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ERIC Number: EJ365545
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Explaining School Failure, Producing School Success: Two Cases.
Vogt, Lynn A.; And Others
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v18 n4 p276-86 Dec 1987
Specific cultural differences underlie school failure. A program successful in helping one ethnic majority may be incompatible with another minority group. Programs must be made culturally specific for each group. Examples are given of the KEEP program used with Hawaiians and Navajos. (VM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adjustment (to Environment), Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Hawaiians, Instructional Effectiveness, Motivation Techniques, Navajo, Success, Teacher Response
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue on Explaining the School Performance of Minority Students.