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Kleg, Milton – Social Studies Journal, 1975
An exposition of the meaning of key concepts, ethnic groups, and ethnic relations and a discussion of the need for ethnic relations education. (ND)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Relations
Greenberg, George S.; And Others – 1978
Some factors which impede observation, intervention and change in the assessment and treatment of the ethnocultural minority family result from conceptual stereotyping, stereotyped behavior and interactions comprising pseudopsychologies. Social science literature has played a role in psychosocial stereotyping as well. One of the primary factors in…
Descriptors: Bias, Bilingualism, Cocounseling, Cultural Influences
Gordon, Thomas F. – 1974
The contents of this concept paper examining the roll of the mass media in the socialization of minority groups in America include an examination of the major literature dealing with the socialization of minority groups, a discussion of subculture orientation to minority socialization, consideration of the theories of ethnocentrism and their…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conceptual Schemes, Ethnocentrism, Higher Education
Murphy, E. Jefferson – 1973
Myths about Africa are an inevitable outgrowth of a fundamental set of cultural assumptions about race and civilization that have been building in Western culture for at least four hundred years. The old African mythology, which consisted of crude, uncomplimentary stereotypes has been replaced by a new mythology which is much more insidious and…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Bias

Crofts, Marylee – Social Education, 1986
Reviews myths, misconceptions, and unintentional biases about Africa in United States K-12 social studies textbooks. Summarizes common topics and recommends additions. Provides the names, addresses and phone numbers of 10 university-based African Studies centers. Concludes that improvements to textbooks must continue. (JDH)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Citizenship Education

Bullard, Betty M. – Social Education, 1986
Surveys the existing treatment of Asia in upper elementary and secondary social studies textbooks. Treats improvements needed in such areas as: (1) global issues important to Asia, (2) content and approach, (3) economics and politics, (4) geography and resources, (5) international relations, and (6) treatment of subregions. Provides a…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Citizenship Education

Ghosh, E. S. K.; Huq, M. M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Reports two studies which examined the social identity of Hindu and Muslim subjects under three frames of reference: self, own group, and outgroup evaluations cross-nationally. Findings are examined in relation to the interplay of specific socio-contextual experiences in the differential pattern of social identity processes. (SED)
Descriptors: Caste, College Students, Cultural Context, Ethnic Relations

Lorimer, Rowland – Curriculum Inquiry, 1984
United States-based publishing firms dominate the Canadian learning materials market; their business and editorial practices suppress Canadian viewpoints and undermine Canadian publishers. Provincial and federal measures intended to strengthen domestic publishing have been adequate only in central Canada. As information technology advances,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Ethnocentrism, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries

Lambert, Wallace E. – Teachers College Record, 1984
Findings are given of a cross-national study that explored the processes of children's development of identity by examining how children learn what their ethnic group is and how their group should act. Adults seem to influence cultural and personality development, with social standing being more important than ethnic background. (DF)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes

Garcia, Ricardo L. – Theory into Practice, 1984
This article examines classroom discrimination and finds that students develop biases from the group they belong in and through previous experiences. To counter such stereotypes, teachers must examine their own attitudes and those of their students. Heterogeneous group activities where students can work together are suggested. (DF)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias

Cervantes, Robert A. – Education and Urban Society, 1984
By 1985, California will have become the first Third World State in the continental United States; there is a critical need for changes in the pervasive ethnocentric pedagogy to make schools more responsive to the multicultural reality of student populations. (CMG)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Quality

Bracey, John – Integrated Education, 1982
Identifies three forms of racism in American historiography and literature: (1) outright anti-Black bias; (2) ignorance of Black accomplishments and the Black experience; and (3) Eurocentric "universalism," a euphemism for the refusal to discuss race and the particularities of Black history and culture. Also discusses mainstream scholars'…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Ethnocentrism, Historiography

Duhs, L. A. – Australian Journal of Education, 1979
Citing Dewey and Plato, the author presents a metaphysical and a political analysis of the Queensland Government's banning of two social studies programs: Man: A Course of Study and the Social Education Materials Project. Arguments of both the programs' attackers and defenders are critiqued. (SJL)
Descriptors: Censorship, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism

Girouard, Robert L. – Modern Language Journal, 1980
Echoes the concern expressed in the Report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, decrying declining enrollments in foreign language programs. Analyzes the causes of this decline by reviewing recent historical events and cultural trends, and suggests that it is matched by a decline in English verbal aptitudes.…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Planning, Ethnocentrism, International Relations
Tonkin, Humphrey; Edwards, Jane – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Argues that educating Americans to accept and learn to deal with the interdependent nature of the world may be the most important task our educational system faces. (WD)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education