NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)1
Since 2006 (last 20 years)2
Audience
Researchers1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 21 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Buren, Molly K.; Maggin, Daniel M.; Brown, Christerralyn – Exceptionality, 2020
18 qualitative investigations of families of children with disabilities from nondominant communities and their perspectives on home-school partnerships were included in this meta-synthesis. Included studies used a qualitative research design to examine the perspectives of families of children with disabilities from nondominant communities in…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Experience, Minority Groups, Special Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McMahon, Patrick – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
Higher institutions in the United Kingdom (UK) have responded enthusiastically to two prime ministers' "Initiatives for International Education" to promote Britain as a destination for overseas students and international fees from Chinese students now play an important role in the funding of the UK university sector. Yet it is not clear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Colleges, Cognitive Style, Foreign Students
Carbaugh, Donal – 1982
After defining and describing communication from a cultural perspective, this paper then proposes two areas--shared meaning and shared identity--as being relevant in and rich for communication inquiry. The paper addresses these two areas by (1) specifying assumptions for a cultural perspective on communication, (2) defining culture as a…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context
Christie, Vickie – 1988
The importance in Japan of group identity, the Japanese approach to decision making, and the way in which the Japanese avoid conflict and build consensus when making a decision are characteristics of Japanese interactions that are critical for Americans to understand in order to communicate successfully with the Japanese. Those who would be…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences, Decision Making
Milford, Patricia – 1980
Understanding how laughter communicates helps to explain how individuals respond to laughter in intercultural situations. There are three manifestations of laughter: reflex responses to particular physical stimuli; automatic reactions to informative stimuli that can be intentionally controlled; and symbols encoded with semantic meanings…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Humor, Individual Differences
Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1988
One of the most important differences between American and Japanese cultures is the difference in group interaction. The Japanese have been described as group-oriented and Americans as individualistic. In Japan, groups are hierarchical and usually make decisions by consensus. Japanese groups play an important role in the lives of their members,…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Crago, Martha B.; Eriks-Brophy, Alice; Pesco, Diane; McAlpine, Lynne – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1997
Identifies a number of ways that teachers and students can misunderstand and confuse each other with their language-based communications in the classroom. Cultural variations in the formats for teacher-led lessons and child-generated personal experience narratives are described, using research findings from Canadian Inuit and Algonquin…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Forman, Ellice A.; McCormick, Dawn E. – Remedial and Special Education, 1995
This paper reviews how sociocultural theory conceptualizes teaching and learning, fundamental constructs of the theory and methodology, and basic guidelines for discourse analysis. It applies these concepts to three research areas: the social construction of disability, contingent instruction between adults and learners, and miscommunication…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Daniels, Judy; D'Andrea, Michael; Kim, Bryan Soo Kyung – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1999
Examines conflicts and communication problems that can occur in cross-cultural supervisory relationships when cultural issues are not addressed. Recommendations for cross-cultural supervision are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Problems, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences
Rankis, Olaf E.; Beebe, Steven A. – 1982
The high attrition rate among North American expatriate executives has become a significant problem for firms doing business in foreign countries. A review of the literature reveals a number of factors contributing to attrition, including culture shock, family problems, managerial style and practice differences, insensitivity to host cultures, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Nishiyama, Kazuo – 1981
Images that nations have of each other become barriers to effective intercultural communication if they are overgeneralized, oversimplified, or unfairly exaggerated. The communication difficulties between Japan and the United States, for example, exemplify how images negatively influence the political and economic relations between two countries.…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Problems, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Schwab, William – 1980
Examples of cross cultural misunderstandings are examined in this paper to show how cultural (contextual) meaning must be regarded as an integral feature of the overall semantic meaning of an utterance. The examples, taken from the Filipino dialect Tagalog, illustrate how ignorance of the cultural assumptions and attitudes associated with an…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Communication Problems, Context Clues, Cultural Context
Li, Mingsheng – 1999
It has been widely acknowledged in language acquisition research that cultural learning is an inseparable part of language learning. However, insufficient attention has been paid to the culture of classroom learning which involves both teachers' and learners' cultural values, beliefs, roles, expectations, and conceptions of teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Cultural Differences
Tsukahira, Rita J. – 1981
Sojourners, people who stay for a period of time in countries of which they are not natives, sometimes may encounter communication situations for which they are not prepared. A program seems necessary whereby people living in nonfamiliar cultures can learn to interpret cultural idiosyncrasies inherent in communication patterns and to function as…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
Miyamura, Candace P. – 1979
Cultures differ in rules that govern communicative behavior, and these differences can cause teacher/student miscommunication in the classroom and can also interfere with the academic performance of minority group children. These differences can be overcome, however, by knowledgeable teachers who endeavor to build and expand the communicative…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Black Dialects, Communication Problems, Communication Skills
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2