Education Across Cultures

Abstract

Professionals today are being seriously challenged to do a better job of meeting the educational needs of culturally different children. The primary concerns of this challenge are (a) motivation of culturally different children, (b) cultural background and its role in the educational process, (c) programs and instructional materials which are effective in meeting the needs of culturally different children, (d) teacher preparation programs to sensitize inservice teachers and to prepare preservice teachers to do a more effective job in designing educational programs to meet the special needs and abilities of culturally different children, and (e) parent and community involvement to enhance development of children from all ethnic groups.