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Pangeni, Shesha Kanta – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2016
Nepali education culture is dominated by face-to-face tutoring. It has a long history starting from the Gurukul culture to the present formal schooling. Emerging practices of using technology in education have been promoting online learning as a form of distance education and gaining popularity. This paper focuses on digging out the contextual…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Johnston, Robyn; Hearn, Lydia; Cross, Donna; Thomas, Laura T.; Bell, Sharon – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: While parents' influence on their children's smoking behaviour is widely recognised, little is known about parents of four to eight year olds' attitudes and beliefs around smoking cessation and how they communicate with their children about smoking. The purpose of this paper is to explore parents' perceptions of quitting smoking and their…
Descriptors: Smoking, Parent Attitudes, Intervention, Young Children
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Wolosky, Shira – Children's Literature in Education, 2014
The formative power of children's literature is both great and suspicious. As a resource of socialization, the construction and experience of children's literature can be seen as modes of disciplinary coercion such as Michel Foucault has anatomized. "Harry Potter", as a "craze" phenomenon, has attracted particular…
Descriptors: Discipline, Childrens Literature, Self Concept, Socialization
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Scalcione, Vincenzo Nunzio; Bibigul, Almurzayeva; Orynkyl, Shynkeyeva – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Increased interest in research in the field of international education, typical for the most of the world, is largely due to trends of interdependence and mutual influence of nation-states in a period of rapid development of the processes of globalization and integration, including in public life and in education. The current stage of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Training, Documentation, Educational Methods
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Bengtson, Ed; Zepeda, Sally J.; Parylo, Oksana – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
The importance of effective school leadership is well known. The inevitable changing of school leaders raises concerns over the successfulness of the succession process. Directly linked to leader succession is socialization; therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the processes and practices of school systems that control the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Principals, Organizational Theories, Educational Practices
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Rao, Zhenhui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study investigated Chinese students' use of language learning strategies, and then interpreted the data from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, the researcher discovered some common features shared by Chinese students in their use of learning strategies. An in-depth analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers