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Norton, Rictor – College English, 1974
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Authors, Autobiographies, Cultural Context
Umesao, Tadao – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1975
On the premise that the fundamental character of international interchange lies in a cruel and merciless collision of mutually suspicious and distrustful cultures, the historical resistance of the Japanese to cultural interchange is examined, the consequences of international trade without interchange noted, and the means of escape outlined. (JT)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Isolation
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Hahn, Melanie; Dobb, Frederick – Integrated Education, 1975
Examines the unique situation, it is stated, of Korean-American children and a federally funded program's efforts to assess and meet their needs, with the express purpose of making educators aware of the condition of this particular ethnic group and of offering a methodology for serving other ethnic isolates in the schools. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Isolation, Educational Problems, Elementary School Students
Okura, K. Patrick – 1981
Many Indochinese refugees in the United States suffer from serious social adjustment problems. These adjustment problems appear to reflect the stress of adapting to American life rather than chronic dysfunction. Particular groups of Indochinese who appear to experience social adjustment problems that are more severe in terms of intensity,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Isolation, Emotional Disturbances
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Lane, Harlan – Sign Language Studies, 1988
By describing the paternalism inherent in the parallels between the history of Burundi and that of deaf people, a letter to a woman in Burundi with five deaf children attempts to persuade her to allow her youngest to further her education in the United States. (LMO)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Colonialism, Cultural Isolation, Deafness
Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Beall, Cynthia M. – China Exchange News, 1986
Noting that few western social scientists have been allowed to enter Tibet, this article describes the 5-month experience of 2 United States anthropologists. Included are 5 photographs of nomads, a description of the research conditions, and a collection of observations and tentative conclusions about these highland peoples (JDH)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Area Studies, Cultural Isolation, Developing Nations
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Wilson, Thomas C. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1984
National survey data are used to test the relationship between urbanism and racial attitudes among Whites, and a liberalizing effect of urbanism is found. It appears that urbanism liberalizes racial attitudes by increasing equal-status, cooperative, and relatively personal contact between members of racial subcultures. (Author/RDN)
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Racial Attitudes, Racial Balance, Racial Bias
vanLent, Peter – 1999
In their attempts to lead a dual-life experience, characters in popular literature written by and/or about Native American Indians occasionally enroll in institutions of higher education; like many of their real-life counterparts very few of these student characters find the experience to be a positive undertaking. This narrative pattern reflects…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, College Environment, Cultural Isolation
Livingston, Robert B. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1973
The brain perceives, but its perceptions are conditioned by environment. Traditionally education has reinforced that conditioning; today it must give insight into its arbitrainess and cultural ideosyncrasy. (Author/JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Isolation, Educational Principles
Long, Richard – Opportunity, 1972
Miccosukees, a small American Indian tribe of about 475 members who are cousins of the Seminoles, reside in the Florida Everglades and wish to retain their cultural heritage while expending economic enterprises. They hold that they find no conflict in these attitudes and would like to have a choice of how to live and to benefit from economic…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cultural Background, Cultural Isolation
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Epstein, Erwin H. – Harvard Educational Review, 1982
Epstein describes the unique ideology of the military regime in Peru from 1968 to 1980. Particular attention is paid to the use of education to win the allegiance of the highland Indians. He concludes by analyzing the problems leading to the regime's ultimate failure to win the people's support. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Isolation, Educational Change, Ethnicity
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Dubois, Sylvie; Melancon, Megan – Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1997
Surveys the linguistic attitudes and cultural identity of Cajun speakers stratified by age and sex from four communities in Louisiana. Findings reveal that Cajun identity rests fundamentally in the linguistic ability of the speakers and that the criteria established has created considerable tension within the cultural Cajun community. (32…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Context, Cultural Isolation, Cultural Maintenance
Francis, Hywel – Adults Learning (England), 1994
Wales must overcome political, social, economic, and cultural exclusion in developing a response to European education and training initiatives. Democratic funding and accountability are needed to enable Wales to benefit from the new Europe. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Isolation, Educational Change, Educational Opportunities
Ediger, Marlow – 1987
The Old Order Amish society is unique among diverse Mennonite sects. Their traditions and simplicity of lifestyle are evident in their manner of dress, non-mechanized farming practices, and rejection of electricity or running water in their homes. In an Old Order Amish education, children are taught the "four R's:" reading, writing,…
Descriptors: Amish, Cultural Background, Cultural Isolation, Educational Experience
Zlotnik, Marilyn S. – 1981
This volume in the assessment series of the Effectiveness of School Desegregation Strategies Project is a bibliography of references for all the printed material used in the project. Items listed relate to issues of public response to desegregation, racial isolation, resegregation, academic achievement, and racial relations. Included among entries…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Isolation, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education
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