Alfonso G. Prieto

Cultural Pluralism. Implications for Teacher Education.

the impact of cultural pluralism on teacher is an interesting yet task, given the state of the art. address this issue systematically, it is imperative that we attempt to establish some common definitions for some of the terminology. The first term that defining is culture. Granted, there are many definitions of culture; however, Aragon’s (1 ~~ ~ definition appears to be extremely useful for our purposes. He contends that the concept t

Teaching Competencies for Bilingual/ Multicultural Exceptional Children

reflect the depressed educational! status of minority children. These include disproportionate numbers of special education placements (Mercer, 1973), high numbers of dropouts (U.S. Committee on Civil Rights, 1974), quality and quantity of teacher-child interaction (U.S. Committee on Civil Rights, 1974), and lowered academic achievement (Samuda, 1975). As with any social-scientific controversy with

Issues in Bilingual/Multicultural Special Education.

Abstract Minority group children are over-represented in special education classes in comparison to their percentage of the total population. It is apparent that for this group, the goal of receiving an equal and appropriate education may not be achieved because programs for many bilingual/multicultural exceptional children are inadequate and underdeveloped. Furthermore, there do not exist trained personnel capable of dealing with the diverse educational needs of this group.

Cognitive Restructuring with Behavior Disordered Children.

This study examines the application of psychological reactance with three behaviorally disordered children. The target behaviors were verbal outbursts, yelling out and failure to do math problems. In each case baseline data were collected and an illogical verbal stimulus was then introduced to the subject. The verbal stimulus consisted of an illogical explanation of the cause of the behavior. These illogical explanations included for Subject 1, attribution of behavior to the way his hair was parted; for Subject 2, to the fact that he had freckles; and for Subject 3, that he was not strong enough to hold a pencil. After the introduction of the stimulus, the frequency of Subject ls verbal outbursts and Subject 2syelling out decreased markedly while Subject 3s completion of math problems increased significantly. The use of this particular technique suggests that some cognitive restructuring may have taken place with each subject.

American education‐the image in the mirror

Solon T. Kimball. Culture and the Educative Process: An Anthropological Perspective. New York: Teachers College Press, 1974. x + 285 pp.

Teacher Perception of Race as a Factor in the Placement of Behaviorally Disordered Children.

10.00 (cloth). George D. Spindler, ed. Education and Cultural Process: Toward an Anthropology of Education. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. xii + 559 pp. Tables, figures, appendixes and indexes.

Perceptions of height and self-esteem.

6.95 (paper).