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Download full textDagbaeva, Nina Zh.; Darmaeva, Sayana N.; Samoshkina, Janina S.; Tzybenova, Sayana G. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
The final results of the research which was held in the Republic of Buryatia, Mongolia and China are represented in the article. Russia is represented by the Republic of Buryatia, one of the multicultural regions of our country, where representatives of more than a hundred native people coexist peacefully with people of other nationalities, mostly…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Direct linkObiakor, Festus E. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2021
Hate has always been a part of our lives and world. We have rationalized about it and pretended that it is a personality difference that is not very harmful and hurtful. However, hate continues to be devastating and visible in the forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, linguistic superiority, religious bigotry, Messiah Complex, White…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Schools of Education, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
Huang, Alan – Language Awareness, 2020
Adopting a broader dialogical conceptual lens on interactive listening, this study examines advanced adult learners' language use and thought processes during a problem-solving task. Twenty English as a second language (L2) students from a Scottish university participated in the study. They worked in pairs on the task before taking part in…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Listening Comprehension, Problem Solving, English (Second Language)
Wang, Kenneth T.; Heppner, Puncky Paul; Fu, Chu-Chun; Zhao, Ran; Li, Feihan; Chuang, Chih-Chun – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
This is the first study to empirically identify distinct acculturative adjustment patterns of new international students over their first 3 semesters in the United States. The sample consisted of 507 Chinese international students studying in the United States. Using psychological distress as an indicator of acculturative adjustment, measured over…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Psychology, Coping, Student Adjustment
Nguyen, Kate; Stanley, Nile; Stanley, Laurel; Wang, Yonghui – Cogent Education, 2015
International students, who study a foreign language abroad, experience more adversities than their domestic peers. The social challenges they face include problems with immigration status, isolation, difficulty speaking a new language, and learning unfamiliar customs. There is limited research focused on the coping strategies of these…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Correlation, Social Status
Williams, Gwendolyn M. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
From a constructivist point of view teacher identity evolves as the teacher interacts and negotiates with others. However, before negotiation can occur, instructors must establish their own teacher identity as a starting position. This narrative study analyzes how international teaching assistants negotiated with their American undergraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Teaching Assistants, Professional Identity, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedPeuse, H. Gene – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1983
The Nigerian Manpower Project, which placed large numbers of Nigerian students in American community colleges, did not alter the delivery of subject matter at one Illinois college. But difficulties arose from the Nigerian students' culturally-induced reliance on teachers as knowledge authorities, versus the faculty preference for independent…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedHarrigan, Anne; Vincenti, Virginia – College Teaching, 2004
The purpose of this scholarship of teaching research is to assess the effectiveness of a cross-cultural problem-solving assignment in two senior-level family and consumer sciences courses at the University of Wyoming. We focus on the development of selected cognitive and affective critical-thinking skills in undergraduates and their international…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Problem Solving
Gabrenya, William K., Jr.; Barba, Lourdes – 1987
Cross-cultural psychology has begun to analyze cultural differences on collectivism and the implications of these differences for social processes such as group productivity. This study examined natural social interaction during a problem-solving task that required discussion and the establishment of a consensus. The relationship of collectivist…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Cooperation, Cross Cultural Studies
Quisenberry, Nancy L. – 1983
Methods of working with foreign students, especially those from Malaysia, have been modified at Southern Illinois University. Problems have arisen in dealing with two different groups of Malaysian students: recent graduates from secondary schools, and graduates of Malaysian teacher training colleges. The first group comprises very young students,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Transfer Students, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Althen, Gary, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Aspects of intercultural educational activity, research on learning, and implications for educational interchange, and case studies of the application of ideas from the intercultural communication field to work in international educational interchange are addressed in nine papers. Contents include: "Dynamics of Cross-cultural Adjustment: from…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Communication Skills, Cross Cultural Training
