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Prescott, Julie, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
Diversity in the workforce can be attributed to both a popular, cultural shift and legislative intervention. Despite these forces, discrimination endures in all aspects of Western society from education to employment. Unequal pay and opportunities for promotion are symptoms of a systematic discrimination of individuals based on race and gender.…
Descriptors: Diversity, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Social Change
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Song, Myung-Ja; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Study examined whether 50 Korean children made conceptual distinctions between morality and social convention. Findings indicated that, at all ages, children treated moral transgressions as more generally wrong and independent of rules than conventional transgressions. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary School Students
Lee, Chong-jae – 1984
The major driving force for educational development in Korea is educational behavior and the educational perspectives that underlie it. Chapter 1 of this book looks at the Korean educational system and identifies the patterns of thought concerning education, the values underlying these patterns, and their defining implications for educational…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
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Wignaraja, Ponna – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Traces the search for economic development alternatives that go beyond conventional neo-classical and Marxist theory and practice. Outlines case studies of social and economic transformation in South Korea and China and delineates the differences between similar attempts in Latin America and Eastern Europe. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Communism, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Change
Fraenkel, Jack R. – 1995
This research study: (1) looks at what happens in social studies classrooms; and (2) attempts to determine the characteristics and behaviors of effective teachers. To collect data, the researcher observed several high school (grades 9-12) social studies classes since the fall semester of 1991 in the San Francisco (California) Bay Area for 3 months…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Foreign Countries, High School Students