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List, Alexandra; Peterson, Emily Grossnickle; Alexander, Patricia A.; Loyens, Sofie M. M. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2018
Beliefs about knowledge have been found to relate to a variety of student outcomes and to vary across educational domains and instructional contexts. However, there are limited data on students' beliefs about information and truth, vis-à-vis knowledge (i.e., epistemic beliefs) and how these beliefs differ across instructional settings.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Tiemann, Kathleen A.; Badahdah, Abdallah M.; Pedersen, Daphne E. – Teaching Sociology, 2009
The sociological literature on teaching and learning includes a number of discussions devoted to the importance of multicultural education. Much of this literature encourages educators to revise the curriculum and shows how the experience of multicultural education can stimulate student's sociological imaginations. To this end, some scholars have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociology, Multicultural Education, Curriculum Development
Beidler, Peter G., Ed. – 1989
Designed to be of interest to anyone concerned with the study of American literature in China or anyone contemplating teaching there, this paper is an edited version of the taped transcript of a panel discussion among five Fulbright professors of American literature and American studies i China. The paper begins with brief, focused introductory…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries