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Mehmet H. Tuna – Religious Education, 2024
In Islamic religious education (IRE), as well as in the context of pedagogical and theological Islamic Studies at universities, Muslim educators, teachers, and learners in Germany and Austria encounter each other in a cultural, religious, theological, and ideological plurality. However, the existing intra-Muslim plurality is often neglected and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Religious Education, Islam
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Özbek, Müge; Bohn, Annette; Berntsen, Dorthe – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2020
We have limited knowledge as to whether the phenomenological differences between episodic memories, counterfactuals, and future projections show the same pattern across age groups and diverse samples. Here we compared the characteristics of these mental events, reported by younger and older participants in a Turkish (Study 1) and in an American…
Descriptors: Memory, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Emotional Response
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Kaitlin M. Jackson – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2023
This article looks past the gifted classics of children's literature to explore the incredible opportunity that is missed all too often: an opportunity to intentionally choose books in which diversity is not the point but showcase much-needed representation. Drawing on the concepts of mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors this article explores…
Descriptors: Diversity, Illustrations, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups
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Bresciani Ludvik, Marilee – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2019
Achievement gaps still remain even though many institutions have invested in efforts to close them. Some institutions have benefited from the use of data analytics, yet may be unaware of whether they are reinforcing institutional and social behavior that may be increasing or maintaining achievement gaps. Focusing efforts on cultivating learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Career Readiness, Job Skills, Student Characteristics
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DePasquale, Carrie E.; Gunnar, Megan R. – Future of Children, 2020
Parental sensitivity and nurturance are important mechanisms for establishing biological, emotional, and social functioning in childhood. Sensitive, nurturing care is most critical during the first three years of life, when attachment relationships form and parental care shapes foundational neural and physiological systems, with lifelong…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Child Development, Attachment Behavior
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Kulas, John T.; Thompson, Richard C.; Anderson, Michael G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
The California Psychological Inventory's Dominance scale was investigated for inconsistencies in item-trait associations across four samples (one American normative and three culturally dissociated manager groupings). The Kim, Cohen, and Park procedure was used, enabling simultaneous multigroup comparison in addition to the traditional…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals), Correlation, Prediction
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Hijazi, Alaa M.; Tavakoli, Shedeh; Slavin-Spenny, Olga M.; Lumley, Mark A. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2011
Acculturative stress is a common experience for international students and is associated with psychological and physical problems. In a previous study (Tavakoli "et al. Journal of Counseling Psychology 56":590-596, "2009"), the authors reported that two stress reduction interventions--expressive writing (EW) and assertiveness training (AT)--had…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Females, Assertiveness, Cultural Differences
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Walker-Dalhouse, Doris; Risko, Victoria J. – Reading Teacher, 2009
The department editors, joined by classroom teachers from Wisconsin and reading specialists from Tennessee, examine across geographical and school boundaries the current practices of teachers who are initiating Response to Intervention (RTI) instruction. They address three goals of RTI that focus on providing systematic instruction of student…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Speech Communication, Student Evaluation, Reading Consultants
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Russell, Jean; Thomson, Garry; Rosenthal, Doreen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
A large sample of international students attending an Australian metropolitan university provided data concerning use of university health and counselling services--their perceived need for help, resultant help-seeking, satisfaction with help given, explanations for not seeking help when in need, and variables that predicted help-seeking. Using as…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Cultural Background, Health Services
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Zhao, Guoping – Teaching Education, 2007
This paper critically examines contemporary American classroom discourses and tries to understand the effects of the larger social and cultural meanings that have penetrated the discourses. The central question of this article is why the seemingly justified, admirable, and inspiring ideas of child-centeredness and democratic education often result…
Descriptors: Democracy, Outcomes of Education, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis
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Tesch-Romer, Clemens; Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas; Tomasik, Martin J. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
These analyses explore the relationship between gender inequality and subjective well-being. The hypothesis was tested as to whether societal gender inequality is related to the size of gender differences in subjective well-being in various societies. Results come from comparative data sets (World Values Survey, involving 57 countries; OASIS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Well Being, Cross Cultural Studies
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Marangos, John; Alley, Sean – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of concept maps as a teaching and learning tool in university level Principles of Microeconomics courses in Australia and USA. Concept mapping was incorporated in the teaching material in both courses at different countries and, at the end of the semester, the students completed a survey regarding the use,…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Microeconomics, Maps, Instructional Materials
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Jung, Jaehee; Forbes, Gordon B. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2007
Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating were compared across groups of college women from China (n = 109), South Korea (n = 137), and the United States (n = 102). Based on cultural differences in the amount of exposure to Western appearance standards, particularly the thin-body ideal, sociocultural theory (Thompson, Heinberg, Altabe, &…
Descriptors: Feminism, Females, Eating Disorders, Cultural Differences
Guild, Pat – School Administrator, 1994
Researchers and practitioners agree that learning styles stem from a nature/nurture combination; students of all styles can be successful learners; students are more successful when using their style strengths; and diverse teaching styles are essential. This article discusses implementation issues, cultural factors, alternative teaching styles,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Individual Differences
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Mascolo, Michael F.; Misra, Girishwar; Rapisardi, Christopher – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2004
A comparison involving individuals in urban areas of India and the United States reveals both individual and relational concepts of self in each sample. However, cultural differences arose in specific ways in which individual and relational concepts are constructed. (Contains 7 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Cultural Differences, Comparative Analysis
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