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Hartung, Beth – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Tries to make explicit race/class/gender connections in an undergraduate seminar on stratification. Students learn about models of social class and mobility and ideas of inequality. Attempts to balance the syllabus by including material about different groups and a representative group of scholars. Describes classroom discussions and experiences.…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Mitter, Wolfgang – Prospects, 1992
Asserts that multiculturalism is focused on the subordinate criteria of multiethnicity and multinationality and their impacts on education. Concludes that multicultural education is essential in today's world and that provisions of ethnic or national identification must be preserved within the majority culture. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Traits, Educational Objectives
Johansen, Bruce E.; Grinde, Donald A., Jr. – Akwe:kon Journal, 1993
Outlines arguments and rhetorical devices used to trivialize the claim that the Iroquois system of government influenced development of American democracy. Notes controversy over inclusion of the "influence thesis" in New York textbooks. Suggests that the debate is so heated because it involves a new intellectual model in which former…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Colonial History (United States), Constitutional History, Controversial Issues (Course Content)

Colle-Michel, Marcella – European Education, 1993
Reports on a European teachers' seminar. Points out the difficulties of making generalizations about history instruction in European nations. Concludes that it is essential to emphasize societal aspects that bind people together and that national history should be taught in a European and global context. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education

Heldrich, Philip – Great Plains Quarterly, 2000
Efforts to ban the "Little House on the Prairie" series because of racist depictions of American Indians seem a knee-jerk reaction to a complex text. Teachers can use the books to develop an appreciation of American Indians and their history and to promote understanding of the disparate and conflicting attitudes of the nation when the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context

Stanley, Timothy – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 1998
"Grand" historical narratives of nationalism or colonialism exclude histories of Aboriginal and other non-European peoples, thereby shaping unconscious racist views. Multicultural and antiracist pedagogies must explore such narratives to escape their categorizations. Newspaper reports of a racial incident in an Ottawa school and judicial…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Colonialism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias
Levy, Alison – 1996
This study compared the impact of an international educational program with that of a multicultural educational kindergarten program. A convenience sample of 13 children participated in a university-based full day international education kindergarten program. Sixteen children from a medium-size seacoast center participated in a multicultural…
Descriptors: Bias, Childhood Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Culturally Relevant Education
Allen, Mike; And Others – 1995
An empirical summary of 33 studies considers the relationship between racial group orientation and self-concept of an individual. This issue represents a fundamental assumption of afrocentric education practices, that the racial group orientation of the individual is related to the self-esteem of the individual. The results demonstrate a positive…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Communication Research, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Relations
Parrenas, Florante Y.; Parrenas, Cecilia Salazar – 1990
Cooperative learning (CL) is reviewed as a tool for helping educationally disadvantaged or limited-English-speaking students. A review of meta analyses and literature on CL indicates its effectiveness when both group goals and individual accountability are incorporated into learning methods. The achievement gap between traditional majority…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Nayar, P. B. – 1989
Attention is drawn to aspects of the transfer of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) expertise to both developing and developed nonnative English-speaking countries. It is maintained that: (1) several facts that have nearly the strength of canonical truths in the West reveal an ignorance of, and perhaps an indifference to, the socio-cultural,…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Harvey, William B. – 1980
The shift in focus of ethnic studies in American universities from Western European nations toward the developing nations of the Third World represents a growing recognition of the reality of international interdependence versus the myth of American independence. American economic and political interests in the Third World emphasize the importance…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
Lurie, Nancy Oestreich – Indian Historian, 1974
Although all cultural groups (civilages) are unique in some respect, Indian people are unique in more ways than other Americans and in ways that set them apart from all other Americans, taking all minorities and the dominant society as a whole. Beginning with U.S. colonial history, the article discusses the so-called dominant society, its behavior…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, American Indians, Anthropology, Attitudes
Meloni, Alberto – 1978
Aspects of Italian immigration to the United States outlined in this guide include: (1) historical precedents for the Italian migration to North and South America; (2) economic reasons for the migration; (3) costs and resulting permanence of the migration; (4) characteristics of the family and individuals who migrated; (5) assimilation of these…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Status
Berry, John W.; And Others – 1977
This volume focuses on two key research questions: the acceptance of multiculturalism, and the validity of the "multicultural assumption" (the case that confidence in one's own identity is a prerequisite for the development of positive attitudes toward others). An introductory chapter provides historical, cultural, and political…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Demography, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity

Mitsakos, Charles L. – 1979
The report evaluates a global education project which was carried out during the 1978-1979 school year by 18 teachers from six elementary schools in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. The project staff aimed at incorporating a global education approach into social studies classes involving over 400 students in grades one through…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Education