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Corder, Deborah; U-Mackey, Alice – Intercultural Education, 2015
With increasing cultural diversity as a result of globalization, intercultural competence (IC) to interact and co-exist in multicultural environments is recognized as being very important. Research indicates that cultural knowledge alone, or even being immersed in a different cultural environment does not necessarily lead to the development of IC…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Intercultural Communication, Self Concept
Pipitone, Jennifer M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Efforts to globalize higher education have resulted in study abroad climbing to an all-time high in the United States. Amidst this growth, emergent bodies of literature have uncovered problematic trends in study abroad that reproduce hierarchies of power and colonialism, perpetuate views of an exotic cultural "other," and privilege…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Journal Writing, Reflection
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Freeman, Ramona – Child Care in Practice, 2011
This case study considers pedagogical techniques used in family childcare to promote children's learning experiences. Data extracted from an earlier study were used to inform this examination of four family childcare providers' pedagogy. In the current study, I use socio-cultural theory and the Reggio Emilia approach to address the following…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Caregivers, Experiential Learning
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Anderson, Lisa; Gold, Jeff – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
In this paper we consider the construction of narrative identity and particularly how managers of small businesses may construct new narrative identities within the activity of the action learning situation. We build on recent work to suggest that the "world" of managers can be explored through a consideration of Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Experiential Learning, Administrators, Identification
Algee, Lisa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
English Language Learners (ELL) are often at a distinct disadvantage from receiving authentic science learning opportunites. This study explored English Language Learners (ELL) learning experiences with scientific language and inquiry within a real life context. This research was theoretically informed by sociocultural theory and literature on…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, English Language Learners, Inquiry, Scientific Concepts
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Twarog, Katherine J.; Crowe, Michael R. – 1979
A comparative case study of education and work programs was conducted from an anthropological frame of reference to determine how each sets up a program culture for learners to achieve program goals. Three variables structured into the original research design of the project were (1) the length of the program; (2) the type of community served, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Cultural Context, Economic Factors