An overview of the international expansion of advertising agencies based in the United States is presented in the first part of this paper. The various types of strategies used by the agencies in their expansion efforts are discussed along with some of the problems they have faced. The second part of the paper focuses specifically on the expansion of these agencies into Latin America. Data is presented on agency billings from 1960 to 1977 and the volume of billings of American agencies is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advertising, Communication Skills, International Programs, Latin American Culture,...
This 35-item bibliography lists journal articles and books published between 1928 and 1984 on the subject of communication in Latin America. Most of the selections are in English, but a few are in Spanish. The bibliography includes a special section on Chicano communication. (RS)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Latin American Culture, Rhetoric, Speech...
A listing of over 200 films and filmstrips concerning the Spanish-speaking people in the United States is given in this publication. This list includes films and filmstrips on the pre-Columbian civilizations of the American continents, the Spanish conquest and domination, modern Latin America (excluding Brazil), Spanish-speaking minorities in the United States, and the relatively new Third World concept of Latin America. The films are described as being of varying quality and varying...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Films, Filmstrips, Instructional Films, Latin...
This survey of Luso-Brazilian and Latin American Studies which include Brazil and which are currently available in institutions of higher learning in the United States is the fourth survey of its kind undertaken by the Brazilian Embassy and the Brazilian American Cultural Institute. Universities surveyed are listed by state; courses of study are listed with the names of department members in charge. Institution and name indexes conclude the volume. Notice of changes or suggestions concerning...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Language and Area Centers, Latin American Culture, Luso Brazilian...
This manual was prepared for sponsors of Haitian refugees. The manual attempts to describe the background of refugees from Haiti by briefly explaining their history, culture, religion, politics, economics, customs, and habits. (MK)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Background, Economic Factors, Haitians, Latin American Culture, Latin...
THE STUDY OF FOREIGN, PARTICULARLY LATIN AMERICAN, CULTURE IS DISCUSSED. DANGERS OF NATIONAL PROVINCIALISM ARE STRESSED, AND SOME HISTORICAL INSTANCES OF BOTH ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL CURIOSITY ARE GIVEN. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COLONIAL CULTURES DEVELOPED IN THE AMERICAS WOULD BE ONE EFFECTIVE WAY OF INTERESTING STUDENTS IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE "FORUM OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA," VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, History, Latin...
Latin elements or themes made for the North American market have been used in American films, but at the same time these films have been playing in a Latin American market, making it useful to examine how Latin America has been portrayed in these films. The taste for exotic locales and themes is an element that has been present since the beginnings of the American musical theater. Specific Latin influences came around the end of the nineteenth century with the advent of several historically...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Context, Ethnic Stereotypes, Film Criticism, Film Industry, Films, Latin...
The first phase of the Paulo Freire Method for reading instruction in Latin America is a study of the context in which the illiterates live. This helps to determine both common vocabulary and the problem issues around which the processes of reflection could develop. The second phase involves the selection of words from the common vocabulary. Three criteria govern this choice: the words should include the basic sounds of the language; the vocabulary, when organized, should enable the pupil to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Latin American Culture, Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading, Reading Improvement,...
THIS LISTING, ARRANGED BY STATE, GIVES NAMES, LOCATIONS, AND NAMES OF CHAIRMEN AND DIRECTORS OF PROGRAMS AND CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. INCLUDED ALSO IS INFORMATION ON LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES COUNCILS, INTER-UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, AND PROGRAMS AND CENTERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (RW)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, College Programs, Higher Education, Language and Area Centers, Latin...
This paper examines the kinds of visuals that Spanish language textbooks use to legitimize Latino/a culture, noting how different groups are presented and represented by the narratives; how ethnicity, class, gender, age, and sexual inclinations interplay with power relations, and what ideologies weave the textual fabric of foreign language books. It analyzes three introductory college Spanish textbooks: "Que Tal?,""Mosaicos," and "Entrevistas." The paper explores...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Hispanic American Culture, Introductory...
