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Direct linkStead, Graham B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
This paper reflects on the need to re-examine cultural and cross-cultural psychology with a view to re-invigorating them and placing them at the center of discourse in career psychology. One perspective that can be employed to achieve these goals is social constructionism in that it questions the centrality of post-positivism in cultural and…
Descriptors: Psychology, Counseling Theories, Cross Cultural Training, Interpersonal Relationship
McMahon, Cliff G. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2003
Paintings emerge from a culture field and must be interpreted in relation to the net of culture. A given culture will be implicated by the sign system used by the painter. Everyone agrees that in Chinese landscape paintings, the most important cultural bond is to ancient Chinese Taoism, and to a lesser degree, to Confucianism. Obviously, then, the…
Descriptors: Painting (Visual Arts), Geographic Location, Cultural Context, Religion
Leung, S. Alvin; Hou, Zhi-Jin – Journal of Career Development, 2005
This study examines the structure of career interest among Chinese high school students in Hong Kong using interest test scores from the Self-Directed Search. Based on findings from exploratory factor analyses in which six-factor and three-factor solutions are examined, confirmatory factor analyses are conducted. Findings reveal that a…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, High School Students, Asians, Factor Analysis
Inagaki, Kayoko; Miyake, Naomi – Human Development, 2007
In this article, we trace the development of Hatano's research, focusing on the core of his research interest, namely, expertise, conceptual development, and classroom learning. He held both Piagetian constructivist views and Vygotskian sociocultural perspectives in balance, and preferred to study human cognition executed in everyday life. This…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Experience, Psychologists, Developmental Psychology
Waxman, Sandra; Medin, Douglas – Human Development, 2007
This paper builds on Hatano and Inagaki's pioneering work on the role of experience and cultural models in children's biological reasoning. We use a category-based induction task to consider how experience and cultural models shape rural and urban children's patterns of biological reasoning. We discuss the implications of these findings for…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Educational Practices, Children, Experience
Ebbeck, Marjory Anne; Dela Cerna, Carmencita H. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
Child care services in Australia, for example, are largely defined and shaped by the historically dominant Anglo-Australian discourse and norms. The aim of this research was to examine critically and to find meaning in the experiences of recently arrived Sudanese families as they began to settle into their new cultural environment. The cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Research Methodology, Cultural Context
Alsbury, Thomas L.; Whitaker, Kathryn S. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on the superintendent portion of the UCEA Voices III project. Design/methodology/approach: A four-year study to determine how school leaders, from several locations and contexts, describe their perceptions of and experiences with educational leadership related to the study themes, school improvement,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Change, Accountability, Instructional Leadership
Download full textWallin, Jason – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2007
This article seeks to articulate developing trends in art education and practice, locating such movements within the broader cultural contexts of globalization, neoliberal capitalism, and postmodernity. Against this more general synopsis, the autobiographical position of the author as a student and teacher of art will be elucidated as inextricably…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Trends, Global Approach, Postmodernism
Jones, Ruthe Blalock; Depriest, Maria; Fowler, Cynthia – Studies in American Indian Literatures, 2007
This article presents a dialogue on twentieth-century Oklahoma artists and writers given at a conference titled "Working from Community: American Indian Art and Literature in a Historical and Cultural Context" and held in the summer of 2003 at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Twenty-five educators converged for six weeks…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Indians, State Colleges, American Indians
Rescorla, Leslie; Achenbach, Thomas; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Dumenci, Levent; Almqvist, Fredrik; Bilenberg, Niels; Bird, Hector; Chen, Wei; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Erol, Nese; Fombonne, Eric; Fonseca, Antonio; Frigerio, Alessandra; Grietens, Hans; Hannesdottir, Helga; Kanbayashi, Yasuko; Lambert, Michael; Larsson, Bo; Leung, Patrick; Liu, Xianchen; Minaei, Asghar; Mulatu, Mesfin S.; Novik, Torunn S.; Oh, Kyung-Ja; Roussos, Alexandra; Sawyer, Michael; Simsek, Zeynep; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Weintraub, Sheila; Weisz, John; Metzke, Christa Winkler; Wolanczyk, Tomasz; Yang, Hao-Jan; Zilber, Nelly; Zukauskiene, Rita; Verhulst, Frank – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2007
This study compared parents' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the "Child Behavior Checklist" (Achenbach, 1991; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) for general population samples of children ages 6 to 16 from 31 societies (N = 55,508). Effect sizes for society ranged from 0.03 to 0.14. Effect sizes for gender were less than or…
Descriptors: Parents, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
Wang, Minjuan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
This study examines the effect of an important cultural dimension--power distance index (PDI)--on learners' perceptions of their online learning experiences. PDI refers to the degree to which a learner's response to another individual in a learning setting is inhibited or otherwise negatively altered when the other individual holds a position that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Student Attitudes
Read, Tory – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2008
The "Closing the Achievement Gap" series explores the Casey Foundation's education investments and presents stories, results, and lessons learned. This publication provides an in-depth look at Foundation support of community schools, including selected results and lessons learned. It also includes stories about one California school…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Community Schools, Equal Education, Advantaged
Sun, Qi – Convergence, 2008
Since the founding of the modern Chinese state in 1949 until the end of the century, China has mobilised and experienced several social/political movements and economic transformations. Entering the twenty-first century, China's repositioning within the global context has brought about its new national policy and blueprint to build a socialist…
Descriptors: Modern History, Adult Education, Ideology, Foreign Countries
Sarra, Grace – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2008
Cherbourg State School is some 300 kilometres northwest of Brisbane. It is situated in an Aboriginal community at Cherbourg with approximately 250 students, all of whom are Indigenous Australian children. Cherbourg State School aims to generate good academic outcomes for its students from kindergarten to Year 7 and nurture a strong and positive…
Descriptors: State Schools, Indigenous Populations, Cultural Context, Change Strategies
Jamali, Dima; Sidani, Yusuf – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of a sample of Lebanese organizations vis-a-vis some of the core learning organization dimensions identified in the literature, focusing specifically on those dimensions that are considered most salient and relevant in the Lebanese context. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Questionnaires, Measurement, Factor Analysis
