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Download full textSotomayor, Marta, Ed. – 1984
Five agencies of the Public Health Service (PHS) joined with PHS Hispanic employees and other Hispanic health specialists to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Week by critically examining health issues of particular relevance to Hispanics. The first day the forum sought to define, from an Hispanic perspective, issues relating to health statistics,…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinics, Cultural Influences, Drug Abuse
Raines, Rosario Torres; Albro, Ward S. III – 1992
This report describes a three-year faculty development program that successfully transculturated approximately one-third of the faculty and professional staff at Texas A&I University, a state institution in which over 50 percent of the student body is Mexican American. Transculturation entails a change process that focuses on changing the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedCanning, Christine – High School Journal, 1995
A midwestern university provides cross-cultural student teaching experiences in a southwestern city with a large Mexican-American population. Features include two classroom placements, a course in multicultural education, and bicultural mentors. Data from 39 participants identified successful themes and practices in three categories: enabling…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Educational Strategies
Haro, Roberto P.; And Others – 1994
This study sought to identify and analyze critical factors in a Hispanic student's decision to persist or drop out at California state four-year institutions. In-depth telephone interviews with 151 Hispanic American students at five University of California campuses and seven California State University campuses were conducted. The interviews…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Programs, College Students, Decision Making
Lewis, Chris H. – 1991
This bibliography was compiled as a resource for instructors teaching the American Cultures course in the Program in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. It lists materials on the culture, literature, and history of the diverse peoples of America: African American, American Indian, Asian American, Chicano, Latino, and European…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Studies
Perez-Erdelyi, Mireya – 1986
In an effort to sensitize college students of Spanish for the professions to the values and social reality of the Hispanic world, one teacher used a combination of demographic information and Hispanic American literature. Information on the geographic distribution and characteristics of Hispanic groups in the United States was provided as a…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic American Literature
Angerosa, Nicholas F. – 1985
Two courses in the La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) M.A. Program in Bilingual-Bicultural (Spanish) Studies are described: Urban Spanish and Caribbean Literature. The urban Spanish component consists of five courses, one of which is intensive, to provide broad exposure to the technical or practical Spanish encountered in the…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Education
Darder, Antonia, Ed.; And Others – 1997
Latinos are among the nation's most educationally disadvantaged and economically disenfranchised groups. Addressing this reality within the context of a rapidly changing economy and society, this book links educational practice and the structural dimensions that shape institutional life. Sections focus on the political economy of schooling,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, College Faculty, Educational Strategies
Hernandez, Norma G.; Descamps, Jorge – 1986
A review of over 500 research studies identified 3 factors influencing the ability of Mexican American students to profit from the instruction currently available in United States colleges and universities: (1) a different language; (2) a different economic situation; and (3) a different response to social and personal interactions. Based on these…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Change Strategies, Cultural Influences
Lalande, John F. II, Ed. – 1988
Selected papers from the 1988 conference on foreign language issues for the future include: "Articulation for Elementary School Foreign Language Programs: Challenges and Opportunities" (Carol Ann Pesola); "Articulation: A Resolvable Problem?" (Dale L. Lange); "Profiles of Frustration: Second Language Learners with Specific Learning Disabilities"…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedFradd, Sandra H. – TESOL Journal, 1997
Describes the teaching-learning process occurring as two university professors and eight fourth-grade teachers collaborated to promote science instruction by building on the teachers' insights about their students' languages and cultures. The study focuses on Hispanic and Haitian teachers whose students were still developing academic language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Culture Contact
Garcia, Eugene E., Ed.; And Others – 1984
One in a series on bilingual education, this book contains 15 chapters organized under the following subject headings: Chicano studies; Chicano history, social structure, and politics; literature and folklore; and education. Carlos Munoz, Jr., traces the history of Chicano studies and its impact on access to higher education. Albert Camarillo…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Context
Voght, Geoffrey M., Comp. – 1986
Forty-five conference papers are presented in six sections: getting started in languages for special purposes (concerning teaching, curriculum development, finding, and resources); Spanish for business and the professions; French for business and the professions; other languages (English as a second language, German, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Cultural Context
