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Peer reviewedDas, Ajit K. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1987
Presents an overview of some indigenous ways of understanding and dealing with psychological disorders in the traditional societies of Asia. Indigenous approaches to healing and psychotherapy existing in India, China, and Japan are included. Models of healing in these three societies are classified as folk traditions, mystical traditions, and…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Coping, Cultural Differences, Folk Culture
Peer reviewedKoenig, Mary M.; And Others – Government Publications Review, 1992
Includes three papers that discuss government publishing in developing countries and its effects on library collection development. Highlights include national information policies; user expectations; the role of culture; bibliographic control; acquisition and access to publications from Africa and Asia; and an indexed bibliography of 236 works…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
De Wit, Jan; Keats, D. M. – 1984
Reported at a symposium generally concerned with values and adolescents are discussions of (1) socialization issues and the impact of values on adolescents, and (2) dimensions of Asian youths' confrontation with the problem of modernization. In the first study (by Jan de Witt), the conceptual shift in socialization research to a focus on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Coping, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedGungwu, Wang – Oxford Review of Education, 1992
Discusses the history of Asian universities, their position today, and what the transitions represent for the future. Describes the major debate in the past as concerning the preservation of traditional cultural values while becoming modern institutions. Argues that Asian universities need to recognize the great relevance of traditions to social…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Context, Cultural Interrelationships, Educational Change
Sebes, Joseph S. – 1980
Teaching about Inner Asia in the context of today's world can be accomplished by presenting the historical relations among China, Russia, and Inner Asia. Present day China-Russia policies and relations date back to earlier unequal treaties forced upon China by the West. China has historically attempted to maintain an isolationist position against…
Descriptors: Asian History, Asian Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Isolation
Boeren, Ad J. J. M., Ed.; Epskamp, Kees P., Ed. – 1990
This book contains the partial proceedings of a symposium dedicated to concern for basic education for the masses. The book includes a position paper that focuses on education in relation to its cultural setting, socio-economic context, and partnerships in research. The result of the meeting was the identification of research that seemed…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Developing Nations, Economic Opportunities, Educational Development
