizations" by James L. Mason. This article uses the cultural competence model to discuss an organization's self-evaluation and its planning in the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Pediatrics, 1993
This special supplement presents two background papers, three working papers, and key recommendations from a conference on culture and chronic illness in childhood. The meeting had as its goal the identification of the state of knowledge on the interface among culture, chronic illness, child development, and family functioning, for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Chronic Illness, Cultural Differences
Zwerling, L. Steven, Ed.; London, Howard B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1992
Focusing on the cultural issues facing students who are the first in their families to attend college, this volume addresses the difficulties in bridging the two worlds of college and home and describes campus programs to help students overcome cultural barriers. The issue contains the following chapters: (1) "Transformations: Cultural Challenges…
Descriptors: Adult Students, American Indians, Asian Americans, Community Colleges
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with the following topics: the language, communicative styles, and speech patterns of blacks and non-blacks; the prereading concept acquisition of Spanish-dominant kindergarten children; the self-concept and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Biculturalism
Ford, Bridgie Alexis, Ed. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 1999
This publication is designed to address new paradigms such as research, policies, and daily school practices which tend to reduce or perpetuate inequities in educational opportunities for culturally and linguistically diverse individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. This particular issue includes articles that discuss referrals of…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
