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Alkouatli, Claire – Cognition and Instruction, 2023
For many young Muslim learners in Western societies, informal sites of Islamic education are important sources of learning and development beyond public school hours. Yet little empirical research has explored processes of human development in such sites, and existing theories of human development have largely failed to encompass onto-epistemic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Islam, Religious Schools
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Velez, Gabriel – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2022
In post-conflict and transitional settings, adolescents are important civic and political actors as potential peacebuilders. Policy and programming often focus on promoting prosocial outcomes for these younger generations, but there has been growing attention to their perspectives and psychological development. Drawing on theory in developmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Peace, Student Attitudes
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Blaine, Judith; Akhurst, Jacqui – South African Journal of Education, 2022
There is an increasing appreciation that, in order to prepare learners for success in life, they require a holistic education providing not only academic skills, but also psychosocial competencies (Zins & Elias, 2006). Outdoor adventure education (OAE) shows potential as a way of developing these life skills, which are not easy to incorporate…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Adolescent Development, Individual Development
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Özaydinlik, Kevser; Saglik, Mehmet Aydin – Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 2021
Critical pedagogy is a pluralistic approach that emphasizes the individual and his/her creative potential (Freire, 2010). Today's schools are seen far from this process and the need for a renewal process becomes highly evident. The purpose of the current study is to investigate teachers' opinions at different levels of education about the…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Principles
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Chamoux, Marie-Noëlle – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
In Nahuatl-speaking villages located in the north of the state of Puebla, family and community educational practices adhere to the Learning by Observing and Pitching In to family and community endeavours model (LOPI). Attentive observation is encouraged as children's principal method of learning. Co-presence is favoured by the adult educators as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, American Indian Languages, Learning Processes, American Indian Education
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Rey, Fernando Luís González; Martínez, Albertina Mitjáns – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2016
This paper aims to discuss the relevance that the concept of "perezhivanie" had for Soviet psychology and its implication for the development of topics that have been largely neglected both in Soviet psychology and in the Western Vygotskian tradition. According to the position defended in this paper, "perezhivanie" is not just…
Descriptors: Psychology, Foreign Countries, Western Civilization, Individual Development
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Ahmad, Syed Zamberi; Hussain, Matloub – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Previous studies on the destination choices of international students have mainly focused on the mobility of students from non-English-speaking countries to English-speaking countries, with limited attention being paid to the investigation of the factors that determine the flow of international students in emerging education hubs in the Middle…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Choice, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
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Gu, Qing – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2015
This article discusses the nature of Chinese students' transnational experiences and its impact on their identities within and beyond national and cultural boundaries. The discussion is located in the theoretical framework of transnationalism and explores in detail the ways in which students adapt, change and develop, both in the host country of…
Descriptors: Asians, Emotional Experience, Study Abroad, Transformative Learning
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Chowdhury, Madhurima; Banerjee, Atrayee – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2013
Education seeks to unfold the latent qualities of a person, thereby giving full development to the individual. As such, it has been described as the act or art of developing, or creating, cultivating the various physical intellectual, aesthetic and moral faculties of the individual. Scheduled Tribe has a history of social and economic deprivation,…
Descriptors: Tribes, Civil Rights, Individual Development, Disadvantaged Environment
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Gu, Qing – European Journal of Education, 2009
Increasing global competition for students has witnessed an ever more rapid internationalisation of higher education. In the case of the UK, there has been a major influx of Chinese students to British universities since the launch of the British Government's long-term worldwide educational campaign in 1999. Drawing upon evidence from an extensive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Synthesis, Foreign Countries
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Fairbanks, Colleen M.; Crooks, Penny Mason; Ariail, Mary – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this article, Fairbanks, Crooks, and Ariail followed Esme Martinez, a Spanish-speaking Latina, from the sixth grade to the eleventh grade, focusing on her perspectives of schooling and her shifting identities related to home, school, friendships, and future. Drawing on the construct of artifacts, a sociohistorical concept that understands…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Identification (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Sociocultural Patterns
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Kokko, Katja; Pulkkinen, Lea; Mesiainen, Paivi – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
The timing of having one's first child, in relation to the timing of other transitions into adulthood and to social functioning, was investigated based on the Finnish Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, conducted from age 8 (173 females and 196 males) to 42. Results showed that in women, relatively early (less than…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Employment Level, Mothers, Females
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Nurmi, Jari-Erik; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1994
The extent to which differences in age-graded sociocultural contexts influenced adolescent future-oriented goals, concerns, and related temporal extension was studied in 596 Australian adolescents. Overall, results show that goals, concerns, and related temporal extension reflect the major developmental tasks of adolescents' own ages. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Context Effect, Foreign Countries
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Sharma, Dinesh; LeVine, Robert A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1998
Examines the effect of day care environments on the social and emotional development of young children in India, particularly considering the cultural context. Considers evidence from a study of families using day care in India, and compares maternal behavioral profiles in mother-infant interaction between India and the United States, Kenya,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Day Care, Emotional Development
Fulton, Paul R. – 1983
The variety of culturally-constituted conceptions of self are investigated in this essay. A history of ethnopsychology is given which includes an examination of evolutionist and sociological theories of the self in relation to culture and society. Various approaches to ethnopsychology are considered, and different facets of the self are explored.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
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