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Sundqvist, Annette; Holmer, Emil; Koch, Felix-Sebastian; Heimann, Mikael – Infant and Child Development, 2018
This study explored the development of theory of mind (ToM) in 80 Swedish-speaking 3- to 5-year-olds, a previously unstudied language and culture. The ToM scale was translated and tested in a Swedish context. The results show that the ToM abilities improve significantly with age. In addition, a gender difference was observed for the whole sample,…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Preschool Children, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Bek, Hafiz – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine the cultural and psycho-social problems experienced by students of Afghanistan citizenship studying at different faculties of a university in Turkey. With this purpose, human affairs were examined under the titles of accommodation and food, clothing, psychological and social affairs. The sample of the…
Descriptors: Food, Clothing, College Students, Foreign Students
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Dennen, Vanessa P.; Bong, Jiyae – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
This study examines the interactions of educators and instructional designers during a four-week open online professional development course about using social media in education. Discourse analysis was used to elucidate points where national and organizational cultural differences arose, noting whether and how learners expressed and bridged…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Training, Instructional Design
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Read, Jane – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2018
In 1900, London infant school head teacher and Froebelian, Lucy R. Latter, travelled to southern India to introduce kindergarten pedagogy to schools in Mysore. A hundred years later Froebelians continue to implement projects in very different environments from kindergarten's European roots, including Soweto, South Africa and Kolkata, India. This…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Travel, Kindergarten, Teaching Methods
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Bamford, Jan; Pollard, Lucie – London Review of Education, 2018
This paper addresses evidence that developing a sense of belonging for students from different ethnic groups impacts on their engagement. It notes previous findings that in universities habits of coexistence may present barriers to the development of relationships and the sense of student belonging. The paper proposes that cosmopolitan engagement…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sense of Community, Ethnic Groups, Learner Engagement
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Roch, Anna; Dean, Isabel; Breidenstein, Georg – Ethnography and Education, 2018
Even though choice is not officially a feature in the German primary school system, some parents intervene in determining which school their child attends. Especially in urban contexts, the informal school market is growing. This demand is based on promises with respect to a certain quality of education as well as on issues that prevail in certain…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Cultural Pluralism, School Choice, Foreign Countries
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Roessingh, Hetty – LEARNing Landscapes, 2018
Storytelling in the classroom has long been recognized for its many benefits, especially as a bridge from orality to literacy. With the changing demographic landscape present in current elementary classrooms across Canada and internationally, storytelling reaps additional benefits for promoting the goals of inclusion among diverse learner…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Elementary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Literacy
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Putnick, Diane L.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Zelli, Arnaldo; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bombi, Anna Silvia – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Promoting children's prosocial behavior is a goal for parents, healthcare professionals, and nations. Does positive parenting promote later child prosocial behavior, or do children who are more prosocial elicit more positive parenting later, or both? Relations between parenting and prosocial behavior have to date been studied only in a narrow band…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Prosocial Behavior, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
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Li, Li; Rivers, Gary James – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
This paper reports a qualitative inquiry on teaching a British undergraduate management programme to Chinese students in China. The research objectives were to develop a deeper understanding of challenges students face in their academic learning within an English speaking and study environment, and to enhance organisational learning through…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Tourism, Teaching Methods
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McParker, Matthew C. – Middle Grades Review, 2018
In middle school, adolescents are particularly focused on peer interaction to help form their identities. For marginalized students, especially refugees, peer interaction is especially important. To be successful in schools and gain cultural and social capital, refugee students must learn and internalize the specific norms of their classrooms. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Peer Relationship
Patterson, Patrick Dale – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative study applied a critical race theory lens to understand minoritized students' college readiness experiences at a highly selective research university to inform K-12 and higher education practice. The purpose of this study was to privilege oppressed voices in highlighting specific ways the college readiness gap can be closed for…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, College Readiness, Critical Theory, Race
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Daniel Casebeer – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2018
This constructivist grounded theory study explored the development of preservice teachers' intercultural competencies. The participants were thirty-two preservice teachers who were participating in a first-year field experience with diverse populations of students. They were asked to examine their understanding of difference, and, in doing so,…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Constructivism (Learning), Grounded Theory
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Aesha John; Hannah Bednar – Inclusion, 2018
This article reports findings from a qualitative analyses of interviews with five first-generation immigrant Indian mothers caring for a child with a developmental disability in the United States. The interviews aimed to probe the reasons underlying maternal stress while dealing with their child's special educators and doctors. Thematic analyses…
Descriptors: Indians, Immigrants, Mothers, Child Rearing
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Smiley, Sarah L. – Journal of Geography, 2017
The reality show "The Amazing Race" serves as a useful text for the cultural geography classroom. As competitors travel the world, they complete challenging tasks designed to be both educational and entertaining. Audiences see actual images from destinations around the world and learn about the unique cultures of these places. They also…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Geography Instruction, Programming (Broadcast), Television
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Lee, Jiwon; Kim, Jung Bog; Isozaki, Tetsuo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The scientific integrity, perceptions of scientific misconduct, and students' needs in the research ethics education of Korean and Japanese gifted students were analyzed to address three questions. First, how well do students practice research ethics in their research? Second, how do students perceive scientists' misconduct? Third, do students…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Ethics, Academically Gifted, High School Students
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