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Kuttybayev Shokankhan; Kassym Balkiya; Issayeva Zhazira Isayevna; Koblanova Aiman; Moldagali Bakytgul – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
This comparative study looks into the image of the wolf in Genghis Aitmatov's "Plakha" and Jack London's "White Fang." For this purpose, first, the concept of the wolf in fiction is discussed, and the representation of wolves in these two texts is analyzed. This study explores the relationship between wolves and human beings as…
Descriptors: Novels, Imagery, Animals, Fiction
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Tze, Virginia M. C.; Li, Johnson C.-H.; Daniels, Lia M. – Research Papers in Education, 2022
Although previous research showed that discrete social-emotional skills such as empathy, motivation, and social relationships in school significantly predict achievement, students tend to use various social-emotional skills in combination. As such previous investigations cannot comment on how different combinations or profiles of students'…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Empathy, Prediction, Academic Achievement
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Lee, Sunghee; McClain, Colleen; Behr, Dorothée; Meitinger, Katharina – Field Methods, 2020
Self-rated health (SRH) and subjective life expectancy (SLE) are widely used for understanding health and predicting mortality. However, what these items measure remains unclear, due to the lack of conceptual frameworks. We administered a web survey across the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, and Mexico. The questionnaire included SRH…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Self Evaluation (Individuals), Prediction, Mortality Rate
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Driskill, Trish; Rankin, Robert – Accounting Education, 2020
As China advances, attitudes about ethical reasoning will continue to evolve from norms rooted in Confucianism, guanxi, and collectivism toward attitudes consistent with developed countries. With the lack of understanding of reasoning in China, business executives, professors, and students from developed countries rely on their society's cultural…
Descriptors: Ethics, Confucianism, Collectivism, Asian Culture
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Simendinger, Earl; El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra; Crawford, John; Thomason, Stephanie; Reynet, Philippe; Kjellander, Björn; Edwards, Judson – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: Determining the attributes of effective business teachers is critical to schools as they strive to attract and retain students, assure learning, obtain and maintain reputation and accreditations, and place their alumni in the competitive job market. The purpose of this paper is to examine students and faculty perceptions of teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Business Schools, Foreign Countries, Teacher Characteristics
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Kim, Taeyeon; Reichmuth, Heather L. – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Departing from the view that learning is a linear progression, we argue that through the lens of cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and cultural logic, teacher learning research can be advanced. Applying these two constructs to a collaborative autoethnography of two emerging scholars' transnational teaching and learning experiences in the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, College Faculty
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Ogden-Barnes, Stephen; Menzies, Jane L. – Higher Education Review, 2016
We focus on cross-cultural team effectiveness for MBA students involved in an immersion program, examining the development of knowledge about cultural traits, the challenges associated with teamwork, and factors that promote or hinder team performance, based on qualitative results of a survey of 20 students who participated in the program. Key…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Ethnocentrism, Immersion Programs, Graduate Students
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Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies