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Liu, Mengting; Chen, Xinyin; Fu, Rui; Li, Dan; Liu, Junsheng – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The primary purpose of the present study was to examine the contributions of social, academic, and psychological characteristics of peer groups to individual development in the same and different domains in Chinese children. Participants included 1,864 elementary school students (945 boys, M[subscript age] = 11 years) in China. One-year…
Descriptors: Social Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Psychological Characteristics, Foreign Countries
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Huang, Zhongjing; Shang, Kaiyue; Zhang, Jing – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2023
The mindset is a crucial factor influencing the behavior of individuals. This study aims to evaluate the growth mindset of 10- and 15-year-old adolescents and the relationship between their mindsets and social and emotional skills from the viewpoints of students, parents, and teachers, using OECD's SSES 2019 data from Suzhou City. The research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence
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Casinader, Niranjan – Intercultural Education, 2018
In school education, one of the few visible responses to increasing globalisation of educational practice has been the implementation of short-term experiential overseas student learning programmes. This paper analyses the results of a comparative research project on three Australian schools that offer such learning experiences. It argues that…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Study Abroad
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Li, Mei-Hua – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this article, the author describes the opportunities she had for putting her cultural and language skills to use. She shares her experiences at the Asian Voices of Organized Youth for Community Empowerment (A-VOYCE) program and at the Participatory Chinatown project. The author never thought that learning about her identity and using what she…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Multilingualism, Language Skills, Immigrants
Yang, Hsiao-Hui – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: Teenagers experience wars not only in the actual war zones but also in the home, school, and street fronts. Sometimes they are the innocent victims of bullying. Often confused, they do not know how to survive in bullying situations. Adults such as movie makers and educators have taken on the responsibility of helping teenagers. The…
Descriptors: Non Western Civilization, Military Training, Physical Activities, Adolescents
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Chen, Xinyin; Chen, Huichang; Kaspar, Violet – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Examined the relevancy of group social functioning to individual social, academic, and psychological adjustment in China. Found that social functioning--including sociability, aggression, and shyness-inhibition--of group peers had unique contributions to individual social and school adjustment and adjustment problems, and that contributions of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries
Lo, Leslie N. K; Wang, Fang – Online Submission, 2006
In Chinese societies, moral education has always been considered the most essential component of education because the nurturing of moral persons is the prime function of schooling. The implementation of moral education has relied on the inculcation of values that reflect moral ideals. The emergence of the Information Age, with a plethora of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Nonformal Education, Ethical Instruction