This poet notes that Third World poetry must transcend the pure aesthetic and deal with concrete social and political issues. (Author/AM)

Examines frequency of drunkenness, alcohol problems, and attitudes toward drinking by Mexican Americans in Texas and California. Survey results indicate California's Mexican Americans report more problems and more acceptance of drinking than in Texas. Results confirm previously reported patterns and differences in regional and state alcohol…

Luci Tapahonso, Navajo poet and storyteller, discusses the influences on her work: the environment and landscape of the Southwest, Navajo spiritual and family values, and the equal status of women in Navajo society. (SV)

Reflects upon the contextual issues associated with the adoption and spread of the term "lefargen" as part of Israeli social semantics. The data consist of reports of linguistic usage encountered in natural settings, press reports, or the more formal setting of interviews. Findings are compared with similar cultural idioms in other…

Discusses applications of group career-counseling techniques to Asian cultures. Identifies how group-oriented cultures differ from individually oriented cultures and reasons that group career counseling is especially appropriate for group-oriented cultures. Discusses relevant issues in group career counseling with Asian populations. (Author/MKA)

In assuming ethnic/national identity as problematic, we examine its dynamic aspects in the context of refugee children and their educational experiences. While the starting point of our analysis is a deconstruction of ethnic/national identity in conventional terms of language, religion, education etc., the emerging focus is the notion of boundary.…

Vitiligo is a chronic skin disease, which through change of appearance and body image, exerts a devastating effect on people, especially women. The objective of this study is to explore lived experience of women with Vitiligo by the hermeneutic phenomenology method. The purposive sample consisted of 16 Iranian women. Data analysis followed…

The specific aim of this investigation was to map cultural factors associated with aggressive behavior in Latino adolescents. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 481 foreign- and U.S.-born Latino adolescents living in North Carolina and Arizona. Structural Equation Modeling was used to validate a conceptual model linking adolescent and…

This study investigates the attitudes and approaches to literacy in the homes of eight Chinese families settled in a region of Central Scotland. The Chinese parents in the study were interviewed at home, using the assistance of a bilingual teacher. The findings indicate that the Chinese parents have varied educational backgrounds and linguistic…

This qualitative study analyzed the English language learning difficulties of 13 purposively chosen Korean students relative to their sociolinguistic competence, motivation in using the English language, and cultural factors. Interview responses were transcribed, categorized and thematised according to saliency, meaning and homogeneity. The…

"School-based management" (SBM) rose to become a prominent trend in educational reform in Western countries during the last few decades of the 20th century and has likewise been introduced into a number of Asian and African nations. A key component of SBM is the increase of internal accountability within the school with the aim of…

The process of Indian urban adjustment is investigated in this study of American Indians in Toronto, Canada. Major factors which influence Indian settlement in Canadian cities and the patterns of accommodation are illustrated. Institutions within the urban environment which provide the social supports permitting easier Indian accommodation within…

The document reports on a survey of books, nursery rhymes, coloring books, clothing, television programs, records, and toys which tend to stereotype American Indians in the minds of preschool children. Also included are interviews with parents of preschool children and with nursery school teachers, the results of which indicate that the preschool…

This study used interviews and participant-observation to examine the concept of "brown-nosing" (using compliments and other positive statements to curry favor) in organizational settings in the United States. It identifies various types of brown-nosing, as well as the motives and consequences of such behavior. (30 references) (MDM)

This article focuses on describing how institutional researchers can use qualitative cultural assessments to better understand the role that their campus cultures play in shaping individual and group behaviors and experiences. A special emphasis is given to the implications of institutional diversity in the processes of designing and conducting…