Cultural Assimilator for Training Army Personnel in Racial Understanding.

Autor/inn/en	Hart, Roland J.; und weitere
Institution	University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Titel	Cultural Assimilator for Training Army Personnel in Racial Understanding.
Quelle	(1978), (57 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Armed Forces; Attitude Change; Black Culture; Black Stereotypes; Blacks; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Differences; Culture Conflict; Enlisted Personnel; Ethnic Stereotypes; Evaluation; Field Studies; Leadership Training; Methods Research; Military Training; Multicultural Education; Officer Personnel; Racial Attitudes; Racial Discrimination; Racial Relations; Racism; Whites; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Military; Militär; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Black person; Schwarzer; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kultureller Unterschied; Kulturkonflikt; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Evaluierung; Praxisforschung; Führungslehre; Methodenforschung; Militärausbildung; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Rassenfrage; Racial bias; Rassismus; White; Weißer; USA
Abstract	A cultural assimilator was developed to teach white junior officers about black culture in the army. Scenarios involving misunderstandings between blacks and whites in the army were presented, and respondents were asked to identify "correct" reasons for the misunderstandings. In the first of three field tests respondents showed evidence of learning from assimilator training, but cultural sensitivity to black culture on a related measure did not increase, and stereotyping was not reduced. In a second assimilator field test subordinates rated their company commanders as being more effective in race relations when commanders demonstrated greater knowledge of black culture. However, this was true only for white and Hispanic subordinates and not for black subordinates. A third assimilator evaluation and follow-up showed that neither self-reports nor supervisor nor subordinate reports provided evidence that trained personnel were seen as being more effective in race relations than those who received no training. It was concluded that assimilator scenarios may be useful training aids as part of race-relations discussions but are not likely to have a strong favorable impact by themselves. (Author/CSS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC