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Download full textKuttybayev Shokankhan; Kassym Balkiya; Issayeva Zhazira Isayevna; Koblanova Aiman; Moldagali Bakytgul – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
This comparative study looks into the image of the wolf in Genghis Aitmatov's "Plakha" and Jack London's "White Fang." For this purpose, first, the concept of the wolf in fiction is discussed, and the representation of wolves in these two texts is analyzed. This study explores the relationship between wolves and human beings as…
Descriptors: Novels, Imagery, Animals, Fiction
Direct linkTze, Virginia M. C.; Li, Johnson C.-H.; Daniels, Lia M. – Research Papers in Education, 2022
Although previous research showed that discrete social-emotional skills such as empathy, motivation, and social relationships in school significantly predict achievement, students tend to use various social-emotional skills in combination. As such previous investigations cannot comment on how different combinations or profiles of students'…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Empathy, Prediction, Academic Achievement
Lee, Sunghee; McClain, Colleen; Behr, Dorothée; Meitinger, Katharina – Field Methods, 2020
Self-rated health (SRH) and subjective life expectancy (SLE) are widely used for understanding health and predicting mortality. However, what these items measure remains unclear, due to the lack of conceptual frameworks. We administered a web survey across the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, and Mexico. The questionnaire included SRH…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Self Evaluation (Individuals), Prediction, Mortality Rate
Driskill, Trish; Rankin, Robert – Accounting Education, 2020
As China advances, attitudes about ethical reasoning will continue to evolve from norms rooted in Confucianism, guanxi, and collectivism toward attitudes consistent with developed countries. With the lack of understanding of reasoning in China, business executives, professors, and students from developed countries rely on their society's cultural…
Descriptors: Ethics, Confucianism, Collectivism, Asian Culture
Simendinger, Earl; El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra; Crawford, John; Thomason, Stephanie; Reynet, Philippe; Kjellander, Björn; Edwards, Judson – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: Determining the attributes of effective business teachers is critical to schools as they strive to attract and retain students, assure learning, obtain and maintain reputation and accreditations, and place their alumni in the competitive job market. The purpose of this paper is to examine students and faculty perceptions of teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Business Schools, Foreign Countries, Teacher Characteristics
Kim, Taeyeon; Reichmuth, Heather L. – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Departing from the view that learning is a linear progression, we argue that through the lens of cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and cultural logic, teacher learning research can be advanced. Applying these two constructs to a collaborative autoethnography of two emerging scholars' transnational teaching and learning experiences in the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, College Faculty
Wee, Su-Jeong; Park, Soyeon; Choi, Joung Sun – Children's Literature in Education, 2015
The purpose of the present study is to investigate how contemporary Korea and its culture are portrayed in children's picture books published in the United States. Our analysis of the representation of Korean culture in text and illustrations was based on a sample of 33 picture books written in English and published in the US between 1990 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Immigration
Ogden-Barnes, Stephen; Menzies, Jane L. – Higher Education Review, 2016
We focus on cross-cultural team effectiveness for MBA students involved in an immersion program, examining the development of knowledge about cultural traits, the challenges associated with teamwork, and factors that promote or hinder team performance, based on qualitative results of a survey of 20 students who participated in the program. Key…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Ethnocentrism, Immersion Programs, Graduate Students
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies
Dervin, Fred; Gao, Minghui – Frontiers of Education in China, 2012
"Happy Chinese" or kuaile hanyu is an educational melodrama produced by the Chinese TV channel CCTV in 2009. Aiming to improve foreign learners' Chinese language skills, the plot revolves around Susan, an American, staying with her former Chinese classmate's family. "Happy Chinese" proposes both language and cultural learning.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Television, Educational Technology, Chinese
Brock, Sabra; Brodahl, Cornelia – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
Presentation software is an important tool for both student and professorial communicators. PowerPoint has been the standard since it was introduced in 1990. However, new "improved" software platforms are emerging. Prezi is one of these, claiming to remedy the linear thinking that underlies PowerPoint by creating one canvas and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Cultural Background, Cross Cultural Studies
Gao, Fang – Comparative Education, 2010
Koreans have been successful in nesting their educational achievement into places like China and the United States, where they have earned the title of "model minority". This research is a comparison of the manner in which the model minority stereotype is handled by Korean Chinese and Korean Americans. The gathered data leads us to argue…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Korean Americans
Stork, Elizabeth; Hartley, Nell T. – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
This empirical study reports on similarities and differences in the perceptions that Chinese and American students hold about classroom behavior of professors. At issue is identifying behaviors deemed as acceptable as opposed to being offensive. Cultural dimensions and educational philosophical worldviews are offered for context. The underlying…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Pinto, Derrin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2008
Although it may seem contradictory, when Spaniards "greet" each other in passing they often employ formulas associated with farewells such as "adios" ("bye") or "hasta luego" ("see you later"). This common practice contrasts with other languages like American English in which speakers use greeting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, North American English, Cross Cultural Studies, Spanish
Cultural Interpretations of the Visual Meaning of Icons and Images Used in North American Web Design
Knight, Eliot; Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – Educational Media International, 2009
This study examines cross-cultural interpretations of icons and images drawn from US academic websites. Participants from Morocco, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and the USA responded to an online questionnaire containing 18 icons and images representing online functions and information types common on US academic websites. Participants supplied meanings for…
Descriptors: North Americans, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Cross Cultural Studies
