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Soriano, Jesse M.; McClafferty, James – Foreign Lang Ann, 1969
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Isolation, Educational Needs, Language Handicaps
Educational Achievement and Life Styles in A Traditional Society, the Old Order Amish. Final Report.
Hostetler, John A. – 1969
This extensive report is concerned with socialization patterns and the impact of change on rearing the young. Specific objectives were: (1) construction of the "core culture" of the traditional community and its relation to educational patterns, (2) description of socialization patterns through the life cycle in the traditional community…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Amish, Child Rearing, Children
Nandi, Proshanta K.; Johnson, Daniel M. – Bridge, 1977
Several questions concerning the lives of Asian Americans in middle size cities and smaller communities are addressed. Excerpts from one interview conducted as part of a research project are presented in this article. Ethnic identity and quality of life are among the issues discussed. (GC)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Community Size, Cultural Isolation, Culture Conflict

Edginton, Christopher R.; Little, Sandra L. – Children Today, 1988
Looks at the mission of Camp Adventure, a U.S. cultural contact summer camp program contracted between the Department of Defense and the University of Oregon for the children of military personnel overseas. (RWB)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Children, Cultural Isolation, Cultural Opportunities

Portes, Alejandro – American Sociological Review, 1984
Traces the evolution of perceptions of social distance and discrimination by host society among members of a recently arrived foreign minority and reviews hypotheses about determinants of these perceptions. Findings demonstrate the significance of interethnic contact and competition in the development of ethnic awareness. (Author/KH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cubans, Cultural Isolation, Ethnicity
Scott, Nancy A. – 1997
Interest among foreign students to attend universities in countries other than their own has been high for many decades. Until recently the emphasis has been on students from European cultures. This Eurocentrism focus in the United States affects non-European students. They find little familiarity and sometimes little acceptance of their cultures,…
Descriptors: Colleges, Counseling, Cultural Isolation, Cultural Pluralism
Maynard, Joyce; And Others – Today's Education, 1973
Authors considered the meaning for teenage grouping, the feelings of individual adolescents as they mature, and the influences that make growing up a difficult process for young people. (RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Isolation, Females, Group Behavior
Moellenberg, Wayne – Contemp Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Community Involvement, Cultural Isolation, Decision Making
Wittmer, Joe – Phi Delta Kappan, 1970
The educational and civil rights issues underlying the conflict between State education standards and Amish parochial schools. (RA)
Descriptors: Amish, Cultural Isolation, Culture Conflict, Culture Lag

Edwards, Margaret A. – Catholic Library World, 1970
Over the four years the student is in high school the most logical person to impart to hime a love of reading, as a lifelong, never failing source of ideas and inspiration, is the school librarian. This is his ladder to the sky. (NH)
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Disadvantaged, Ethnic Relations, Librarians

Martin, Murray S. – Journal of General Education, 1981
Presents a biographical sketch of Frank Sargeson. Considers Sargeson's themes, unity of his world view, characters, and use of symbols. Explains that his style is intentionally designed to express frustration, isolation, and failure to communicate. (DMM)
Descriptors: Characterization, Communication Skills, Cultural Isolation, Literary Criticism
Thompson, William E. – Ethnicity, 1981
Focuses on ways that an Oklahoma Amish community creates, defines, maintains, and manipulates various symbols in an effort to deal with five problems that threaten the survival of Amish life: disenchanted youth, inroads of modernity, tourism, vanishing farm land, and governmental intervention. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Amish, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Cultural Isolation
Andrade, Ron – American Indian Journal, 1980
The U.S.O.E. "Indian Definition Study" has focused attention on membership restriction by tribal governments. Many seek tribal affiliation for the wrong reasons and tribes are correct to maintain strict membership qualifications. In this way they will not jeopardize tribal future and will maintain cultural richness. (SB)
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cultural Isolation

Corner, Trevor – Comparative Education, 1988
Discusses the diversity of languages in Western Europe and the peripheralization of maritime and border languages through isolation, domination by other languages, and fragmentation of the culture. Discusses minority rights issues, suggesting rise in bilingual education implies border-language revival. 5 tables, 27 references. (TES)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Isolation, Ethnic Groups

Adler, Peter S. – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1975
This article contended that the problems and frustrations encountered in the culture shock process are important to an understanding of change and movement experiences, and that such transitional experiences can be the source of higher levels of personality development. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Influences