(1992). Bridging Two Worlds: The Teacher and the Immigrant Filipino Student. Kamehameha Journal of Education, v3 n2 p23-28 Fall. Discusses the impact of culture and sociocultural characteristics on student behavior and attitudes, focusing on Filipino students in Hawaiian public schools. The article makes recommendations for teachers who work in multicultural classrooms, explaining the teacher's role and discussing how teachers and students can be partners in learning. (SM)…
(1993). Bullying: Teacher's Views and School Effects. Educational Studies, v19 n3 p307-21. Reports on a study of 71 British secondary teachers about bullying in their schools. Finds that, in schools where students report high rates of bullying, teachers were more likely to perceive behavior as bullying and observe bullying. Also finds that most believe that there were typical victim personalities. (CFR)…
(1989). Multicultural Literacy: A Jewel in the Crown of the Social Studies. Louisiana Social Studies Journal, v16 n1 p10-14 Fall. Recommends social studies instruction that challenges students to identify, analyze, and confront their ideas and develop a set of tested beliefs. Suggests teachers help students replace prejudicial beliefs with accurate information. Argues teachers must understand power relationship among schools, ethnic communities, and society, where dominant values are given preference. (NL)…
(1992). An Annotated Bibliography: Recent Realistic Fiction and Informational Books for Young Children Portraying Asian-American and Native American Cultures. Multicultural Review, v1 n2 p36-38,40-42 Apr. Presents an annotated bibliography of recent realistic fiction and informational books for young children portraying Asian American and Native American cultures. Lists 23 fiction and 8 informational books on Asian Americans and 19 fiction and 15 informational books on Native Americans. Lists nine books for adults. (SLD)…
(1993). Balancing Quality and Relevance: Selecting Series Biographies for Children about Women and People of Color. MultiCultural Review, v2 n3 p34,36-42 Sep. Discusses how to choose series biographies for children about women and people of color. Guidelines help balance standards for quality with collection demands and available resources. An annotated list reviews 17 different series containing 54 titles. Other sources of reviews are presented. (SLD)…
(1993). Here's Something for Everyone! Teacher's Roundtable. Social Studies and the Young Learner, v6 n1 p22-24 Sep-Oct. Presents two classroom ideas for elementary social studies: (1) a job description and responsibility program and (2) a cross-cultural, folktale-based activity using an award-winning children's book. Includes instructions for implementing the activities, a list of job descriptions, and a chart of African terms and their English meanings. (CFR)…
(1993). Taking Multicultural Math Seriously. Perspectives. Social Studies and the Young Learner, v6 n1 p31-32 Sep-Oct. Asserts that social mathematics, taught with a multicultural focus, provides opportunities to help children learn about cultural pluralism. Includes three class activities that require students to analyze and interpret numerical data about immigration and the ethnic composition of the United States. (CFR)…
(1993). California to American: A Study in Cultural Change. Teaching with Historic Places. Social Education, v57 n6 ps1-12 Oct. Presents a lesson plan on the early settlement of California by Spanish and Mexican colonists. Discusses the physical and cultural changes in the region from Spanish colonial days to modern times. Includes two primary source readings, two maps, and diagrams of a colonial ranch site, now on the National Register of Historic Places. (CFR)…
(1994). Giving Voice to Women in the Basic Writing and Language Minority Classroom. Journal of Basic Writing, v13 n1 p78-90 Spr. Considers how sex discrimination and sexist language have affected educational environments, particularly basic writing and English-as-a-Second-Language instruction. Provides four practical suggestions for college teachers of bilingual and/or bidialectical students to alleviate such attitudes and behaviors. (HB)…
(1993). Fourteen Ninety-Two in the Textbooks: A Critique. Point of View. Social Education, v57 n5 p224-27 Sep. Reports on a study of how the three-way encounter among Europeans, the indigenous Americans, and Africans is presented in six secondary U.S. history textbooks. Describes the evaluation instrument and process used to review the textbook content. Concludes that teachers should use supplementary materials to ensure balance. (CFR)…
(1993). African Literature and Social Science in the Teaching of World Studies. Social Studies, v84 n2 p78-81 Mar-Apr. Contends that teaching world studies requires breaking down cultural barriers. Describes a world studies course in which African literature is used to provide a pluralistic view of encounters between African and European civilizations. Includes descriptions and interpretations of the books used in the course. (CFR)…
(1993). Civil Disorder: Restoring Peace, Hope, and Prosperity to America's College Campuses. Diversity & Division, v2 n4 p8-11 Sum. Campus events of recent years teach that we need to reaffirm ideas of decency, charity, and respect rather than academically fashionable notions of diversity advocated without regard for the rights and feelings of others. Speech and behavior codes are enforcing a hierarchy of campus groups that favors the politically left. (SLD)…
(1999). A Historical Perspective on Gender. English Journal, v88 n3 p29-34 Jan. Traces perspectives on gender and gender discrimination over the last several decades, as they affect schools and English classrooms. Discusses feminism/feminisms, \add women and stir,\ sex differences, resistance and backlash, intersections of identity categories, and multiculturalism. Argues that English teachers can be powerful agents in the continuing struggle for social justice. (SR)…
(2000). Adult Role Models: Needed Voices for Adolescents, Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Race Relations. Urban Review, v32 n1 p67-85 Mar. Examines parents', teachers', and administrators' beliefs about positive race relations and multiculturalism. Interview data indicate that parents and school role models are working to model acceptance of all cultures, and they understand that contacts and interactions with people of all races are necessary to make children better persons, lessening prejudice and biases not suitable in a diversified society. (SM)…
(2004). Public Interest Anthropology: A Boasian Service-Learning Initiative. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, v10 n3 p64-75 Sum. This article describes the theoretical rationale and practice related to two connected anthropology courses at the University of Pennsylvania and University City High School, a predominantly African-American school on Penn's border. The courses are part of Penn's ABCS (academically-based community service) program. Grounded in the Boasian legacy of cultural anthropology, the courses share much in common with the principle of service-learning to "link community service and academic study so that each strengthens the other." It is suggested that anthropology is uniquely relevant to the educative function of community service learning because of the role the concept of culture plays in the development of multiculturally-sensitive citizens…. [PDF] [Direct]