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Kummerer, Sharon E.; Lopez-Reyna, Norma A.; Hughes, Marie Tejero – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: This qualitative study explored mothers' perceptions of their children's communication disabilities, emergent literacy development, and speech-language therapy programs. Method: Participants were 14 Mexican immigrant mothers and their children (age 17-47 months) who were receiving center-based services from an early childhood intervention…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Intervention, Mothers, Expressive Language
Ebbeck, Fred – 2001
Presenting a case study of the African nation of Burundi to illustrate the great variation in the environment in which children are raised in developing and developed nations, this paper focuses on the importance of considering the context of a particular culture and society when educators talk about the quality of early childhood services.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Relevance

McInerney, Dennis M.; Swisher, Karen Gayton – Journal of American Indian Education, 1995
Over 500 Navajo high school students completed the Inventory of School Motivation, based on the personal investment model of motivation. Results suggest that the model's most salient elements for this group were sense-of-self components and one task component, striving for excellence. Combinations of variables were useful in predicting student…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, American Indian Education, Attitude Measures, Cultural Relevance

Husted, John; And Others – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1995
Managed by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakotah Nation, O'Inazin provides culturally relevant inpatient counseling for troubled adolescents with antisocial and self-defeating behaviors. Of 290 adolescent inpatients in 1991-92, those who completed the program were more likely to remain in school and improve their grades than were noncompleters. Both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adolescents, American Indian Culture
Smith, Carl – Winds of Change, 1996
For 20 years, Robert Mestas, a Native American biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has devoted his career to the study, conservation, and management of endangered birds of prey. The study of his own Yaqui culture and of other traditional Indian cultures has deepened his conviction regarding the cultural significance of preserving…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Birds, Conservation (Environment)

White, Ben – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1999
Explores tensions between universalistic and relativistic approaches in the establishment of standards and strategies designed to prevent or overcome the abuse of children's capacity to work. Tensions are discussed within the context of the International Labour Office's proposed new international convention on the prohibition and elimination of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare

Banville, Dominique; Desrosiers, Pauline; Genet-Volet, Yvette – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2000
Presents a methodology developed by Vallerand (1989) in the psychological field that translates and validates questionnaires and inventories developed for specific cultures. This cross- cultural technique ensures that the instrument will provide data that are valid and reliable in the target population. Seven necessary steps are defined, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance, Culturally Relevant Education, Culture Fair Tests

Martin, Kathleen Jeanette – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2000
Examined a Native American high school literature teacher's teaching practices, exploring her use of narrative as an instructional strategy for conveying abstract concepts through concrete experience. Observation and interview data indicate that the teacher's style of teaching combined storytelling, narrative, and cultural relevance with class…
Descriptors: American Indians, Case Studies, Critical Thinking, Cultural Influences

Moutray, Carol L.; Pollard, Jean Ann; McGinley, Jill – Middle School Journal, 2001
Examines the benefits of reader response by means of student letters to authors. Notes that students involved in response writing become more interested in reading, are more reflective individuals, and more responsible for monitoring and resolving their own questions. (SD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance
Tobin, Joseph – Early Education and Development, 2005
I use examples from my ethnographic work on early childhood education and care settings in Japan and France to demonstrate that quality standards are cultural constructs and to question the universality of such core U.S. standards of quality in ECEC as low student-teacher ratios and multicultural curricula. My argument is that quality standards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Martin, Robert G. – New Directions for Student Services, 2005
This chapter discusses the ways in which tribal colleges have incorporated culturally relevant education models to serve American Indian students.
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Indians, Tribally Controlled Education, American Indians
Brayboy, Bryan McKinley Jones – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2005
This article, focuses on the experiences of two Ivy League graduates to examine the notion of transformational resistance. Combining data from a two-year ethnographic study with follow-up interviews over a decade, the author analyzes how students acquired skills and credentials that enabled them to serve their tribal communities. Strategies of…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Resistance (Psychology), Justice, American Indians
Acosta, Olga M.; Weist, Mark D.; Lopez, Fernando A.; Shafer, Micheal E.; Pizarro, L. Josefina – Behavior Modification, 2004
A survey was made of the leaders in the Latino community from four East coast cities on the mental health, academic, and behavioral needs of Latino youth, services available to them, and recommendations to better address their needs. Of the 112 Latino leaders recruited, 46 responded to the survey, expressing their views that Latino youth…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Youth Programs, Needs Assessment, Hispanic American Students
van Widenfelt, Brigit M.; Treffers, Philip D. A.; de Beurs, Edwin; Siebelink, Bart M.; Koudijs, Els – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2005
With the increased globalization of psychology and related fields, having reliable and valid measures that can be used in a number of languages and cultures is critical. Few guidelines or standards have been established in psychology for the translation and cultural adaptation of instruments. Usually little is reported in research publications…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Psychological Evaluation, Psychological Studies, Translation
Martinez, Sandra; Stillerman, Lee; Waldo, Michael – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2005
Reliability and validity of the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R) was investigated to determine if this instrument is appropriate for use with Hispanic college students. The sample (28 males, 177 females) consisted of 101 participants who identified as Anglo and 104 who identified as Hispanic (6 did not identify their ethnicity).…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Multivariate Analysis, College Students