Ten University of Montevallo (Alabama) students diagnosed as having learning disabilities were interviewed concerning their feelings about being labeled learning disabled, their strategies for coping with the disability, their outlook for the future, advice for other learning-disabled students, and services offered by the university. Eight of the…

Study investigated children's attitudes toward Africa, south of the Sahara. Children were first tested as to stereotypes and attitudes, then received specified information through one of three approaches--literature, audiovisual, or multi-media. A significant correlation was noted between increased information levels and stereotypes for all three…

A program in dental care for the handicapped offered at the University of North Carolina is described. Results of a survey of program participants over a five-year period indicates that the program results in decreased fear and anxiety about treating handicapped patients. (JMF)

Although special units for students with emotional and behavioral difficulties are supposed to be integrated within British comprehensive schools, study of one unit revealed a complex process of labeling and stereotyping that marginalized these students, a large proportion of whom were from minority groups. (SK)

Describes a many-faceted class activity involving readings, small group and class discussions, and writing an essay. Notes that, in the essay, the students first think and write about the names people have called them and/or their culture and then rename themselves, thereby gaining personal and political power. (SR)

An examination of approximately 400 New Haven, Connecticut sixth graders using a modified social distance scale and race questionnaire measured student attitudes towards different ethnic and racial groups. The group interview questionnaire was given to a racial and ethnic cross section of students in nine different schools. Students were asked to…

To determine how nonhandicapped children view the mildly intellectually handicapped children in special classes, 286 mildly intellectually handicapped (10 to 16 years old) and 363 nonhandicapped (10 to 14 years old) children were administered attitude questionnaires. (SBH)

Discusses racial stereotyping in White elementary schools, describing one child's early stereotyping and examining research on stereotype acquisition by 8- to 12-year olds in schools serving a monocultural area. Whole school policy, curriculum planning, resource examination, and community liaisons are recommended as beginning solutions to the…

This article gives suggestions for bibliotherapy as a counseling strategy to help gifted boys dealing with six issues: image management, self-inflicted pressure, the trauma of being labeled "different," male bonding, cultural expectations, and gender role conflict. Thirty children's books addressing these issues are suggested. (DB)

Investigated the relationships between perceived ethnic injustices and processes of psychological disengagement among White, African American, and Hispanic American college students, examining perceived ethnic injustice and academic performance as predictors of devaluing and discounting. Student surveys indicated that broader beliefs about social…

Students in grades four to six (N=77) judged the capabilities of peers traditionally labeled as "learning disabled" or "educable mentally retarded" but depicted in written vignettes only as attending either a resource room or special classroom. Students in special classes were judged significantly less capable than students in resource room…

Discusses the limiting effects of cultural labeling and class prejudices from an African American folkloric perspective. The author offers examples of African American children's spontaneous narratives that derive from earlier cultural roots and that may be misunderstood in European-heritage classrooms. Concluding comments examine the implications…

Study examined responses to cultural diversity at three British primary schools with Muslim students. At two schools, Muslim students received different meals when meat was served. Interviews with personnel, parents, and students uncovered undesirable, covert, stereotyping effects from the effort. Policies to avoid such effects and increase…

Describes a classroom icebreaker that examines the assumptions inherent in racial and ethnic labels. The exercise involves students using connected Post-it notes on which to write their names, the racial label people give them, and the ethnic/racial label they give themselves. Later discussions address the use of labeling. (MJP)

Guided by findings from various studies, the general thesis of this study was that identity polarization tends to be a reflections of meaningful structural divisions within the Mexican American population. This study considered such social status attributes which seemingly serve as discrete indicators of group heterogeneity as sex, socioeconomic…