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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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Yaman-Ortas, Banu – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This study has been carried out with the families who migrated from Turkey and settled in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which has an intense cultural and educational diversity. Finding the answer to the question "According to whom; who is who?" constitutes the fundamental ground of this research. However, this research has also been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity
Chan, Maureen Yin Lee; Snell, Robin Stanley – Metropolitan Universities, 2021
Through qualitative research, which involved qualitative interviews and focus group meetings with members of four student teams, we identified a number of barriers to the development of cohesiveness in teams of local and international exchange (IE) students, who were undertaking service-learning (SL) together. Lack of cohesiveness in such teams…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Exchange Programs, Service Learning, Community Organizations
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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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Ladegaard, Hans J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Recent research has shown that increasing the number of international students and staff in universities does not necessarily make the campus more "international". Ladegaard and Cheng (2014) found that local and non-local students live completely separate lives on campus and do not work together, let alone socialise, unless forced to do…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Adewale, Titilola; D'Amico, Mark M.; Salas, Spencer – Journal of International Students, 2018
With benefits international students bring to campus, universities have adopted aggressive recruitment practices and increased institutional support for their retention and positive college engagement (Hegarty, 2014). Due to globalization, increasing numbers of international students enter college with multiple cultural/national affiliations…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Identification (Psychology), Cultural Differences
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Sedghi, Gita; Rushworth, Elisabeth – New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 2017
Group working skills are essential attributes for graduates in higher education, and are highly valued by prospective employers of home and international students. With increasing numbers of international students, with different social, cultural, and academic backgrounds, there is an opportunity to evaluate the students' perceptions of, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Teamwork, Cultural Differences, Student Characteristics
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Holden, Andrew – Educational Research, 2013
Background: This paper is the product of a two year investigation into the contribution of post-16 education to community cohesion. The investigation took place between 2010 and 2012 and was funded by the University Centre at Blackburn College in England. Fieldwork was undertaken in three East Lancashire colleges and focused on students aged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Student Diversity, Community Cooperation
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Ehala, Martin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2010
The paper argues that ethnolinguistic vitality depends on four crucial social psychological factors: perceived strength differential, intergroup distance, utilitarianism and intergroup discordance. The influence of these factors on the vitality of subordinate and dominant groups is outlined. It is proposed that the vitality of both types of groups…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Measurement, Values, Sociolinguistics
Wiater, Werner, Ed.; Manschke, Doris, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2011
This book examines the concepts of tolerance and education in multicultural societies. It focuses on different aspects of multiculturalism in these societies and considers possible conflicts and tensions as well as best-practice examples of co-existence among different cultural groups. Special emphasis is placed on educational issues and schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
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Wright, Bobby – Tribal College, 1995
Examines the history of America's first colleges, founded to both convert Indians to Christianity and, at least in part, to provide a classical liberal arts education. Indicates that all available accounts of Indian missions in colonial colleges were tragic failures. (contains 29 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Differences, Culture Contact, Educational History
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LaBelle, Thomas J.; White, Peter S. – Comparative Education Review, 1980
This article discusses educational policies and practices as they relate to a typology of intergroup relations. Its purpose is to provide a framework which will enable a more careful analysis of the interaction of cultural difference and social stratification and their impact on educational policy. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Educational Policy
Borland, Betsy – 1994
This paper examines how teachers, teachers' assistants, and principals in two schools define multicultural education and how their ideas are translated into practice. The study identifies the problems associated with a definition of the term "multicultural education." Possible barriers to implementing multicultural education and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Culture Contact
Webber, Mary S.; Walker-Thoth, Daphne – Camping Magazine, 1990
Describes "A World of Difference," a camp-counselor training project designed to help youth appreciate racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. Discusses ways and importance of recruiting minority staff. Describes how training helps counselors to become comfortable with diversity, and to initiate education activities themselves. Describes…
Descriptors: Camping, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Cultural Differences
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