Offers suggestions for providing opportunities for play that moves the spirit as well as the body. Describes cultural influences on play and the role of competition. Focuses on ways teachers can create and experience play that is physically and emotionally safe, challenging, inclusive, innovative, and fun. Includes descriptions of specific games…

An examination of "blindisms" (self-stimulatory behaviors) in four school-age blind children in Nigeria and England considers how these behaviors develop, how they can be reduced, and the cultural differences in the two countries which may contribute to the development of blindisms. (Author/CL)

Argues that high school journalism programs must become more culturally diverse. Discusses a variety of ways that advisers and staff members of high school journalism programs can recruit, train, and retain minority students. (RS)

A creatology matrix is developed to examine the abilities, processes, and products of four kinds of entities (culture, organization, group, person). Also examined are creativity as a matter of knowledge, identification with basic cultural values, and typicality of creative people within a culture. (JDD)

Observations of U.S. and Japanese education and facility design are explained through instruments used to relate clients' values to building design. These include a survey of pedagogy, the curriculum audit, a behavior activity survey, a classroom evaluation, and a work-space audit. (MLF)

The article stresses the importance of speech-language pathologists developing understanding of the American Indian child as a language learner and user within the linguistic and cultural context of family and community. Potentially biasing factors in test administration and interpretation are identified. Suggestions are offered for gaining…

It is argued that acculturation, anomie, social distance, and perceived social distance rather than biological factors define a critical period independent of the age of the learner for second language acquisition. Suggestions for planning instructional strategies and selecting materials based on this hypothesis are given. (PMJ)

Provides excerpts from a number of writings about the Oneida Tribe and the Tribal School concerning the rich heritage available that would relate to the physical design for a new elementary school. (MLF)

Uses a theoretical frame based on human ecology in order to analyze Virginia Hamilton's exposition of Arilla's search for identity (in the novel "Arilla Sun Down") as she tries to come to terms with her biracial heritage. Helps readers understand the process as well as the result of Arilla's search for identity. (SG)

This book is intended to provide U.S. university recruiters with information on higher education and student recruitment opportunities in Thailand. Section A describes recruitment strategies that are professionally and culturally appropriate to Thailand; contact information concerning related institutions is also included. A subsection called…

The paper collects data concerned with the problem of underachievement in gifted girls. The first section looks at how society limits gifted girls in the schools and in the work place. The next section examines how gifted girls limit themselves through internal barriers to achievement, attitudes, and lack of self-esteem. The final section offers…

To help educators and parents become more aware of and familiar with various minority cultures and provide for cultural diversity in the schools, brief descriptions are presented of cultural beliefs of three minority populations often seen in school: Native Americans; Indochinese; and Hispanic. (CB)

Describes a rural Washington State program called Project REACH that developed an effective curriculum for teaching racial and ethnic tolerance. (MD)

The article describes the organization of activities in an elementary classroom of language learning disabled Hispanic children and demonstrates how the use of ethnographic research methods can contribute to understanding the culture of the school. (CL)

Presents guidelines for counselors who use an interpreter for cross-cultural counseling. Interpreters can be effective when there are language differences, when the client is speech or hearing impaired, or when cultural tradition prohibits the client from speaking directly to the client. (JAC)