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Paulston, Rolland G. – Compare, 1997
Asks how mapping changes in the visual culture of comparative education before and after the postmodern turn could increase understanding about the emergence of social mapping. Illustrates modernist scopic regimes, describes how social cartography has elaborated a new social mapping rationale, and notes implications for theory and practice of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Learning Strategies

Martin, David S.; Craft, Anna; Sheng, Zhang Ning – American Annals of the Deaf, 2001
Teacher cohorts in England and China received special training in techniques for teaching higher-level critical and creative cognitive strategies to deaf learners. Evaluation after 6 months of classroom implementation found students improved in reasoning and critical (but not creative) thinking and teachers developed cognitive terminology and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education

Semali, Ladislaus – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1999
Defines and documents the interplay between indigenous folk knowledge and modern (western) curriculum practice in African schools. Raises questions of cultural identity. Explores the definition of indigenous knowledge, examines dilemmas that undermine efforts to integrate indigenous education in formal school curriculum, and outlines the rationale…
Descriptors: African Culture, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies

Richardson, John T. E.; And Others – Educational Psychology, 1995
Identifies problems with the Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI) as a survey instrument for use with non-Western students. A study using ASI attempted to examine the effects of secondary educational experiences on Fiji college students' study habits. Responses suggested the students were influenced by an acquiescent response bias. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students