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Kirkland-Holmes, Gloria; Federlein, Anne Cairns – 1990
The incorporation of an African-American, multicultural, self-concept-building, and creative arts program into the elementary school curriculum is discussed in this conference paper. Recommendations concern the relevance to African-American children of language and communication skills, mathematics, social studies, science, positive self-concept,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Youth, Children, Childrens Literature
Claus, Richard N.; And Others – 1979
During 1978-79, the third year of the three-district Cooperative Project in American Indian Development, three of six objectives were met and three partially fulfilled. On a $58,425 budget, planners successfully increased Indian parents' involvement in the project and conducted two pilot studies. The first, to research the dropout rate of Saginaw…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Studies
DELVIN, LAURENCE E.; LITCHFIELD, ANN – 1967
A PROFILE OF A TYPICAL STAFF-INFLUENCED RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY IS CONSTRUCTED FROM DATA REPORTED IN THE PREVIOUS ISSUE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION REPORT, AND IMPLICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS INDEED RESIDENTIAL AND OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, PRIMARILY TO IMPROVE OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE. WHILE MOST ACTIVITIES…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Faculty, Conferences, Cooperative Planning
BISHOP, G. REGINALD, JR. – 1960
IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER WHAT OTHER DISCIPLINES MIGHT HAVE TO TELL THE LANGUAGE TEACHING PROFESSION, THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES EXTENDED ITS FOCUS BEYOND ITS USUAL INVOLVEMENT WITH IMMEDIATE PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEMS BY ADOPTING AS THE SUBJECT OF ITS 1960 PROGRAM "CULTURE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING." THE FIVE…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Classical Languages, Conference Reports, Cross Cultural Training
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1967
UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE DANFORTH AND NOYES FOUNDATIONS, A CONSORTIUM OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND AGENCIES HAVE COLLABORATED IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS IN SPECIFIED RURAL AREAS. SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE--(1) EFFECTIVELY INTERVENE SO THAT A CYCLE OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth
BUCHMILLER, A.A.; TEITEL, MARTIN – 1966
THIS ANALYSIS OF NORTHERN DE FACTO SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND RACIAL IMBALANCE REVIEWS THE LEGAL ISSUES AND COURT DECISIONS GERMANE TO VARIOUS DESEGREGATION EFFORTS. IT IS NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH HOUSING PATTERNS MAY ACCOUNT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE RACIAL IMBALANCE IN SCHOOLS, GERRYMANDERING OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES PLAYS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE. SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Cultural Enrichment
American Country Life Association, Sioux Falls, SD. – 1966
In an attempt to reveal the many external influences (e.g., economic, social, and spiritual) affecting a rural community and to bring about understanding of the evolving complex society of the rural-urban community brought about by advanced technology, the American Country Life Association's annual conference dealt with some of the parameters…
Descriptors: Church Role, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Role
Mestenhauser, Josef A. – 1976
This handbook presents a learning program intended for students enrolled in a variety of disciplinary or interdisciplinary programs who wish to include in their education a meaningful exposure to members of other cultures. Chapter one attempts to relate the cross-cultural learning of this program to future vocational, academic, and career…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Racine Unified School District 1, WI. – 1969
Part I of this evaluation report discusses the enrichment and remediation effects of a summer school program for disadvantaged students, K-6. Reading and mathematics instruction were offered along with a home school worker program and sports activities. Part II of the report deals with programs conducted throughout the 1968-69 school year. Student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Behavior Change, College Students
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
This afternoon remedial and enrichment program was offered to inner-city low income children (grades 3-8). About 75 percent of the children were black, 20 percent white and 5 percent Puerto Rican. Remedial instruction was offered in reading and mathematics. Average class size was six pupils; these small groups allowed for better diagnosis of needs…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Art Education, Black Students, Compensatory Education
McDonald, Thomas F.; Moody, Earl – 1969
The basic objectives of the ABC Project, conducted at Tolleson Elementary School during the 1968-69 school year, were to give all disadvantaged migrant children the opportunity to develop a positive self image, build basic language communication patterns, and learn about their present environment in a natural and intellectually stimulating…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged
Center for Urban Education, New York, NY. Program Reference Service. – 1969
This fact sheet bulletin describes the Urban Day School (UDS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school contains grades pre-kindergarten through 8, and its student body is drawn from lower income caucasian, Negro and Puerto Rican families. The UDS is a private school, without church affiliation, although it is staffed in part by Dominican Sisters. It…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classes (Groups of Students), Counseling, Cultural Enrichment
Bainbridge Island School District 303, WA. – 1972
This project report describes a program designed to increase the effectiveness of the general educational program for the Filipino-Indian community in the Bainbridge Island School System. The rationale is based on the need for improved home-school contact and communications, the need for improved average daily attendance, and the need for improved…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Education, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development
White, William F. – 1971
New tactics for teaching the disadvantaged must be developed which are significantly different from traditional approaches which have been used with advantaged children. Creative strategies in teaching must be developed which utilize sound teaching and learning theories and which, at the same time, are able to be continuously evaluated in a…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Cultural Enrichment
Maynard, Richard A. – 1971
The value of motion pictures as a significant, vital, cultural force in our society is presented. This document is divided into four parts, which contain altogether 17 chapters. Chapter 1 presents a discussion of an experimental course of study for high school senior social studies using films to introduce or supplement the basic required…
Descriptors: Activism, Audiovisual Aids, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
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