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Download full textJackson, Gordon – 1981
The proposed form, content, and funding of South Africa's second television channel (TV2) are examined in this paper. Noting that the service is designed for the country's black majority population, the paper points out that it is nonetheless controlled by the white-dominated South African Broadcasting Corporation. Following a brief outline of the…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Blacks, Change Agents, Cultural Influences
Richter, L. M.; Griesel, R. D. – 1986
The mothers of 135 hospitalized infants were interviewed regarding several social, familial, personal, and psychological conditions considered to be pertinent to the etiology of protein energy malnutrition in impoverished African urban areas. The information gathered was contrasted with similar data collected from the mothers of 296 adequately…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Fatherless Family, Foreign Countries
Barbarin, Oscar; Christian, Marcelle – 1997
This paper describes a study of African-American families (N=10) that have one son in placement in a youth facility. The paper investigates the social context of behavioral problems among these Detroit youth, exploring the challenges faced by low-income minority families. Participants in the study described critical events in their lives, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Blacks
Visser, Delene – 1986
The research goal was to identify factors affecting mathematices participation and achievement in adolescents, and to offer explanations for sex differences in mathematics behavior from adolescence onward. Subjects (n=1605) were Afrikaans-speaking seventh and ninth grade students, 80 percent of whose parents also participated. Students were…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Ability, Family Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Olivier, S. F. – 1976
Ways in which pluralistic communities can exist in peace and harmony through consent rather than force are discussed. Historical and sociological determinants, which should be considered when coexistence is sought, are politics, color, religion, nationalism, national aspirations, language, employment, and educational systems. Problems which arise…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences
Emoungu, Winnie D. – 1985
Counselors working with students from South Africa need to be aware that the system of apartheid has created separate and unequal societies resulting in major differences in student educational, cultural, political and other backgrounds. In addition, counselors need to be aware of individual differences as well as differences in how people cope…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Apartheid, College Students, Cultural Differences
