Fuchs, Lawrence H. (1995). The American Civic Culture and an Inclusivist Immigration Policy. The evolution of an inclusivist immigration and naturalization policy in the United States is described. The policy, implicit in the founding myth of the United States as a haven for all, has been challenged repeatedly by ideas of national membership, and is only possible because of the American principles of universal rights. The founding ideals of the country generally accepted Europeans regardless of nationality in spite of the restrictions imposed in a few of the fledgling states. This inclusivist tradition was, however, never intended for people of color. An exclusivist tradition fed by the xenophobia of the post-World War I era was broadened to put immigration on a racist basis in the 1920s. The civil rights revolution put a spotlight on that racism and resulted in a welcome given immigrants in the 1970s and 1980s that was fundamentally different from that of earlier years because Americans were beginning to value ethnic diversity. While social critics may claim that racism…

Blankenship, Glen; Edwards, Barbara; Hutchenson, Gwen; Moffitt, Louisa; Ratliff, Penny (1996). Japan: The Land and Its People. For Students in Grades Six and Seven. Instructional Materials about Japan (IMAJ). This manual provides suggestions and materials for teaching about Japan. Designed as a supplement to typical textbook treatments, the lessons provide a range of readings, visuals, and activities to enrich and deepen student learning about Japan. Organized around topics dealing with history, geography, government, economics, and culture, the lessons provide teachers with flexibility of selecting and adapting lessons for specific classroom settings. Each lesson begins with an outline for teaching that includes instructional objectives, a list of needed materials, and a sequenced list of procedures for implementing the lessons. This packet of materials contains most of the materials needed for implementation. The manual is divided into nine topics with two to four lesson plans under each topic. Topics include: (1) "Introducing Japan"; (2) "Locating Japan"; (3) "Geography of Japan"; (4) "History of Japan"; (5) "The Japanese People"; (6)…

Yawkey, Thomas D. (1973). Attitudes Toward Black Americans Held by Rural and Urban White Early Childhood Subjects Based Upon Multi-Ethnic Social Studies Materials. Journal of Negro Education, 42, 2, 164-169, Spr 73. Investigates influences of multi-ethnic social studies readings with historical, cultural, and social aspects of black Americans on white children's attitudes toward this group, and encourages teacher directed reading and discussion approaches based upon social studies multi-ethnic publications. (Author/JM)…

Menadue, John (1981). Multilingualism and Multiculturalism. Babel: International Journal of Translation, v17 n2-3 p4-12. Explores the concepts of multiculturalism and multilingualism in Australia against the background of population growth and change, social policies, and regional relationships. Reviews steps taken to date to give these concepts a more positive shape. (EKN)…

Chinn, Karen A. (1980). Assessment of Culturally Diverse Children. Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, v56 n1 p50-63 Win. The use of standardized tests in assessing culturally diverse children is discussed and a diagnostic/prescriptive model is suggested to allow for individualized assessments. (JMF)…

Imrie, Jean; Irshad, Khalid (1997). Improving Attainment through Action Research: An Introduction to Hillingdon's Raising Achievement Project. Multicultural Teaching, v15 n2 p15-17 Spr. Describes the Raising Achievement Project designed to address the need for more information on the performance of ethnic minorities for whom English is an additional language, and the need for support for children who have passed the initial stages of learning English. It also describes the action research model used to answer questions about bilingual children's performance. (GR)…

Brown, Sherlon Pack; Sandhu, Daya Singh (1996). Empowering Ethnically and Racially Diverse Clients through Prejudice Reduction: Suggestions and Strategies for Counselors. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, v24 n4 p202-17 Oct. Focuses on the persistent problems of prejudice in multicultural societies. Various theories of prejudice and other psychological, social, and political factors that contribute to prejudice are discussed. Demonstrates several counseling theories and techniques as applied to case vignettes dealing with prejudice and racism. (Author/KW)…

Singer, Judith Y. (2002). Bridging Differences of Time, Place, and Culture Using Children's and Young Adult Literature. Social Science Docket, v2 n1 p29-31 Win-Spr. Focuses on the use of children's and young adult literature in the social studies classroom, addressing the New York state standards at the third- to sixth-grade levels. Provides an annotated bibliography of books that can be utilized in areas, such as U.S. and world history. (CMK)…

Garcia, Jesus; Pugh, Sharon L. (1992). Children's Nonfiction Multicultural Literature: Some Promises and Disappointments. Equity and Excellence, v25 n2-4 p151-55 Win. Investigates children's nonfiction multicultural tradebooks published in 1986 and 1987, and discusses the general treatment of multicultural concepts in these tradebooks. Although 12 of 35 books that were reviewed depicted new multicultural personalities and topics, much more must be accomplished to help children learn about themselves and cultural diversity. (SLD)…

