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Crawford, Alan N. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Concludes that the PDIL (the Spanish version of the Test of Early Language Development) should be used with caution. Since its reliability and validity were determined with the English language version, the method used to translate test items may have some ambiguities, and some illustrations on picture cards may not be culturally appropriate for…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Language Skills, Oral Language
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Carballo, Emmanuel – Babel: International Journal of Translation, 1980
Describes the role and socioeconomic status of translators in the Latin American countries. Blames the poor quality of translations on inadequate compensation based on the piecework system. It also advocates translators' unionization as a first step to obtain higher salaries and contracts covering all benefits guaranteed to workers under labor…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpreters, Labor Legislation
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Bevilacqua, Anunciacion Mazzella de – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1985
Deals with incorporating community skills into the field of education using a non-formal educational framework and active participation by young people and families. (NH)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Involvement
Bruera, Ricardo – 1982
From a spiritualistic point of view, this discussion offers a vision of education for the 1980s focusing on the restoration of formal teaching and the revaluation of the school. Emphasis is given to exploration of relationships between personal autonomy, intelligence, teaching, learning, and an epistemologically based curriculum. It is argued that…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Epistemology
Desheriev, Yunus – Yelmo, 1979
Outlines the influence of the scientific-technical revolution on the development of sociolinguistics in the world. (NCR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Diachronic Linguistics, Illiteracy, Linguistic Theory
Cohen, Ruth; Chetley, Andrew – 1994
This Spanish-language publication reflects the philosophy and support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation for early childhood care and development. It highlights different approaches to early childhood care and development and explains why the foundation believes that investing in early childhood is one of the best ways of building a brighter,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Welfare, Community Involvement
Valle, Victor M. – 1982
Textbooks and other printed materials will be ever present, in the foreseeable future, as major aids for teaching and learning processes. New textbooks imply new guidelines for teachers, and the ways to handle such guidelines demand teacher training. This paper explains some links between inservice teacher training programs and the development of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Forbes, Robert J., Ed. – 1976
The oral testimony presented in this document was designed to supplement materials, strategies, and recommendations contained in "Guidelines for the Development of a Program in Puerto Rican and Cuban Ethnic Heritage Studies at the Post-Secondary Level" (Curry College, 1976). Part 1, "The Hispanic Media," consists of interviews…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Organizations, Higher Education, Hispanic American Culture
Estudios sobre Educacion, 2003
This journal, which provides abstracts of its articles primarily in Spanish and a couple in English, contains studies (estudios) and notes (notas), as well as relevant book reviews (recensiones). Studies in this issue (No. 4, 2003) are: "Estrategias de Ensenanza para la Educacion Civica y Ciudadana en el Siglo XXI" (Teaching Strategies…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, Educational Research