|
|
Article: Beyond research on cultural minorities: challenges and implications of research as situated cultural practice.(Report)
- Article from:
- Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Council for Exceptional Children. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Researchers have conducted studies on cultural minorities as a means to produce knowledge that can be used to serve the educational and psychological needs of our increasingly multicultural society. Although this is an important strategy to produce research knowledge that is responsive to heterogeneous populations, it falls short on several key theoretical grounds. Thus, this article examines theoretically the cultural nature of research. We pursue this goal by developing two arguments; namely, we highlight the theoretical and methodological limits of the traditional practice of research on cultural minority groups and outline the idea of research as situated cultural ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Survey: companies make cultural strides.(news ...
Industrial Safety & Hygiene News;
September 1, 2008 ;
700+ words
... ... pleased with the 2008 report and the survey results, in particular, because they reinforce the growing focus of safety as a cultural practice in companies around the world," said Mark P. Vergnano, group vice president, DuPont Safety & Protection ...
|
|