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Locke, Steven – Rural Educator, 2004
This study examines an elementary teacher education certification program delivered by a state university to Native American teacher aides on the reservation. Data were collected over two semesters using a Freirean critical theory framework to analyze the data and to explicate the problematic nature of Native American education. Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Critical Theory, Teacher Aides, Teacher Education Programs
Lipman, Pauline – 1995
Robert W. Coleman Elementary School in Baltimore (Maryland) is a school that is exemplary by virtue of its efforts to build on the strengths of students and the community. Although it is not yet a model of curriculum or instruction, it operates in an ethical and theoretical framework with much to say to the urban educator. The school, which serves…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Community Involvement, Cultural Awareness
Woodhead, Martin – 1996
Those involved in early childhood development must recognize that many of their most cherished beliefs about what is best for children are cultural constructions. This book focuses on quality in large-scale programs for disadvantaged young children in a variety of cultural settings. Chapter 1, "Changing Childhoods," discusses issues…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1993
In February 1993, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting commissioned focus groups with Hispanic viewers to determine the perceptions of public television by Hispanics. The project was conducted by Norman Hecht Research and included Hispanic viewers and non-viewers in four cities--New York, Miami, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. The topic for…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Audience Response, Cultural Pluralism
Wilder, Hilary; Malone, Todd – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2004
This case study of current practice describes a virtual cross-cultural collaboration in the development of an undergraduate teacher preparation course in educational technology. In an effort to increase the cross-cultural and technological awareness necessary for 21st-century teachers, the authors collaborated on the design and development of an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Teacher Education Programs, Program Development
Sherman, Lee – Northwest Education, 1997
Discusses research on identifying underrepresentation of minority students in gifted education programs; intelligences and talents that are not identified by IQ tests; expanded strategies for finding talent; 10 guidelines for finding and serving gifted African-American students; and the social, cultural, and psychological needs of gifted…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Black Students, Cultural Relevance, Elementary Secondary Education

Ministry of the Solicitor General, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1996
This report provides Canadian Aboriginal communities with information and resources for carrying out participatory action research and applying the results to community development. Presented in English and French, the report is based on a literature review and a 2-day focus group involving 14 community development experts, Aboriginal community…
Descriptors: Action Research, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Action
Johnson, Troy R., Ed. – 1993
This proceedings contains edited transcripts of speeches and workshops given at a conference on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), held at UCLA in January 1992. Workshop titles were: fetal alcohol syndrome; responding to the family in Indian child welfare; joint in-service training for management of Indian Child Welfare Act cases; domestic…
Descriptors: Adoption, Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Caseworker Approach
Bass, Sandra; Shields, Margie K.; Behrman, Richard E. – Future of Children, 2004
This paper focuses on the challenges of helping children after abuse and neglect has occurred by strengthening the web of supports for children and families in foster care. It examines the current state of the foster care system and finds that it is really not a cohesive system but a combination of many overlapping and interacting agencies, all…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Major, Elza Magalhaes – International Education Journal, 2005
This article discusses the adjustment of ten Asian-born university students to the academic culture of an English-speaking university in the United States. Findings from a case study reveal an instrumental role played by compatriot networks in the students' adjustment process. Spindler's cultural therapy model provides the lens for an…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian American Students, College Students
Knight, Michelle G.; Norton, Nadjwa E. L.; Bentley, Courtney C.; Dixon, Iris R. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2004
This article examines the diversity of practices utilized by working-class and poor black and Latina/o families to support their children's college-going processes. We employ the work of feminists, scholars of color, and critical ethnographers to critique the power undergirding the monolithic model establishing one entry point of parental…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Parent School Relationship, Family Involvement, Ethnography
Busher, Hugh – Open University Press, 2006
This book shows how school leaders at all levels "from the most senior manager to the classroom teacher" can help to build learning communities through collaborating and negotiating with their colleagues, students and students' parents and carers, as well as with external agencies and local communities, to sustain and develop the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Leadership, Inclusive Schools
Barnhardt, Ray; Dubbs, Patrick J. – 1998
For many remote northern communities, especially Native American communities, school design, construction, and heating would be more culturally and technologically appropriate if local materials and expertise were utilized. Following World War II, the period of the most rapid "de-localization" of northern communities, the allegedly…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Appropriate Technology, Building Design
Zaff, Jonathon F.; Malanchuk, Oksana; Michelsen, Erik; Eccles, Jacquelynne – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2003
Researchers have theorized that programs to promote positive citizenship should begin with an opportunity for adolescents to participate in civic activities, such as community service or political volunteering. In this report, the authors expand this theoretical perspective by arguing that programs to promote positive citizenship may need to begin…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Motivation, Adolescents, Socialization

Trevino, Robert P.; Pugh, Jacqueline A.; Hernandez, Arthur E.; Menchaca, Velma D.; Ramirez, Robert R.; Mendoza, Monica – Journal of School Health, 1998
The Bienestar Health Program is a diabetes risk-factor prevention program targeting Mexican American fourth graders. Program goals are to decrease overweight and dietary fats. The program is based on social cognitive theory and uses culturally relevant material. Preliminary evaluation indicates the program significantly decreases dietary fat,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Cultural Relevance, Diabetes