Challenges the "model minority" stereotype, and discusses the multitude of obstacles facing Chinese-American students in New York City that impede their success in school. Social service gaps are identified, and a new framework of system delivery is offered to address the problem of this special population. (GLR)

In Europe, prejudice and stereotyping of Gypsies and Travellers often result in the failure of measures aimed at helping this group. This book resulted from a request of the Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe to the Council of Europe to prepare teacher information packs on the history, culture, and family life of nomadic…

Research indicates that children are especially vulnerable to the effects of television viewing. Taking a psychological, social-science perspective, this book explores how television viewing affects children. Chapter 1, "Introduction," (MacBeth) discusses the issues involved, how researchers go about studying media effects, whether television…

The teacher education program at New Mexico State University requires all undergraduate preservice teachers to enroll in a multicultural education course. This study was conducted to assess students' ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about multicultural issues, and to determine how the course may affect their view of the world. Two newspaper articles…

The fundamental conflict in the intellectual history of Alaskan education originated in the work of Father John Veniaminov (1797-1879) and Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909), both visionaries and missionaries to Alaska, both educators and founders of schools. The major distinction between them was in their radically differing attitudes toward religion…

Representing a collective effort by scholars belonging to four ethnic minority groups in the United States (Blacks, Asian and Pacific Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans), this book discusses training, curriculum, and research needs in the education of students who intend to enter the mental health professions and work with these…

This collection contains poems and stories by Native Americans, articles on American Indian stereotypes and on providing unbiased reading materials for Native American children, and book reviews and bibliographies. In several articles, Beverly Slapin, Doris Seale, and Michael A. Dorris discuss American Indian stereotypes in children's books and…

For centuries American Indians have been an object of Western fascination. All too often this fascination has been an invented view of Indian people. This is especially evident with the recent movement of Indian people to urban areas within the United States and Canada. Not only has this movement been ignored by society in general, but it has also…

A cultural assimilator was developed to teach white junior officers about black culture in the army. Scenarios involving misunderstandings between blacks and whites in the army were presented, and respondents were asked to identify "correct" reasons for the misunderstandings. In the first of three field tests respondents showed evidence…

A study was undertaken by the Mexican American Cultural Institute at Rio Hondo College to determine the effectiveness of an in-service program to increase administrator awareness and understanding of Mexican Americans. A 50-item questionnaire sought information on knowledge of the Mexican American and of Mexican American culture; stereotypes about…

At all levels of education the Native American faces problems arising from cultural bias, poverty, and racial prejudice in white society. At the preschool level Native American children perform as well on measures of intelligence and ability as their white counterparts; but even then absenteeism, language and cultural differences, lack of relevant…

This paper examines the portrayal of blacks, Asians, and native Americans in Fourth of July political cartoons from the 1870's to the 1970's in five American newspapers--the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Constitution, Washington Post, and the Columbus Dispatch. Images of these racial and ethnic groups were compared with images of women…

This paper examines the relationship between Irish Americans living in the United States and natives in Ireland. Although there is currently little interest or interaction between Irish Americans and Ireland, relationships can be found. The first part of this paper outlines the historical context of migration from Ireland to the United States.…

The purpose of the study reported here was: (1) to determine whether any predictable relationships exist between the spoken language patterns of individuals and those individuals' ethnic attitudes; and (2) to identify the degree of association present among various selected demographic factors, language patterns, and ethnic attitudes. The…

Several questions are posed by this study which seeks to provide an indepth view of both the teacher's and the child's perspective of the inner city and environment. Among the questions are the following: whether the teacher's perception of the inner city child's environment would match the child's own perception; also given that a mismatch…