Because of Florida's rapidly growing ethnic populations, public school teachers of music and other disciplines in the humanities and fine arts in Florida must assess and adjust their curricula to include Latin American and Caribbean music and cultures in their programs. This will give curricular representation to a large percentage of Florida's population and will assist in creating cross cultural understanding among students in Florida's schools. This article is a musical cultural profile...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education,...
THIS COLLECTION OF SIX POSITION PAPERS ON LATIN AMERICA WAS PREPARED BY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND GOVERNMENT. EACH WAS ASKED TO WRITE A POSITION PAPER ON WHAT A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, OR A REASONABLY LITERATE ADULT, OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT LATIN AMERICA FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HIS FIELD. THEY WERE TO FOCUS ON THE BASIC IDEAS, THE KEY UNDERSTANDINGS, AND THE MAJOR GENERALIZATIONS. SUPPORTING DETAILS AND EXAMPLES WERE TO...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Anthropology, Area Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Latin American Culture,...
The report contains the substance of the MOBRAL (Movimento Brasileiro de Alfabetizacao)--Interamerican Seminar on Adult Education held in Rio de Janeiro from April 9th to 18th, 1973, for invited representatives from 21 Latin America and Caribbean countries. The object was to make a contribution to the collective task of identifying, defining, and analyzing the concept and experiences in adult education and to show its practical implications. MOBRAL (the Brazilian Literacy Movement) was...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Latin...
SELECTED KEY IDEAS CONTAINED IN THIS BULLETIN ABOUT LATIN AMERICA ARE ORGANIZED AROUND SIX CATEGORIES AND ARE MEANT AS SUGGESTIONS FOR CURRICULUM BUILDING AND EMPHASIS IN A SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS. THE SIX CATEGORIES ARE--(1) THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, (2) HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS, (3) CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND THE FAMILY, (4) CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, (5) CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIES, AND (6) CONTEMPORARY POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS AT BOTH THE ELEMENTARY OR...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Curriculum Development, Economics, Geography, History, Latin American...
This special issue contains the following articles: (1) "Critiquing the Center: Rigoberta Menchu and Enrique Dussel" (Joseph R. Hoff); (2) "Caroline Maria De Jesus: A Testimonial Voice in the Wilderness" (Eva Bueno); (3) "Latin American Women's Voices: La Malinche to Rigoberta Menchu" (Ana Maria Romo de Mease); (4) "China in Borges''The Garden of Forking Paths'" (Bettye S. Walsh); (5) "Julio Cortazar: Political Action and His Last Fiction"...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Humanities, Latin American Culture, Latin American Literature,...
This publication contains learning activities which can be used in secondary social studies classes to teach about African, Latin American, and Western European cultures. The activities, developed by teachers in a summer institute, are self contained. The information provided for each activity includes a focal idea, type of activity, title, teaching suggestions, and student materials. Most of the activities contain a story followed by discussion or decision making questions. For example, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, African Culture, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits, Latin...
This document is a course outline for a 16 week community college course on the Mexican Revolution of 1910, designed to trace the historical development of events leading to the Mexican Revolution, examine the armed struggle of the Revolution, and explore the aftermath of that struggle. Cognitive and affective objectives are included in the outline for each of the instructional units comprising the course. Suggested textbooks and required readings are listed, the method of evaluating students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, History Instruction,...
This document is an outline for a three-week unit of study focusing on religious syncretism in Mexico as part of a community college course in comparative religions or philosophy of religion. While this outline is intended to give information and direction to the instructor wishing to use Mexico as an example of religious syncretism, unit goals and objectives for students are included. The unit is intended to consist primarily of lectures supplemented by sets of 35mm slides specially prepared...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Latin American Culture,...
This essay presents background information and suggests teaching stragegies to aid community and junior college classroom teachers of history and civilization as they develop and implement educational programs on Latin American music. It is based on the premise that Latin American music can best be understood as a reflection of other historical and cultural themes. Emphasis is placed on the music of Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. The document is presented in six chapters. Chapter one introduces...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Cultural Awareness, History Instruction, Latin American Culture,...
