Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Adler, Peter S. | 1 |
| Baty, Roger M. | 1 |
| Breen, Myles P. | 1 |
| Butler, Joanne | 1 |
| Chilcott, John H. | 1 |
| Collins, Cherry | 1 |
| Cortesao, Luiza | 1 |
| Daley, Patrick | 1 |
| DiPilato, Marina | 1 |
| Driessen, Geert | 1 |
| Foster, Charlotte | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Australia | 2 |
| California | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Alaska | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 |
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textVeith, Donald P. – California English Journal, 1968
For the beginning or general student, dialectology and the history of the English language can both be taught with a common frame of reference provided by certain principles of linguistic change. Related in obvious ways with the history of language but often overlooked in dialectology, these principles are (1) that any living language is certain…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Isolation, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Gilliland, Hap – 1970
Rural non-readers and culturally different students often perform poorly on intelligence tests. The Gilliland General Purpose Learning Potential Examination is an intelligence test developed specifically to indicate the learning potential of those students. Five of the examination's seven sections are unrelated to the ability to read, one requires…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, American Indian Education, Aptitude Tests, Cultural Influences
Pinton, Giorgio Alberto, Ed. – 1978
A collection of 99 writings in Spanish, predominantly poetry, by Puerto Ricans in a correctional institution, is presented here. The introduction gives the following information: (1) a "quantitative profile," including information on the education, age, and scores on selected tests of the inmates; and (2) a "qualitative profile," including…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Wotherspoon, Terry; Butler, Joanne – 1999
This discussion paper explores interactions among formal learning, informal learning, and life conditions and opportunities experienced by aboriginal people in Canada. The contradictory importance of education for aboriginal people is examined with respect to three related aspects of these relationships. First, the paper summarizes students'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Canada Natives, Cultural Context
Chilcott, John H. – 1983
It is within the sphere of their socioreligious domain that Arizona Yaquis have been able to survive as a cultural group. Yet this domain, consisting of the two realms of the profane (good versus evil), and the sacred enchanted world of "huya ania," exists apart from the external world of a modern industrial society. The school, because…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Change Strategies
Jun, JuSung – 2002
Adjustment experiences of South Korean graduate students' wives living in Georgia were examined from a feminist viewpoint. The adaptive process, its cultural meaning, and related social ramifications, was hypothesized to be an example of transformative learning. These two questions guided the study: (1) how did South Korean students' wives adapt…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development
« Previous Page | Next Page
Pages: 1 | 2
