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Jiron, Barbara – 1979
Questionnaires and interviews were used to study attitudes of school personnel and parents toward the proposed creation of a separate, autonomous school district for the pueblo of Zuni. Questionnaires were given to 10 administrators, 12 teachers, 15 parents, and 8 teacher aides; 6 administrators, 1 teacher, all aides, and all parents were Zuni; 35…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education, Change Strategies, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Ramsay, Alexandra; Sebeok, Thomas A. – 1968
Part of the Anthropology Curriculum Project, the document introduces social studies classroom teachers and junior high school students to the study of language and emphasizes the importance of language as a part of culture. The document contains a teacher background component and a student text. The teacher background material is presented in five…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
DUNCAN, JAMES A.; KREITLOW, BURTON W. – 1956
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE ATTITUDES OF 19 PAIRS OF WISCONSIN GROUPS TOWARD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, FARMING PRACTICES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPATION. EACH PAIR OF RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS CONSISTED OF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMOGENOUS IN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION, AND ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HETEROGENOUS IN THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS. PERSONAL…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Trends, Attitudes, Coordination
Wolfram, Walter A; Fasold, Ralph W. – 1968
Some differences between Standard English (SE) and "Black English" (BE) have important consequences in communication of messages. The authors cite as an example the "habitual" function of the finite verb "be" which has no equivalent in SE. They point out that "simplification" of the English of the Bible may result in a "translation" which is…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Black Community, Black Culture, Black Dialects
Cassara, Beverly B. – 1977
This paper is a three-part narrative report of a study in which structured interviews were conducted with 30 professional women in higher education in West Berlin to determine their career attitudes and aspirations. Background information includes an account of the author's preparation for conducting the study and her concern for semantics in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cultural Influences, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research
Gill, Robert M. – 1977
The government of Quebec looks to the province's French-language universities for several contributions in strengthening the position of the French Canadian language and culture in Quebec. The enrollments in these universities have increased in the past fifteen years, and French-language universities are expected to educate and train increasing…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Economic Development, Economic Factors
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1976
The five papers presented at the symposium were discussed and reacted to by the participants. In "Values, Ideology and Social Services" a socio-philosophical approach is used to compare Chicano values to the origins and development of the values behind the Social Welfare System. "An Oral History of a Mexican Immigrant" presents…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Conferences, Cultural Influences
Tesche, Allan; And Others – 1974
The American Indian experience at the University of California, Davis is examined, with particular attention given to problems they encounter and to cultural and environmental supports needed for their survival. Information is provided on: the awareness of faculty, students and administrators of Indian culture, history, and problems; the entering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indians
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. Inst. for Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Studies. – 1977
This issue of Mosaic magazine contains several articles focusing on the similarities and differences between different Hispanic groups. Each article examines a specific Hispanic culture in order to improve existing and future intercultural education and to foster cultural awareness. The following topics are addressed: (1) values involved in…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Cubans
Hansen, Kenneth H., Ed. – 1977
Eleven essays explore the educational effects of social forces and agencies outside of the formal school environment. Speakers at the 1977 Chief State School Officers' Institute examined how these social forces can be used to enhance the work of the American school system. Speakers represented schools of education, research institutes, media…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
Michigan Education Association, East Lansing. Div. of Minority Affairs. – 1973
The second in the series, this selected annotated bibliography deals with new and recently discovered materials that address racism, Blacks, Chicanos, native Americans, and multi-ethnicity. This bibliography is considered to be not all inclusive but to reflect only on that material which is considered to be most representative of the realities…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Black History
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Simerville, Susan; And Others – 1975
This study is considered to have been designed as an experimental plan for upper elementary grades with the hope that it would be tried, revised, expanded, and improved upon. Two factors are stressed: communication with children in the affective domain, and drawing upon resources and people from the children's immediate environment. The length of…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Art, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
Williams, Charles T. – 1975
This criteria check list is divided into ten sections: accountability, community, curriculum desegregation, inservice, leadership, parents, school finance, students and teachers. Each section contains behavioral criteria which speak to the levels of commitment or action that a local Board candidate from a Third World perspective should exemplify…
Descriptors: Accountability, Asian Americans, Blacks, Board Candidates
ASIA Society, New York, NY. – 1976
This study draws upon evaluations of 306 texts in common use in the 50 states. The books were read by over 100 experts who responded to a detailed questionnaire designed to assess the texts' amount of Asian content; accuracy, underlying assumptions and approach; inclusion of literature, the fine arts, and other primary expressions of the Asian…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian History, Chinese Culture, Content Analysis
Fitzsimmons, Stephen J.; And Others – 1975
As the first of 2 volumes reporting research on the social and educational development of 10 rural school districts prior to their involvement in the Experimental Schools program, this book is concerned with the impact of history on comprehensive educational improvement. Present 6 of the 10 histories, this volume includes: Craig, Alaska; Wilcox,…
Descriptors: Books, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Comparative Analysis
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