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Genç, Muhammet Fatih; Uddin, A. H. M. Ershad – British Journal of Religious Education, 2023
"Pularity" has emerged due to the rapid communication and interaction of different religions, languages, and cultural elements with the effect of globalization, modernization, secularization, and the necessity to live together. It has affected not only the politics of countries but also education and imposed new duties and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Religious Education, Self Concept, Role of Education
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Chen, Lilan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2022
The study is devoted to identifying the key issues impeding the integration of international faculty at Japanese universities via a qualitative approach. Semi-structured interviews with 40 international faculty hired in Japanese universities with various backgrounds were conducted. The interview data were analyzed based on a three-stage coding…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, College Faculty, Foreign Nationals, Teacher Attitudes
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Lu, Luke – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
In order to counter low birthrates, the Singapore state recruits top-performing students from China and Vietnam with scholarships to augment the local talent pool. Another criterion is that most immigrants must be ethnically Chinese, so as to fit into Singapore's majority racial group. This study examines whether and how race (or other factors)…
Descriptors: Race, Advantaged, Self Determination, High Achievement
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Cai, Li; Lin, Ting; Shi, Wenyan – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2021
Concerned for student safety and intrigued by how research could impact institutional policy and practice, this paper describes findings from an action research project to raise questions and awareness about sexual harassment on an international branch campus in China. Due to the multicultural environment of the campus, it was felt that culturally…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, International Education, Multicampus Colleges, International Cooperation
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Taniguchi, Norihito; Takai, Jiro; Skowronski, Dariusz – Journal of International Students, 2022
The lack of exchange between international students and host nationals in Japan has long been a pressing issue, yet very little progress has been made to rectify this situation. In this study, we examined this issue by focusing on how international students in Japan perceive cultural contact with their host and home culture members during their…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Foreign Students, Second Language Learning, Japanese
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Lin, Cong; Jackson, Liz – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2019
Teaching young people to understand and appreciate diversity is crucial in Hong Kong efforts for a just and inclusive multicultural society. History is the main place where the cultural identity and values of Hong Kong society have been reflected on, questioned, and problematized in the curriculum, as changes to this curriculum interface with…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Asian History, Social Integration, Minority Groups
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Dasli, Maria – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2019
This paper undertakes a deconstructive reading of the principles on intercultural education, as introduced and discussed by UNESCO in a document published in 2006. It proceeds from the argument that while these principles have attracted considerable empirical attention, much less is known about the basic ideological assumptions that UNESCO makes…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Multicultural Education, Educational Principles, Ideology
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Aubakirova, Saltanat S.; Ismagambetova, Zukhra N.; Karabayeva, Aliya G.; Rysbekova, Shamshiya S.; Mirzabekova, Alma Sh. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
In this article the authors reveal the basic cultural mechanisms that influence the formation of the tolerance strategy in Kazakh and Kazakhstan society, show its basic directions, as well as its importance for the modern Kazakhstan society and the formation of intercultural communication with foreign countries. Tolerance is a necessary element of…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Intercultural Communication
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McCaffery, Juliet – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
In this article the author reflects on some of the methodological issues of conducting research in a local marginalised community in the UK. Her research was on attitudes to literacy in the Gypsy and Traveller community in southern England. This article describes some of the challenges and how she, as an outsider and not a member of their…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Literacy
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Carmel, Rivi; Yochanna, Miri – Journal of Peace Education, 2018
This paper describes an educational intervention program between 12 Arab and 12 Jewish students who were studying to become teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Israel. The study reports on the ways in which the program impacted the participants, and focuses on the role of English, the Lingua Franca and language of communication, in…
Descriptors: Arabs, Jews, Intervention, English (Second Language)
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Akande, Williams A.; Adetoun, Bolanle Eliz; Adewuyi, Modupe Fal; Akande, Titilola Ikeoluwa E.; Ntshanga, L. P. Z.; Dlamini, Balin; Williamson, James T.; Dladla, Nomvul; Hlongwane, Zama; Ibeagu, Osad; Osagie, Erh J. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
Emotion's twin roles-"unite and divide" our daily life, thus motivating the good and the worst in human behaviour. The way one "feels" does influence the way one "acts" toward others. If this reasoning is correct, then behaviour can never be without motive or "motiveless." Given the importance of emotions in human communication and decision…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Emotional Response, Intergroup Relations, Discriminant Analysis
Hill, Natashia J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Presently the paucity of scholarship available is often unitary in nature and usually focuses on the lived experiences of African Americans principals in a predominately African American urban context and as well as emphasizes the necessity of same race principals for the purpose of mentorship and racial representation. Race and cultural identity…
Descriptors: Race, Self Concept, African Americans, Principals
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Derlega, Valerian J.; Cukur, Cem Safak; Kuang, Jenny C. Y.; Forsyth, Donelson R. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002
College students from countries with collectivistic and individualistic cultures completed a self-construal measure, then identified how they would respond to conflicts with another individual between their group and another group, or between their country and another country. Participants responded more negatively to intergroup and international…
Descriptors: College Students, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences, Higher Education
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McCoy, Lance D. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1995
Focuses on the self-perception of Native Americans and the perception of the views of non-Native Americans about them. The article presents results from a collection of oral interviews with 16 Native Americans of various tribes. Interviewees point to the Bureau of Indian Affairs policies and practices holding them back from full participation in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups
Peko, Andelka, Ed.; Sablic, Marija, Ed.; Jindra, Ranka, Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
The democratic changes that occurred in Croatia within last two decades are oriented towards European values and multi-intercultural perspectives. Let us remember that, according to the census from 1991, Croatia was inhabited with people from 27 nations, with Croats being a majority. During the Homeland war, basically a defensive war against the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Foreign Countries
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