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Download full textAfrican-American Inst., New York, NY. School Services Div. – 1976
This module contains two African folk tales about death, two descriptions of African funerals, a lesson plan with 11 questions exploring the finality of and customs surrounding death, and a bibliography of five books which deal with African religious beliefs. The folk tales present concepts of death and immortality of the soul. The descriptions of…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Attitudes, Black Studies
Tramonte, Michael R. – 1996
School psychologists need to employ a multicultural perspective in the areas of death, dying, and bereavement. To develop multicultural sensitivity and competency requires setting aside one's personal beliefs in an attempt to adopt another's perspective. Consequently, school psychologists first need to explore their own attitudes about death and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Bereavement, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Pluralism
Schroder, Sherrie Brownstein – 1986
The twentieth century has been an era of rapid, world-wide industrialization. Very little is known about the psychological impact of this process, and traditional assessment methods which universalize Western values are largely inappropriate. A prime example of universalizing Western characteristics is Inkeles' and Smith's popular Modernity Scales…
Descriptors: Biographies, Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