Allaei, Sara Kurtz; Connor, Ulla Maija (1990). Exploring the Dynamics of Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Writing Classrooms. Writing Instructor, v10 n1 p19-28 Fall. Reviews two areas of cross-cultural research (sociolinguistic research on oral interaction and the applied linguistic research area of contrastive rhetoric). Makes recommendations for using collaborative peer response groups successfully with multicultural classes. (MG)…

Howe, Neil; Strauss, Bill (1993). The Diverse Generation. Diversity & Division, v2 n4 p15-20 Sum. In this era of multiculturalism, young people find diversity so heavily emphasized that they may wonder whether centrifugal group loyalties may tear the nation apart. Most people born between 1961 and 1981 believe that they handle racial problems better than their elders did. (SLD)…

Deering, Paul D. (1996). An Ethnographic Study of Norms of Inclusion and Cooperation in a Multiethnic Middle School. Urban Review, v28 n1 p21-39 Mar. Uses ethnographic methods to examine cultural norms regarding inclusion and cooperation at a multiethnic middle school serving predominantly working-class Caucasians and Chicanos. The principal's strong leadership and the cultural congruity of socioeconomic norms help explain the high degree of cooperation and inclusion in the school. (SLD)…

Daniels, Jeffrey A. (2001). Conceptualizing a Case of Indirect Racism Using the White Racial Identity Development Model. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, v23 n3 p256-68 Jul. Describes how counselors might use a model of White racial identity development to conceptualize and treat a White client who has experienced racism directed toward his ethnic minority friend. Specific attention is paid to both the client's and the counselor's White racial statuses and how these interact within the counseling process. (Contains 15 references.) (GCP)…

Hoffman, August (2001). Improving Student Perceptions and Academic Performance in the Multiethnic Classroom. Michigan Community College Journal: Research & Practice, v7 n2 p97-106 Fall. Describes a study that examined the effects of collaborative group learning within a multiethnic classroom at the community college level. Confirms that when community college teachers utilize collaborative learning skills in conjunction with traditional learning skills, academic performance increases and student ethnic perceptions improve. (Contains 14 references.) (NB)…

Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl (2004). Assessing the Multicultural Competence of School Counselors: A Checklist. Professional School Counseling, v7 n3 p178 Feb. With the increasing number of children from diverse backgrounds entering the U.S. school systems, it is imperative that school counselors gain a working knowledge of how to best serve these children. This article provides a checklist of 51 competencies that the author believes are necessary for working with culturally diverse students. The competencies offered were gathered through a theme analysis of the literature pertaining to multicultural school counseling. Nine areas of competence are suggested: multicultural counseling, multicultural consultation, understanding racism and student resistance, multicultural assessment, understanding racial identity development, multicultural family counseling, social advocacy, developing school-family-community partnerships, and understanding cross-cultural interpersonal interactions. Implications for school counselors and school counselor educators are provided….

Corntassel, Jeff J. (2003). An Activist Posing as an Academic?. American Indian Quarterly, v27 n1-2 p160-171 Win-Spr. A few years ago, while interviewing for a tenure-track position at a large, public institution in the Midwest, the author was informed that several faculty members suspected him of being \an activist posing as an academic\ because the faculty thought that his research lacked \objectivity.\ Based on subsequent conversations the author had during the interview process, he deduced that their ideal academic was someone who applied reductionist, social scientific methodologies to parochial, data-driven research questions. As a Tsalagi (Cherokee) scholar, who initially found the label of \activist posing as an academic\ personally offensive, the author now takes pride in it, knowing that his dedication to Tsalagi people and Indigenous communities did not conveniently fit into a Western conceptualization of \objectivity.\ He is also proud that these guardians of disciplinary turf so clearly recognized the \applied\ nature of his research and community outreach. In this article, the author… [Direct]

Helland, Turid; Kaasa, Randi (2005). Dyslexia in English as a Second Language. Dyslexia, v11 n1 p41-60 Feb. This study focused on English as L2 in a group of Norwegian dyslexic 12 year olds, compared to an age and gender matched control group. Norwegian school children learn English from the first grades on. The subjects were assessed with a test battery of verbal and written tasks. First, they were given a comprehension task; second, a model sentence task; third, two pragmatic tasks, and fourth, three tasks of literacy. The verbal tasks were scored according to comprehension, morphology, syntax and semantics, while the literacy tasks were scored by spelling, translation and reading skills. It was hypothesized that the results of the control group and the dyslexia group would differ on all tasks, but that subgrouping the dyslexia group by comprehension skills would show heterogeneity within the dyslexia group. The data analyses confirmed these hypotheses. Significant differences were seen between the dyslexia group and the control group. However, the subgrouping revealed minor differences… [Direct]

