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Quarter, Jack – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
Relevance of kibbutz education in relation to influence of progressive Western tradition is examined in: (1) analysis of objectives; (2) discussion of the success of the kibbutz in attaining the objectives; (3) comparison of the objectives in light of differences in social relations between the West and the kibbutz; and (4) reinterpretation of…
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Chen, Xinyin; Chen, Huichang; Kaspar, Violet – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Examined the relevancy of group social functioning to individual social, academic, and psychological adjustment in China. Found that social functioning--including sociability, aggression, and shyness-inhibition--of group peers had unique contributions to individual social and school adjustment and adjustment problems, and that contributions of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries
Martini, Mary – 1994
This research report describes a study of Marquesas Islanders and how they interact with each other at different life stages from childhood, through youth and adulthood. Fieldwork for this study was conducted for a 10-month period on the island of 'Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. A small community of about 200 people in a valley on…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Individual Development