This document is a course outline for an introductory community college course designed to progressively increase the student's ability to understand, speak, read, and write Spanish. Additionally, the course is intended to give the student a gradually expanding and deepening knowledge of Mexico, its culture, geography, history, social organization, and literature. Included in this outline are learning goals and activities for the student as well as a listing of the material to be covered in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives,...
This book is an oral history of ten Chicana women ranging in ages from 84 to 24. The collection of interviews reflects how their hard work and determination have significantly changed their lives for the better. The backgrounds of the women vary; some were born in Mexico and moved to the United States. Others were born in the Southwest and later emigrated to the Midwest. They have been witnesses to the great social change that has occurred in the United States over the last 20 years. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Ethnic Groups, Females, Hispanic American Culture, Interviews, Latin American...
The papers delivered at the Sixth Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Conference on International Understanding, held in 1964, state and restate two basic assumptions: a) human resources are the most vital and fundamental element in national development and b) the development of human resources can be brought about only through education. This volume contains the texts of the conference papers, which deal with judging the value of educational aid programs, educational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Exchange Programs, Higher Education,...
Reference materials in the social sciences on the study of Latin America for university students are listed in this guide. The citations are of a general nature; materials dealing with individual countries of Latin America have not been listed. Each citation is organized within major categories, including biography, handbooks and encyclopedias, directories, periodical index, library catalogues, bibliographies, theses and research, manuscripts, periodical and newspaper lists, and selected...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American History, Annotated Bibliographies, Biographies, Directories, Higher...
This second edition contains annotated entries of over 200 print, audiovisual, and computer-based resources dealing with Mexico for instructional use at the K-12 levels. The bibliographic search was designed to be comprehensive, not evaluative. The bibliography is organized into four principal sections: (1) print materials; (2) audiovisual materials; (3) publishers and distributors; and (4) index. Both the print and audiovisual sections are subdivided into seven general topics: (1) general...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries,...
More than 1,100 selected references and source studies are listed in this bibliography, compiled in connection with a research project entitled "The Syntax of Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese." The articles selected formed a part of the "Working Bibliography" and are all considered to be relevant to the analysis of Brazilian Portuguese. Full bibliographical data have been included where available. For the companion documents see FL 002 233. (RL)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bibliographies, Language Research, Latin American Culture, Linguistics, Luso...
This short survey begins with a definition of the Mexican American and some of the questions asked by the general public about his culture and aims. It outlines the history of the United States' involvement with Mexico and explains the experience of the Mexican Americans after the end of the Mexican War in 1848. Their ethnic origins and the rich cultural backgrounds of both Mexico and Spain are described, as well as the Spanish settlement of the Southwest and California. The widespread...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Biculturalism, Civil Rights, Cultural Background, Disadvantaged, Latin American...
This paper describes the lives of some notable women in the history of Chile from the time of the conquistadors to the present. The significant women described in the paper include: (1) Ines de Suarez (accompanied Pedro de Validivia in 1544); (2) Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua (wife of Incan leader Jose Gabriel Tupac Amaru, about 1780); (3) Gabriela Mistral (Nobel laureate poet of the early 20th century); (4) Amanda Labarca Hubertson (women's rights advocate of this century); (5) Matilde Urrutia...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developing Nations, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Latin American...
This paper examines ways that Hispanic culture can be dealt with in Spanish as a foreign language for business. First, rationales for teaching culture are offered, ranging from the abstract observation that knowledge of culture is a required part of a humanistic education, to the more pragmatic need of businesses for representatives who are fluent in language and have an intimate knowledge of culture. Next, the difficulty of defining "culture" and teaching such a broad subject is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Course Objectives,...
Summarized in this report are commission reports, resolutions, and recommendations offered to a 1971 UNESCO conference dealing with education, science, technology, and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The narrative material serves to illuminate the Conference objectives to: (1) review the progress made in education since a 1966 conference relating to education and economic planning, (2) consider the reform and democratization of secondary education, with particular reference to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Reports, Democratic Values, Developing Nations, Educational Development,...
