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Mirza, Heidi Safia; Meetoo, Veena – Institute of Education - London, 2012
"Respecting Difference" demonstrates how teacher educators in the UK and worldwide can attract, recruit and support black and minority ethnic students to become much needed and valued future teachers and educational leaders. This accessible guide presents insights into the institutional and individual dilemmas and experiences of both…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Muslims, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators
Jenkins, Alyce Earl – 1989
Being black and disabled are characteristics which are frequently rejected by the larger society. When counselors and black disabled clients come together, they usually bring different life experiences because of physical abilities and race. There may be more similarities if both the client and counselor are disabled or both are of the same race.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Techniques, Counselor Attitudes
Noonan, John F. – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
It is difficult to think of any subject more conspicuous by its absence from the college classroom than the discussion of racial issues. Factors contributing to this absence include uncertainty about how to raise and discuss such issues and fear of appearing to be racist. In order to break higher education's silence on racial issues, faculty…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Blacks, College Faculty, College Students
Battle, Dolores E., Ed. – 1993
This text on communication disorders in multicultural populations is intended to provide a framework for speech language pathologists and audiologists in providing services to persons from different cultures and racial backgrounds. The 11 papers are grouped into 2 parts. Papers in part I provide an overview of the major cultural groups in the…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Bottoms, Gene; Feagin, Caro H. – 1997
The science achievement of career-bound students at High Schools That Work (HSTW) sites in 1996 was compared to performance levels at HSTW sites in 1993 or 1994. HSTW sites studied in 1993 improved their average science scores from 270 to 283 in 1996. Vocational students at HSTW sites scored higher in science (average score, 283) than did the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Enrollment
Bottoms, Gene; Creech, Betty – 1997
The mathematics achievement of career-bound students at High Schools That Work (HSTW) sites in 1996 was compared to performance levels at HSTW sites in 1993-1994. Forty-nine percent of the 260 HSTW sites improved their average mathematics scores over the period, with the percentage of career-bound students meeting the HSTW mathematics goal of 295…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Educational Trends