Auger, Vincent A.; Overby, L. Marvin (2005). Teaching and Learning in Nanjing: Community, Communities, and Politics in an Overseas Program. Journal of Political Science Education, v1 n2 p233-247 May. One of the environments in which political science faculty most directly face issues of community, communities, and politics is when they find themselves teaching in programs abroad. The rigors of international teaching force faculty to confront issues of community identity, assumptions about political orientation, and presumptions about how communities interact that often remain unstated or unexplored at home institutions in the United States. In this paper, we will explore these matters based on our experiences teaching in the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies during the late 1990s. The Hopkins-Nanjing Center brings together Chinese and international (mainly American) graduate students in a unique living-learning environment. Chinese students take graduate-level course work in political science, American history, economics, and ESL in English from visiting American faculty members, while international students take analogous classes… [Direct]

Betta, Silvia, Ed.; Moeller, Adeiline J., Ed.; Theiler, Janine, Ed. (2008). Turning Today's Students into Tomorrow's Stars. Selected Papers from the 2008 Central States Conference. Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages The 2008 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, a joint conference with the Michigan World Language Association, focused on learning about the diverse backgrounds and needs of today's students and discovering new ways to help them succeed in reaching the goal of language proficiency. A wide variety of workshops and sessions offered practical advice on how to deal with reluctant learners on a variety of levels. Immersion-type workshops and sessions were offered to help participants brush up on their language skills, and participants were brought up-to-date on topics such as foreign language advocacy, advanced placement, technology, assessment, culture, brain-based learning, and much more. In addition to "Best of" presentations from 15 states, the program included several encore presentations from last year's "All-Star" presenters. This volume offers the reader a wealth of research based approaches and strategies to language teaching and… [PDF]

Benjamin, Lehn M. (1994). Feminist Teaching Methods for Adult and Popular Educators. An Annotated Bibliography. This bibliography contains annotations of 69 articles that were chosen from a range of education journals between the years of 1990-1993. Popular education and feminist methodologies are the reference points. The bibliography contains resources that explore the intersections of gender, race, class, and culture and resources that link women and popular education and that examine key concepts such as power, empowerment, resistance, difference, and dialogue. All these areas are inherent in the educational encounter and critical in informing popular education and feminist methodologies. Articles have been drawn from over 30 education journals and 12 other journals that had a development or women's focus. Each entry follows this format: author(s), title, source, date, and annotation. A list is attached of 21 books that relate directly or indirectly to feminist pedagogy. (YLB)… [PDF]

Butler, Karen L. (1994). Prospective Teachers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Regarding Gay Men and Lesbians. Although student populations of public schools are becoming increasingly diverse, the teacher population has remained relatively homogeneous, and many teachers do not have sufficient knowledge of or experience with other cultural groups to deal with differences in the classroom. Gay men and lesbians comprise one such cultural group. A survey of 42 prospective teachers enrolled in the Human Diversity in Education course at Kent (Ohio) State University measured general attitudes toward homosexuality, knowledge, educator-specific attitudes, and anticipated educator behavior. The prospective teachers identified themselves as being "predominantly heterosexual." Results indicated that the group held slightly homophobic general attitudes and educator-specific attitudes. The group also exhibited a general lack of knowledge about homosexuality. The high percentages of incorrect responses on items alluding to stereotypes regarding gay men and lesbians suggest that misinformation is… [PDF]

(1992). The Contribution of Education to Cultural Development. This document provides descriptions of the themes adopted for the plenary and the four working groups of an United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) international meeting. After the introduction, section 1 discusses the plenary theme, "Education, Culture, and Development: Co-ordinated Policies and Strategies," by presenting the concepts of education, culture, and development and the policies and strategies of choosing priorities, setting up structures, choosing partners, funding, and budgeting. Section 2 presents the theme of working group 1, "Taking the Cultural Dimension into Account in Educational Programmes," and discusses teaching cultural heritage, developing intercultural education, and promoting languages at school. The theme for working group 2, "The Role of Education in the Cultural and Artistic Development of the Individual," presents the role of artistic/aesthetic, moral, and science education. The theme for… [PDF]

(1980). Experimental, Developmental and Demonstration Programs, Projects and Activities. Information & Dissemination Series 11. Part of a series of publications prepared by Hawaii's state department of education, this report details some of the curriculum development projects in progress during 1979-80. Each project description lists objectives; needs served; products anticipated upon completion as well as at the end of the 1979-80 school year; major activities; number and types of schools, teachers, and students involved; evaluation processes; and contact persons. The projects include, among others, instructional programs for the mentally handicapped, for students of limited English proficiency, on basic skills, and on energy use. (Author/WD)… [PDF]

Schoorman, Dilys (2002). Increasing Critical Multicultural Understanding via Technology: \Teachable Moments\ in a University-School Partnership Project. Journal of Teacher Education, v53 n4 p356-69 Sep-Oct. A university-school correspondence partnership project was designed to enhance student teachers' multicultural awareness and understanding. This electronic mail-based project had undergraduates interact with culturally and experientially diverse students. The project provided many teachable moments, which resulted in contextualized understanding of concepts, awareness of biases and experiential gaps, increased self-reflection, and orientation toward action for greater educational and social equity. (SM)…

