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Paisley, Pamela O. – 1994
This digest focuses on the effects of gender on supervision and the present status regarding gender within contemporary American culture. It presents a societal framework by reviewing three basic perspectives concerning gender differences, focused in areas of unequal distribution of power, socialization, and inherent differences. Following this is…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Counselors, Cultural Influences, Gender Issues
McClellan, B. Edward – 1992
Debates about how moral education ought to be provided have engaged many of the best minds in education and stirred public controversies throughout U.S. history. The vast array of European peoples who settled the American colonies brought a commitment to moral education and a variety of approaches to the task. While French and Spanish settlers…
Descriptors: Catholics, Christianity, Cultural Influences, Educational History
Pradl, Gordon – 1984
Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest discusses the nature of narratology and how it relates to language arts instruction. The digest first defines narratology as the structuralist study of narrative aimed at understanding how recurrent elements, themes, and patterns yield a set of universals that determine…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Bolton-Brownlee, Ann – 1987
This fact sheet examines the impact of cultural diversity in the United States on the counseling profession. Three major difficulties for multicultural counseling created by this diversity are considered: (1) the counselor's own culture, attitudes, and theoretical perspective; (2) the client's culture; and (3) the multiplicity of variables…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship
Kuh, George D.; Whitt, Elizabeth J. – 1988
The properties of institutional culture are identified, and the way cultural perspectives have been used to describe life in colleges and universities are examined. Seven sections cover the following: cultural perspectives (the warrant for the report, organizational rationality, the remaining sections); culture defined and described (toward a…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, College Students, Cultural Influences

Holbrook, Hilary Taylor – Journal of Reading, 1988
Explores sources on sex differences in reading achievement and presumed causes. Reports that explanations fall into two categories that are not necessarily mutually exclusive: physiological-maturational and cultural-societal. (NH)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition

Lehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1982
Examines research concerning the effects of cultural expectations, school structure, and parent expectations on the reading attitudes and performance of boys and girls in different countries. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education

Schlene, Vickie J. – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Presents a partial bibliography of ERIC database entries concerning Christopher Columbus and the effects of his discoveries upon the world. Includes works on historiography, the ecological impact of the meeting of the two worlds, and history lesson plans. (DK)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culture Conflict, Diseases
Erickson, Mary, Ed.; Clark, Gilbert, Ed. – 1992
Written by teachers from the United States and Canada, these lesson plans focus on integrating the teaching of history and art history. Seventeen lesson plans cover the topics of (1) Slavery, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and His Family--Grades: Elementary; (2) Chinese Landscape Painting--Grades: Elementary; (3) Regionalism: American Art of the Great…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences
Kerka, Sandra – 1992
Changes in the composition of the work force and changing work values require new life span and career development models that account for individual, gender, and cultural differences in experience. Age/stage models form one school of thought in developmental theory. A major criticism of prevailing theories is that they are based on male…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Development, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
Smith, Carl B., Ed. – 2003
Although there is a substantial research knowledge base in the field of teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), this topical bibliography and commentary suggests that much misinformation still persists. The articles that form the basis for this topical bibliography and commentary agree on the approach that is most effective for ESL…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cooperation, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education
Mewborn, Denise S., Ed.; Sztajn, Paola, Ed.; White, Dorothy Y., Ed.; Wiegel, Heide G., Ed.; Bryant, Robyn L., Ed.; Nooney, Kevin, Ed. – 2002
The proceedings of the 24th annual meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education North American Chapter (PME-NA) contains research reports, plenaries, and poster presentations. Papers include: (1) "What Do We Believe about Teacher Learning and How Can We Learn With and From Our Beliefs?" (Deborah Loewenberg Ball); (2) "Toward Evidence for…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cultural Influences, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Bhavnagri, Navaz – 1984
Focusing mainly on mother/infant interactions in non-Western cultures, this review of literature in the area of comparative child development covers theoretical perspectives, empirical research, and issues and trends. Infancy is defined as the period from birth to 3 years of age to provide the broadest possible coverage. Theoretical perspectives…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Fischer, Kurt W.; And Others – 1983
In developing understanding of social roles, preschool children proceed from an initial awareness of single behavioral categories to the ability to comprehend, first, simple relationships between categories, and second, complex systems of categories. At each developmental level, children show characteristic modes of distortion when faced with…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Competence, Context Effect
Warger, Cynthia; Burnette, Jane – 2000
This digest discusses the problem of overrepresentation of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in special education and provides examples of strategies created by researchers and practitioners to reduce overrepresentation. Strategies include: (1) promote family involvement and respect diverse backgrounds by taking time…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Curriculum, Disabilities