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Effects of Commemorations and Postdonation Services on Public Willingness to Donate Bodies in China
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Jiang, Jingwen; Chen, Qinghuo; Zhang, Mingyi; Hong, Tongtong; Huang, Kun; Meng, Haojie; Ding, Jiong; Zhang, Luqing – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2020
Multiple body donation programs have been established throughout China over the last 20 years, but these programs remain challenged by an insufficient supply of cadavers for medical education. The commemoration of body donors is a feature of many successful programs, and adopting this practice throughout the country could be an important element…
Descriptors: Donors, Human Body, Medical Education, Death
An Ecological Perspective on Youth Career Education in Transitioning Societies: China as an Example
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Xie, Dong; Kong, Ning; Skaggs, Sydney; Yang, Anbo – Journal of Career Development, 2019
Contextual factors have received increased attention in understanding the challenges and difficulties in translating career education and career guidance services from Western societies to non-Western societies, many of which are undertaking a shift from a socialist and collectivistic system to a more individualistic one. In this article, using…
Descriptors: Career Education, Social Change, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context
Conductive Education in a New Context.
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Lambert, Mike – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article describes the development of the Birmingham Institute for Conductive Education in England; its work with students who have motor disorders; its collaborative work with the Peto Institute in Budapest, Hungary; the compatibility of conductive education and England's National Curriculum; and differences between Hungarian and British…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education
Developing Cultural Understanding Through Foreign Language Study; A Report of the MLA Interdisciplinary Seminar in Language and Culture.
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Brown, R.W.; And Others – PMLA, 1953
The comprehensive report of the activities of the 1953 interdisciplinary seminar in language and culture held at Ann Arbor, Michigan appears here with the working bibliography compiled at the time of the seminar. The report discusses existing text materials, general perspectives, popular conceptions of nationality, objective criteria,…
Descriptors: American Culture, Bibliographies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
For the Children's Sake: How To Develop a Tribal Teacher Education Program.
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Barden, Jack; Davis, Carol – Tribal College, 1999
Describes the development of a teacher preparation program at Turtle Mountain Community College, which tries to balance pedagogy, subject matter, and culture in a holistic way. States that the program seeks to assess students in the program based on the outcomes they have achieved. Asserts that the hallmark of this embryonic program is…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Colleges, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
Adult Education: Profiles in Diversity and Strength.
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Weinstein-Shr, Gail – 1996
Even Start is a family literacy and support program for families with young children. This paper identifies several characteristics of adult learners in order to suggest effective approaches for working with adults to improve literacy skills. The first section presents five case studies illustrating adults with different histories, circumstances,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy