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Jaspal, Rusi; Lopes, Barbara; Wignall, Liam; Bloxsom, Claire – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2021
Drawing on the Health Adversity Risk Model, this study examines the relationship between mental health and sexual risk behaviors in British and European Union (EU) university students in the United Kingdom. Four hundred and thirty-one undergraduate students completed a cross-sectional survey. Data were analyzed using independent samples t-tests,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Sexuality, At Risk Students
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Roegman, Rachel; Kolman, Joni; Goodwin, A. Lin; Soles, Brooke – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background: Racial inequities are a persistent reality in K-12 schools in the United States. There is a need for consensus and coordination between principals and teachers if they are to address the harm of racial inequities in education. Yet, despite this need and the interdependence of teachers and principals in schools, their preparation is…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Administrator Education, Teacher Education Programs, Racial Differences
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Bai, He – English Language Teaching, 2016
With the development of economy and the change of social culture, advertisements have penetrated our life slowly and done a lot to the commercial markets. Advertisements have often been analyzed in a stylistic way for its unique language style. But language is an important part, as well as a carrier, of culture. Advertising language, as other…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Advertising, Language Styles
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Duell, Natasha; Steinberg, Laurence; Chein, Jason; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Lei, Chang; Chaudhary, Nandita; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Alampay, Liane Peña – Developmental Psychology, 2016
In the present analysis, we test the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking in a cross-national sample of over 5,200 individuals aged 10 through 30 (M = 17.05 years, SD = 5.91) from 11 countries. We examine whether reward seeking and self-regulation make independent, additive, or interactive contributions to risk taking, and ask whether…
Descriptors: Rewards, Self Control, Risk, Adolescents
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Ju, Mi-Kyung; Moon, Jong-Eun; Song, Ryoon-Jin – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
From a multicultural perspective, this research investigated to what extent Korean mathematics textbooks use history of mathematics. The results show even though educational use of history presented in Korean mathematics textbooks may provide a rich outlook, it does not encourage a fundamental change in the educational practice of school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Textbooks, History
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Sowa-Behtane, Ewa – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
Poland has a relatively short history of immigration compared to other member states of the European Union. However, in recent decades, the number of foreigners in Poland has increased significantly. Intercultural relations may take the form of hostility, conflict, antagonism, segregation, separation, neutral co-presence, partial social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Social Attitudes, Cultural Differences
Chien, Shih-Yi James – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Human interaction with automation is a complex process that requires both skilled operators and complex system designs to effectively enhance overall performance. Although automation has successfully managed complex systems throughout the world for over half a century, inappropriate reliance on automation can still occur, such as the recent…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Trust (Psychology), Automation, Questionnaires
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Thoma, Stephen J.; Walker, David Ian; Chen, Yen-Hsin; Frichand, Ana – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The purpose of this study is to present a cross-cultural description of responses to the Adolescent Intermediate Concepts Measure (hereafter the AD-ICM). Since the introduction of the AD-ICM, the measure has been used multiple times in the US, in The Republic of Macedonia, Taiwan, and the UK. Focusing on these data, the proposed paper session…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development
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Naicker, Suren – Education as Change, 2020
Swami Vivekananda was an influential Indian saint, poet, philosopher and political revolutionary. His work can be seen as a conduit for South African Hindus who are part of the Indian diaspora, allowing them to connect with their historical, cultural and spiritual roots in the religious and conceptual world of India. The first step to decolonising…
Descriptors: Poetry, Figurative Language, Indians, Religious Cultural Groups
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Kang, Jiyoung – American Educational History Journal, 2020
"International education" in the United States has been dominated by nationalism that advocates such understanding primarily for the purpose of improving economic and military competitiveness with other nations (Parker 2008). Nevertheless, although they represent a minority voice, there have been researchers and educators who argue that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Content, World History
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Padua, Jennifer; Gonzalez Smith, Monica – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2020
This article discusses how cultural simulations promote teacher candidate cultural competence. The case study uses intercultural communicative competence to examine written reflections and focus group interviews of 21 undergraduate teacher candidates in Hawai'i who engaged in cultural simulation visits on the island of O'ahu. Findings reveal that…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness
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McGann, Susie; Evans, Norman W.; McMurry, Benjamin L.; Sandholtz, Kurt – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2020
Business remains a popular major for international students in the United States. Little is known, however, about how these students fare in business communication (BCOM) classes. This qualitative study evaluates the challenges and needs of English as an additional language (EAL) students in BCOM courses at a private university in the United…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Santos, Jose Leonardo – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2020
University social science instructors sometimes encounter student silence or quarrels around culturally contentious subjects. In a culture that promotes distrust around the issues they teach, how do professors perceive and cope with such difficulties? Preliminary research using qualitative interviews with teachers from two different US…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cultural Influences, Social Sciences, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Moyeda-Carabaza, Ana Florencia; Murimi, Mary W.; Dawson, John A.; Carrales-Bruno, Fabiola – Health Education Journal, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess diabetes-related factors, such as diabetes knowledge, positive attitudes towards the prevention of diabetes and its complications, self-efficacy for diabetes, dietary intake and level of food security, and to investigate the effects of a diabetes education intervention (DEI) on diabetes-related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diabetes, Intervention, Health Education
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Reynolds, Judith – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2020
This paper explores linguistic and cultural complexity within immigration legal advice communication. Drawing from a linguistic ethnographic study, ethnographic and interactional data from two linked advice meetings about UK refugee family reunion processes are subject to deductive analysis using Risager's model of the language-culture nexus,…
Descriptors: Refugees, Immigration, Laws, Ethnography
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