This study aimed to compare the objectives of environmental education topics in various countries. The present study is a qualitative study and content analysis was used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the categories of the objectives regarding the environment topic in the primary education were found to be higher in Turkey compared…

The academic literature on the practice of inclusive education presents diverse and at times contradictory perspectives in how it is connected to practices of distributed leadership. Depending on the approach, on the one hand, inclusive educational practice may enable distributed school leadership, while on the other hand, it may allow for…

The purpose of this study is to examine the ways how to solve the conflicts between parents and children by statistical analyses displayed in Japanese, French, and German school texts published in 2000. The results were as follows: (1) Japanese parents and children acting in those texts have much more compromising tendency to avoid conflicts than…

Describes a cross-cultural study using a pre- and posttest model that finds (1) children understand and are able to answer questions about their own culture; (2) instruction in a classroom can improve the understanding of concepts from a differing culture; and (3) classroom-based, cross-cultural research is possible. (MG)

The construct of self-esteem has received considerable attention in recent years. Self-esteem is defined as a personal judgment of worthiness that is expressed in attitudes that individuals hold for themselves. This study compared self-esteem of American and Chinese children. Subjects included 446 American elementary school students from the…

Revised Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test was administered to 410 Australian children to determine if significant cultural differences were apparent on Form L or M of revised test. Data indicated that there were differences that, while statistically nonsignificant, could lead to inaccurate clinical classification if all American items and norms were…

Describes and interprets how one Aboriginal teacher in Canada used her cultural understandings to build a cross-cultural language arts program for inner-city children. (TB)

Exploring the relationship of communication apprehension (CA) to culture, age, and gender, a study examined 368 United States mainland children (186 males and 182 females, ages 5-11, in a public elementary school in Bowling Green, Kentucky) and 373 Puerto Rican children (172 males and 201 females from public elementary schools in the Gurabo school…

Administered two intelligence batteries and a computer-assisted elementary cognitive test battery to 474 second-generation migrant and 747 majority-group students, aged 6 to 12 years, in the Netherlands. Findings suggest that performance differences between these groups are better predicted by a cultural complexity ("c") factor than by…

This conference proceedings contains a selection of the papers and awards given at a conference held at Carleton University in Canada. After the text of an address by the president of the Children's Literature Association, the following papers are included: (1) "Lone Voices in the Crowd: The Limits of Multiculturalism" (Brian Alderson); (2) "The…

Thirty American and 30 Bristish first graders were administered a screening test to determine whether similar identifiable learning problems exist across cultures. Results of the Aston Index indicated significant differences between American and British Ss in one subtest of the Index's General Underlying Ability, and in two subtests of the…

Examines the nature of children's creative drama in different cultures (English speaking, Chinese, and Amerindian) through a case study approach. Details other research items that modified and amplified this study. Describes some substantive outcomes and provides indicators for subsequent ethnographic research in the field. (MS)

Investigated the high academic achievement of Chinese and Japanese children as compared to American children. Members of the three cultures differed significantly in terms of parents' interest, standards, and expectations concerning academic achievement; family involvement in children's education; and parents' and children's beliefs about the…

In this age of world-mindedness, children should develop an appreciation and understanding of people of other cultures. This document contains some of the material presented in a workshop on teaching children about the cultures of the Pacific Rim through the use of folklore and folktales. A dialogue from Peter Parley's Adventures of James Jenkins…

A series of three studies investigating affective warmth was conducted. For the purpose of investigation, this quality was conceived as (1) a long term pattern of parental attention and responsiveness with positive affective tone (i.e., love), and (2) a reinforcer manipulated to shape behavior in the present. Each of the first two experiments…