Download or read book Looking for America Promising school based practices in intergroup relations written by Delia Pompa and published by National Coalition of Advocates. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents results from a National Coalition of Advocates for Students' (NCAS) study (Looking for America) of intergroup relations between immigrant and U.S. born students in public schools and the organization's collaboration with selected schools to improve those relationships. The report reveals school practices designed to improve intergroup relations, presents evidence of strategic planning and deliberate interventions that foster improvements in intergroup relationships between students through on-site implementation in seven schools across the country, and documents the knowledge gleaned from the intervention sites. Profiles of 16 school programs are described, and the characteristics of what is required for these types of programs to work are listed. The profiles reveal the extent of the student diversity within these schools as well as the diversity of the actions taken to meld the groups into a harmonious whole. Their experience reveals that respect for one another can be taught and that steps can be taken to broaden students' understanding that the world is wider than political and cultural boundaries allow. Appendixes contain the research methodology and criteria for including a particular school in the research, a list of resources, and information on the NCAS. (Contains 19 references.) (CM)

Download or read book Improving Intergroup Relations written by Walter G. Stephan and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-07-27 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended both as supplementary reading for courses and as a practical guidebook for individuals and programs interested in reducing prejudice and improving intergroup relations. It provides the only comprehensive review and compilation of techniques of improving intergroup relations. There's a huge amount of literature on the causes and nature of prejudice, reflecting great interest in the topic, but the literature on prejudice reduction is more scattered, spread across a range of theoretical and applied sources. This book brings these literatures together with an emphasis on helping to elucidate what works and why.

Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Looking for America Seven schools experimenting with intergroup relations written by Delia Pompa and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992, the National Coalition of Advocates for Students received a grant to support a national project to examine social relationships between immigrant students and children of established residents. This book documents activities from the Looking for America project at seven diverse U.S. public schools and offers conclusions and recommendations to guide those undertaking similar efforts in other schools. The experiences of these 7 urban schools (4 high schools, 1 elementary school, and 2 middle schools), opinions of their students, and responses of 182 staff members were used to distill the following action steps for change: (1) create a climate for change; (2) establish an intergroup relations team; (3) develop a school profile; (4) make an inventory of resources; (5) involve the community; and (6) make a plan. Case studies of each of the project schools explore the intergroup relations activities in each. Four appendixes discuss study methodology and intergroup relations, describe 12 resource organizations, and describe the National Coalition of Advocates for Students. (SLD)

Download or read book Delivering on the Promise written by and published by Coalition. This book was released on 1994 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report highlights selected schools and their collaborative efforts in pulling educators, families, and communities together to support a particular school's success and the well-being of its immigrant students. The report documents promising practices, but also places these efforts in broader contexts, both practical and theoretical. These practices illustrate how immigrant student issues are inseparable from broader and deeper issues of innovation and reform in public school education. Specific areas that these programs address are the following: creative approaches to classroom learning; helping students to take charge of their own learning; innovative actions that make schools more inclusive; efforts that link learning with strong home, school, and community ties; and new ways of educating educators and conducting professional development that respond to the need for educating for a diverse world. The final section examines two primary themes found in these practices: starting with the learner and using schools as strategic sites for collaboration and change. Appendixes contain research methodology, a glossary of terms, information on the National Coalition of Advocates for Students, a list of educational entitlements for all children, and a list of selected readings by subject area. (CM)

Download or read book The Ford Foundation Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Asian Americans and Politics written by Gordon H. Chang and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first to take a broad-ranging look at the engagement of Asian Americans with American politics. Its contributors come from a variety of disciplines—history, political science, sociology, and urban studies—and from the practical political realm.

Download or read book New Voices written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intergroup Education in Public Schools written by American Council on Education. Intergroup Education in Cooperating Schools and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elementary Curriculum in Intergroup Relations written by American Council on Education. Intergroup Education in Cooperating Schools and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Promising Practices in Intergroup Education written by Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Promising Practices in Intergroup Education written by Laurentine B. Collins and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Intergroup Relations in the United States written by Allison Smith and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cultivating Health written by Aurora Camacho de Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 20 percent of all migrant farmworkers are adolescents, and as many as half of these may be unaccompanied by their families. These youth clearly have special health and educational needs that require commitment from social institutions and agencies. In June 1991, a conference held in Delray Beach, Florida by the National Coalition of Advocates for Students on health issues affecting adolescent farmworkers was attended by educators and health workers who serve migrant youth, local and national farmworker advocates, and adolescent farmworkers. Participants assessed health needs, identified barriers to addressing those needs, developed priorities, and drafted recommendations. This report presents highlights of the conference, supplemented by interview data collected from service providers and adolescent farmworkers. Conference findings and related interview excerpts are organized around five major areas of concern: (1) substance abuse (drinking and drug use); (2) sexuality (sex education, teenage pregnancy, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, risk factors related to HIV infection, barriers to HIV prevention, and positive programs and practices); (3) mental health (psychosocial stress, family problems, generation gap and cultural gap between parents and teenagers, domestic violence, school attitudes, and dropping out); (4) physical health (nutrition, dental health, and access to health care); and (5) occupational health and safety (child labor, housing, sexual harassment, field sanitation, and pesticides). Extensive recommendations are offered to health care programs, community-based youth programs, local and state education agencies, and national advocacy organizations. Appendices list relevant publications, conference participants, and health service providers interviewed, and detail the size and composition of the U.S. farm labor force. (SV)

Download or read book Improving Intergroup Relations Among Youth written by Forum on Adolescence and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-01-15 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 9-10, 1998, the Forum on Adolescence of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, a cross-cutting initiative of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, convened a workshop entitled Research to Improve Intergroup Relations Among Youth. Held at the request of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, this workshop considered selected findings of 16 research projects that have focused on intergroup relations among children and adolescents; all 16 received funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York for their work on this issue. The funding of these projects was part of a larger research initiative supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York that sought to update and expand the knowledge, sources, and dynamics of racial and ethnic prejudice among youth, identifying approaches to foster intergroup understanding. Improving Intergroup Relations Among Youth is the summary of the workshop, which provided an opportunity to learn about the work and preliminary findings of the 16 projects. This report reviews the knowledge base regarding the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote peaceful, respectful relations among youth of different ethnic groups.

Download or read book Improving Intergroup Relations Among Youth written by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the discussions at a workshop convened by the Forum on Adolescence of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families. The goal of the workshop was to provide an opportunity to learn about the work and preliminary findings of 16 projects and to review the knowledge base on the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote peaceful, respectful relations among youth of different ethnic groups. The report summarizes presentations at the workshop, reflecting the views and statements of those attending. Topics are grouped into these chapters: (1) "Improving Intergroup Relations among Youth"; (2) "This Rich and Growing Diversity"; (3) "The Meaning of Positive Intergroup Relations"; (4) "Youth and Identity Formation"; (5) "Schools and Their Influence"; (6) "The Power of Teachers"; (7) "Curricula as Tools"; (8) "School-Based Extracurricular Activities"; (9) "Peer Influence"; (10) "At Home: Parents and Their Influence"; (11) "In the Community"; (12) "The Role of Media and Technology"; and (13) "Toward a New Research Agenda: The Challenges." Two appendixes contain project descriptions and the workshop agenda. (Contains 25 references.) (SLD)