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Delpit, Lisa – 1995
This collection of nine essays suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color actually stem from a power structure in which the worldviews of those with privilege are taken as the only reality, while the worldviews and culture of those less powerful are dismissed as inconsequential or deficient. Part 1 discusses controversies…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Black Education, Cultural Differences
ASIA Society, New York, NY. – 1976
This report summarizes the results of an intensive survey undertaken by the Asia Society to determine how Asia is depicted in American School textbooks. Over 100 scholars and teachers reviewed 306 social studies texts in use in the 50 states in 1974-75 to discover what is being taught about Asia at each grade level. The textbooks were designated…
Descriptors: Asian History, Asian Studies, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Schwartz, Lita L. – 1976
This paper reviews the current status of Asian Americans in the U.S. schools from perspectives of textbook content and teaching methods. The author points out that findings of a survey of the 1950s and early 1960s textbooks reveal limited inclusion of references to anything Asian. This lack of interest can be seen, also, in American society, as…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Chinese Americans, Cultural Pluralism

Gliksman, L.; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
A study demonstrated that integratively motivated secondary students in French courses volunteered more answers, gave more correct responses, and were more satisfied with participation. The teacher's behavior seemed affected by these factors. References, a list of test battery subscales used, and the Language Research Group National Test Battery…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries, French

Ghere, David L. – OAH Magazine of History, 1995
Presents a high school lesson plan on the Casco Bay Treaty, an agreement between Native Americans and colonial governments in the pre-Revolutionary War era. Includes student objectives, historical background, and instructional strategies. Provides two primary source documents related to the treaty. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Classroom Techniques

Stricker, Frank – History Teacher, 1992
Discusses reasons for studying history. Suggests that compelling arguments for historical study will affect students' attitudes throughout life. Evaluates common rationales for studying history. Includes history as fun, tradition, great ideas, human folly, escapism, and nationalist legitimation. Urges that students be taught history as facts that…
Descriptors: Course Content, Critical Thinking, Democratic Values, Ethnocentrism

Epstein, Terrie L. – Social Education, 1991
Urges that history not focus on world history to the extent that the histories of people of color are ignored or lost in the larger world view. Suggests that contemporary accounts of U.S. history be rewritten to integrate the experiences of diverse groups of people. Argues that such change can help eliminate racism. (DK)
Descriptors: American Indian History, Black History, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development

Goldstein, Susan B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Recommends ways that cross-cultural content can be effectively presented in general psychology courses. Includes avoiding the marginalization of cross-cultural materials and perspectives, using accurate terminology to make cross-cultural comparisons, and raising awareness about bias within the cross-cultural literature. Offers relevant examples…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism

Korhonen, Pekka – Journal of World History, 1996
Tracks the intermittent appearances and variations of the historical concept of a "Pacific Age" from the 1890s to the present. Discusses the social, economic, and historical conditions that resulted in the term's heralding of either economic optimism or racist peril. Suggests these interpretations come in cycles. (MJP)
Descriptors: Asian History, Colonialism, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Intergroup Relations. – 1977
The document summarizes proceedings from two conferences which addressed multicultural realities in American life. Intended as a means of expanding multicultural understandings of elementary and secondary teachers, the conferences encouraged exchange of ideas between parents, community members, curriculum specialists, administrators, educators,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Clement, Richard – 1977
This study was undertaken to determine motivational factors connected with the learning of English by francophone students living in a milieu where there is little contact with anglophones. Research is reviewed which supports the contention that the attitudinal/motivational dimension, or integrative motivation, bears an important relationship to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes
Gardner, R. C.; Smythe, P. C. – 1976
After a brief review of the research concerned with the relationship between students' attitudes and second-language learning the present paper attempts to answer the question, "Do attitudes, in and of themselves, relate directly to second-language acquisition, or do they play an indirect role in providing a basis for the motivation to acquire a…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Anxiety, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
Policy Expanding Opportunities: Academic Success for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.

College English, 1987
Notes the problem of teaching reading and writing in a way that is not racially or culturally biased. Offers teaching strategies for combating this, including using a wide variety of works from other races and cultures that provide a range of minority perspectives in a nonstereotypical fashion. (JC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness

Anderson, Talmadge – Journal of Black Studies, 1988
The number of Black faculty, administrators, and students at predominantly White colleges and universities has been declining because of White elitism, ethnocentrism, and racism. Affirmative action policies do little to undermine the status quo. Strategies for coping with racism-induced stress must be developed. (BJV)
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Black Education, Black Leadership

French, Laurence – Journal of American Indian Education, 1979
The article presents objectives and programs of a model Indian education project designed to work through local Indian centers to aid urban universities with substantial Indian student populations in the provision of better educational opportunities for urban Indians and improved education of the public concerning the Indians' plight. (SB)
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Services