This report summarizes UNESCO's co-operation activities within the framework of the Major Project of Education in the field of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean between May 1991 and March 1993. Regional priorities had been established in Quito (Ecuador) in 1991 to focus on: (1) women as protagonists both in family life and economic development; (2) ethnic groups and their participation in global development while preserving their ethnic and cultural characteristics; and (3)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged,...
"Biblionoticias" is a series of brief bibliographies, usually less than 5 pages each, on Latin American topics. The bibliographies describe materials in English, Spanish, and Portuguese held by the Benson Latin American Collection of the University of Texas at Austin. Selected topics are periodically updated. The titles of numbers 35-67 are: (1) "Mexican American Holidays and Festivities" (Gilda Baeza and Margo Gutierrez); (2) "Brazilian Novels in English...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, College Libraries, Higher Education, Latin American...
Three different theory of mind tasks were conducted with 4- to 8-year-old Quechua peasant children in the Peruvian Andes. The study investigated the ways in which children in preliterate cultures think and the possibility that they think differently than children in literate cultures. The tasks included: (1) a false-belief task, which tested the child's ability to represent another's mistaken belief; (2) an appearance/reality task, which tested the child's ability to represent both an object's...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Differences, American Indians, Beliefs, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation,...
This text, an introduction to the advanced phase of the course, focuses on instruction of the geography and history of Brazil, the development of reading and writing skills, and the expanded use of audiolingual skills in diverse and student-selected situations. Lessons consist of a grammar review topic, a narrative, and a list of new vocabulary. The contents of the units cover: (1) the natural resources, geography, and discovery of Brazil; (2) early days of colonization; (3) formative years;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advanced Programs, Cultural Education, Geography, Grammar, History, Instructional...
The CHEAR conference was designed to promote a regular exchange of ideas and information among educational leaders in the Western Hemisphere. The agenda focused on three issues: interrelationships among education, development and modernization; interactions between government policy and higher education; and needs and institutional responses in the broad area of intellectual, educational and cultural exchange. The essay is a collection of the views expressed and deals with such topics as...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Coordination, Developing Nations, Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Higher...
This document is an outline for a three-week unit on the influence of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 on the art of J. G. Posada and J. C. Orozco. The unit is part of an eighteen week community college course on the Art and History of Mexico. Objectives for both teacher and student are presented. For each section of the unit a detailed outline of lectures, a description of instructional materials, and a description of student activities to be used in aiding students in the attainment of unit...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art Education, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum...
This document represents the second phase of a three-phase project on international education and focuses on the study units which were prepared. It is also intended to serve as a guide to the preparation of materials and ways of developing an international dimension to education. The emphasis of the units is on the application of information as a guide to action. International education offers teachers an opportunity to assist students in the development of a broader repertoire of structuring...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Inservice Teacher Education,...
This manual, prepared for sponsors of Cuban refugees, describes the background of the newest refugees by explaining their history, culture, ethnic diversity, reliqion, customs, and the current Cuban social, political, and economic climate. (Author/MR)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cubans, Cultural Background, Cultural Pluralism, Economic Factors, Hispanic...
This lesson plan was designed for students in Montana schools. The objectives for this culture unit are having: (1) students recognize the similarities between their home stat of Montana and the Mexican state of Chihuahua; (2) students learn about features unique to Chihuahua; and (3) students create an advertising brochure marketing Chihuahua to tourists. There is a list of materials needed for this lesson, as well as an evaluation procedure based upon completion of the brochure. (EH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Culture, Environment, Foreign Countries, Industry, Latin American...
Reported is a study to provide quidelines to member institutions of the consortium as to the composition of viable Latin American studies programs at different levels of institutional size and aspiration. Surveyed are 212 institutions that were members of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. Surveyed are: (1) characteristics of the institutions; (2) levels of degree specialization; (3) differences in course offerings, financial capacity, and commitment; (4) regional differences;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Degrees (Academic), Directories, Higher...
