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Smith, Sade M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Higher education institutions play an important role in the transmission of cultural capital which often emphasize the knowledge and skills that help students persist. Cultural capital is defined as the knowledge an individual develops over time from socialization that inform cultural skills and characteristics. According to the literature,…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, African American Students, Females, Academic Persistence
Balantic, Jeannette – 1999
A rich artistic tradition developed in Mexico hundreds of years prior to the arrival of the Spanish. The indigenous people of Mexico created beautiful works of art that reflected their religious beliefs. Then the Spanish Conquest and colonization during the 1500s introduced Spanish beliefs and traditions to the region. This curriculum unit…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Area Studies, Cultural Activities, Cultural Context