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Cultural Diversity and Team Performance: Testing for Social Loafing Effects

Description: The concept of social loafing is important with regard to organizational effectiveness particularly as organizations are relying on teams as a means to drive productivity. The composition of those teams is likely to reflect the current movement of racial and ethnic minorities in the work place. The primary purpose of this research was to determine the role cultural diversity plays in enhancing performance and thereby eliminating social loafing. The research study is significant because 1) it is… more
Date: May 1997
Creator: Heller, Deanna M. (Deanna Marcell)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Beliefs and Expectations of Effective Secondary Choral Teachers in Culturally Diverse Schools

Description: Through the years, educational theorists and researchers have been interested in a possible relationship between teachers' effectiveness and their beliefs and expectations. Three concepts underpinned this work: teacher effectiveness, cultural diversity, and teachers' beliefs and expectations. The premise of the study was that the beliefs and expectations of effective secondary choral teachers are related to the social-cultural contexts in which they teach. The study implemented critical discour… more
Date: May 2013
Creator: Spradley, Mackie V.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 2, Number 2, 2004

Description: Tunza is a magazine published by the UN Environment Programme about environmental issues from a youth perspective. This issue is about cultural diversity and indigenous peoples, and their traditional lands and lifestyles, which can benefit global society through the production of natural medicines and other products.
Date: 2004
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[The Sixth Annual Hispanic Conference: Rethinking Social Issues]

Description: A program for the Sixth Annual Hispanic Conference titled, Rethinking Social Issues: A Creative Hispanic Perspective, that was held at the University of North Texas in the Silver Eagle Suite of the University Union building on Friday, September 29, 1995. The conference was presented by Hispanic Friends, an organization part of the university.
Date: September 29, 1995
Creator: Hispanic Friends
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Flyer: Where do your roots begin?]

Description: A flyer for information on the previous names of the Multicultural Center "Where do your roots begin," held by UNT Special Collections. The flyer is white with a green tree outline drawn in the background. The leaves section contains five different photos. From left to right at the top they are titled: Interfaith, Gender. Under those two the three photos are titled: Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Disability. At the bottom near the roots of the tree is an illustration of students from diffe… more
Date: August 21, 2012
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[African-American Awareness Month flyer]

Description: An African-American Awareness Month flyer that is sponsored by The Center for Cultural Diversity, at the University of North Texas, February 1996. The illustration on the calendar of events depicts a man peeling off a layer of skin that portrays black people in a racist and stereotypical fashion, known as the minstrel style.
Date: February 1996
Creator: Center for Cultural Diversity
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Centralized Higher Education System in Turkey and the National Music Teacher Training Program Since 1998: An Analysis.

Description: The purpose was to analyze Turkey's current music teacher training curriculum as situated in the centralized educational system, focusing on the extent to which the written document (1) reflects the core elements of the overall centralized educational system; (2) prescribes the nature of teaching materials and methods, assessment tools and other forms of evaluating and monitoring performance as teachers and musicians; and (3) acknowledges cultural diversity by addressing repertoire, musical act… more
Date: August 2006
Creator: Karakelle, Sibel
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Candlelight Service]

Description: Program for the Twelfth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Candlelight Service presented by Center for Cultural Diversity, at the University of North Texas, 1996. The front of the program has an illustated portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date: January 16, 1996
Creator: Center for Cultural Diversity
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Black-White]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 27, 1995, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Center for Cultural Diversity gets new name, management]

Description: Newspaper clipping, "Center for Cultural Diversity gets new name, management," by Sarah Broom for the North Texas Daily, published Wednesday, September 8, 1999. The article is in regards to North Texas Center for Cultural Diversity getting a new name, office location and new management - The Student Ethnic Enrichment Center.
Date: September 8, 1999
Creator: Broom, Sarah
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Native American Heritage Month to feature films, lectures, music]

Description: Newspaper clipping, "Native American Heritage Month to feature films, lectures, music," by Richard Guerrero for the North Texas Daily, published Tuesday, November 10, 1998. The article is in regards to North Texas Center for Cultural Diversity working with TWU on a Native American series that will include lectures, film and music for Native American Heritage Month.
Date: November 10, 1998
Creator: Guerrero, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Women discuss roles in cultures]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring article, "Women discuss roles in cultures," by Alicia Miller for the North Texas Daily published Tuesday, November 19, 1996. The article is in regards to women's roles as well as discussing women's equal pay and equal opportunities.
Date: November 19, 1996
Creator: Miller, Alicia
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Perceptions about Student Diversity and Equity in Early Childhood Science Education: A Teacher Preparation Study

Description: Using a mixed-methods approach, the current study examined the relationship between early childhood preservice teachers' cultural awareness and their self-efficacy in equitable science education. It further aimed to determine if the relationship between these two constructs was moderated by their race/ethnicity or the number of languages they speak. Finally, it sought to identify preservice teachers' understanding of equity in science education, as well as how they planned to incorporate the eq… more
Date: May 2018
Creator: Lee, Eun Young
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Jackson]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 20, 1993, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 39 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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