This ERIC Digest considers the present state of teaching about Latin America in elementary and secondary schools in the United States, the need and rationale for Latin American studies, effective approaches to teaching Latin American studies, and resources to supplement textbooks that treat Latin America inadequately. Following an introductory section describing the incomplete or biased portrait of Latin America frequently presented in social studies textbooks and the media, four considerations...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary...
This paper shares the impressions of a participant from the 1996 Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad Program in Mexico. These impressions address several current interest topics about international relations with Mexico including: (1) immigration; (2) politics; (3) education; (4) the economy; (5) the environment; (6) the media; (7) religion; and (8) Chiapas. (EH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Geography, Higher Education, Latin American...
The first half of this pamphlet stresses the value of foreign language learning in general from historical and cultural points of view. The second half indicates the growing importance of Spanish in the economic and cultural spheres as an inducement to student selection of Spanish as a second language. (JH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Opportunities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational Objectives,...
This document contains the laws governing national, private, and state universities in Argentina. The texts of the laws for each sector are contained, covering objectives, general administration, academic organization, students, and finances. (VM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Organization, College Administration, Educational Administration,...
These three self-contained units of study will help community college students learn about the economics, international relations, and politics of Latin America. Each unit can be used independently and contains introductory notes for instructors, student materials, and a bibliography. Students are expected to read and discuss the reading selections provided. The first unit deals with Latin American economic life. Introductory notes for instructors include discussions of four facets of economic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication Problems, Developing Nations, Economics Education, International...
This lesson shows how the Inca communicated across the vast stretches of their mountain realm, the largest empire of the pre-industrial world. The lesson explains how couriers carried messages along mountain-ridge roads, up and down stone steps, and over chasm-spanning footbridges. It states that couriers could pass a message from Quito (Ecuador) to Cuzco (Peru) in 10 days, about the same time as it takes today's postal service to deliver a letter between these two cities. The lesson plan:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ancient History, Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Indigenous Populations,...
There are three main problems in teaching Latin American literature: (1) It is difficult to maintain a regional overview, while, at the same time, including a sense of the literary history of Latin America; (2) It is necessary to teach literature so that the material seems worthwhile in its own right and not only as a complement to other disciplines, especially the social sciences; and (3) It is necessary to demonstrate that a literary work, in itself, has an attractive value. The most...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Cultural Education, Hispanic American Literature, Instructional...
In the first issue of the newsletter, the editor indicates that one of the functions of the newsletter is to be an experimental attempt to mirror the ups and downs of the English language in today's world. This issue includes articles on the role of English in Latin America, Hungary, Indonesia, Denmark, and Cameroon. Other articles deal with the role of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the British Council, and amateur radio in spreading the use of English, and with the potential danger of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Centers, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language...
Self-report instruments developed to assess adherence to gender roles are usually culture bound and applicable only in a particular cultural context. The Kaschak-Sharratt Sex-Role Inventory (KSSRI) was developed as a Spanish-language instrument appropriate for use in a Latin American culture. This study investigated situational demands or context and their effect upon gender roles by administering the KSSRI to 50 male and 50 female Costa Rican university students from three universities....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Androgyny, College Students, Cultural Context, Culture Fair Tests, Foreign Countries,...
This paper describes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of international management in Latin America, as offered in a course for advanced language (Spanish) students majoring in international management at the American Graduate School of International Management (Arizona). One of the goals of the course was to explain the history, traditions, and values of Latin American societies through chosen themes. One of the themes chosen was the search for identity by the Latin American people...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Business Administration Education, Course Content, Cultural Context, Ethnicity,...
The objectives of Project Mexico were to train a group of 15 community college instructors from Southern California in an interdisciplinary approach--integrating ideological, technological, and societal perspectives--to the study of Mexican culture, to produce new curriculum materials for use in community college classroom instruction, and to develop a model for the study of other Latin American countries. After initial orientation and background reading, project participants spent six weeks of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Latin...
