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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED108496 AUTHOR: Ramirez, Manuel, III; And Others
TITLE: Mexican American Values and Culturally Democratic
Educational Environments. New Approaches to Bilingual
Bicultural Education, No. 2.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
NOTE: 27 p.
AVAILABILITY: Dissemination Center for Bilingual Bicultural
Education, 6504 Tracor Lane, Austin, Texas 78721 ($0.65)
ABSTRACT: This teaching manual is the second in a series
designed for use in bilingual/bicultural programs. This
manual outlines some features of culturally democratic
educational environments and illustrates ways in which the
schools can take positive steps to assure that every child
can preserve pride and loyalty toward the culture
represented by his family and community. Examples are given
of the conflicts that children can experience when schools
undermine cultural loyalties, and their consequences, e.g.,
tensions between parents and children; alienation of
children from the school, teachers, and peer groups; and
antagonism between school and community. In spite of the
diversity in values, there are recurrent themes in what is
taken seriously and emphasized in most Mexican American
communities. These fall into the categories of
identification with family, community, and ethnic group;
personalization of interpersonal relationships; status and
role definition in family and community; and Mexican
Catholic ideology. The manual examines these value areas in
detail, and offers a 10-point set of guidelines suggesting
ways to create educational environments in which Mexican
American values are afforded dignity and respect.
(Author/AM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Bilingualism-; Bilingual-Students;
Bilingual-Teachers; Cultural-Pluralism; Culture-Conflict;
Democratic-Values; Educational-Planning; Ethnic-Groups;
Minority-Groups; Sociocultural-Patterns; Teaching-Guides
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Biculturalism-; *Bilingual-Education;
*Cultural-Differences; *Mexican-Americans; *Social-Values
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