Austin, Anna (1991). Different in Color, Similar in Treatment. Teaching Education, v4 n1 p189-90 Sum-Fall. Teacher educator discusses challenges in preparing teachers for diverse student populations. She remembers being the only African American in one seventh grade class. It was the only public school experience in which she forgot her differences because the teacher taught to benefit all students, forever influencing her educational beliefs. (SM)…

Kivel, Paul (1996). Uprooting Racism. How White People Can Work for Racial Justice. This book is about the uprooting of racism, explaining how individual beliefs and actions need to be reexamined in order for people to participate effectively in that uprooting. It serves as an invitation to join the tradition of white people who have been committed to ending the effects of racism. The first step is for white people to talk together and to explore the fact that whiteness is a many faceted phenomenon, a fiction that seeks to protect the power that accrues to white people. Following the examination of what whiteness means in our society, there is an exploration of the dynamics of racism and a discussion of what it can mean to be an ally of people of color. The effects of history are reviewed, and some ideas are given for fighting institutional racism. Of particular interest is the discussion of racism in education and the schools and the problems of educational inequity and low academic achievement. How to promote democratic and antiracist multiculturalism is the…

Wyss, Esther, Ed. (1989). Introductory Guide to Africa. This guide seeks to be a tool for action and a resource for understanding some of the key issues concerning Africa today. Through a series of six sessions, participants focus on a particular theme or issue that links their community with the African context. The six sessions focus on: (1) "Building Connections with Africa"; (2) "Culture Connections"; (3) "Economic Connections"; (4) "Issue Connections" (Children and Youth, Environment, Food and Hunger, Health); (5) "The Military Connection"; and (6) "Where Do We Go from Here?" Maps, recipes, historical timelines, and contact addresses with brief descriptions of regional organizations involved in work in Africa are included. (EH)… [PDF]

Hoepli, Nancy L., Ed. (1993). Great Decisions [and] Great Decisions Activity Book. 1993 Edition. This briefing book provides background information on current foreign policy issues. This edition discusses the following major issues: (1) "U.S. in a New World: What Goals? What Priorities?"; (2) "United Nations: What Role in the New World?"; (3) "Germany's Role: In Europe? In the Atlantic Alliance?"; (4) "China: New Reforms, Old Politics?"; (5) "Trade and the Global Economy: Projecting U.S. Interests"; (6) "Russia and the Central Asian Republics: After Independence, New Directions?"; (7) "India and Pakistan: Collision or Compromise?"; and (8) "Children at Risk: Abroad and at Home." The activity book contains activities on each subject and five handout mastersheets related to world areas and topics. (EH)… [PDF]

Hoepli, Nancy L., Ed. (1994). Great Decisions [and] Great Decisions Activity Book. 1994 Edition. This book discusses foreign policy issues and provides background information on current topics. This edition examines the following major issues: (1) "Conflict in Former Yugoslavia: Quest for Solutions" (Susan L. Woodward); (2) "South Africa: Forging a Democratic Union" (Jean Herskovits); (3) "Environmental Crisis in Former Soviet Bloc: Whose Problem? Who Pays?" (William Sweet); (4) "Trade with the Pacific Rim: Pressure or Cooperation?" (Jinny St. Goar); (5) "Defense: Redefining U.S. Needs and Priorities" (David C. Morrison); (6) "Argentina, Brazil, Chile: Democracy and Market Economics" (Jacqueline Mazza); (7) "Islam and Politics: Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia" (Lawrence G. Potter); and (8) "New World Disorder? U.S. in Search of a Role" (James Chace). The activity book contains activities on each subject and six handout master sheets pertaining to the world area under study. (EH)… [PDF]

(1994). [North American Indians: A Collection of Bibliographies, Resource Lists, Questions and Answers, and Other Leaflets Prepared by the National Museum of Natural History]. This extensive collection of information and resource materials about North American Indians includes: (1) "A General Introduction to North American Indian Art"; (2) "Selected References on Native American Silverwork"; (3) "Selected References on Southwestern Native American Pottery"; (4) "Selected References on Southwestern Indian Textiles and Weaving"; (5) "Selected References on Native American Women"; (6) "Selected References on Native American Symbolism and Design"; (7) "Native Peoples of the Americas: Photographs of Exhibits in the Museum of Natural History"; (8) "Native American Resources: Books, Magazines, and Guides"; (9) "Selected References on Native American Games, Dances, and Crafts"; (10) "Selected References on Native American Indian Food"; (11) "Selected References Relevant to European and Native American Contact"; (12) "Introductory Bibliography on… [PDF]