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Confucianism in Multicultural China: 'Official Knowledge' vs Marginalised Views
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Tianlong Yu; Zhenzhou Zhao – Comparative Education, 2024
In this study, we discuss the Confucian tradition in today's multicultural China from two perspectives: that of the mandatory school curriculum, which represents 'official knowledge', and that of students from ethnic minority and/or religious backgrounds who are located on the cultural margins in China. The analysis draws on curricular narratives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Minority Groups, Ethnicity
How Epistemological Beliefs Relate to Values and Gender Orientation
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Kessels, Ursula – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
In response to the current literature on possible systematic differences in the epistemological beliefs of men and women and between members of different cultures, this paper examines the way psychological constructs associated with gender (i.e. gender orientation) and culture (i.e. values) are related to individual's epistemological beliefs.…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Sexual Identity, College Students, Femininity
The Determinants of Student Effort at Learning ERP: A Cultural Perspective
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Alshare, Khaled A.; El-Masri, Mazen; Lane, Peggy L. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
This paper develops a research model based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) and Hofstede's cultural dimensions to explore factors that influence student effort at learning Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. A Structural Equation Model (SEM) using LISREL was utilized to validate the proposed research…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Adoption (Ideas), Models, College Students
Do You Talk to Your Teacher with that Mouth? "F*ck: A Documentary" and Profanity as a Teaching Tool in the Communication Classroom
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Sobre-Denton, Miriam; Simonis, Jana – Communication Teacher, 2012
The infamous word "fuck" has become one of the most powerful words in the English language. The current research project explores the relationship between language and cultural norms in the university classroom through an analysis of the use of a documentary film on the word "fuck" as a teaching tool in intercultural communication classes. For the…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Documentaries, Social Attitudes, Classroom Environment
Innovations in Teaching Race and Class Inequality: "Bittersweet Candy" and "The Vanishing Dollar"
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Harlow, Roxanna – Teaching Sociology, 2009
Instructors teaching students about social inequality, especially sexism and racism, often face some degree of student resistance. Opposition is particularly strong when students are from a white, middle to upper class background. As Haddad and Lieberman (2002) remark, "Students from privileged backgrounds lack personal experience with structures…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Racial Discrimination, Social Behavior, Disadvantaged
Form as the Hidden Curriculum in College Teaching.
Hoffnung, Robert J. – 1982
The view of education as a liberating, enlightening, individuating process and educational approaches to support this goal are examined. According to Ivan Illich (1970), the social relations within the educational encounter have corresponded closely to the social relations of dominance, subordination, and motivation in the economic sphere. He…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Faculty, College Instruction