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Download full textKojima, Hideo – 1985
The successful educational and industrial systems in Japan are related to the social and historical condition of the country. A society that receives ideas and technology of education from other societies must go through the process of adoption, assimilation, and self-transformation. Students of society do not fully recognize the strengths and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
Alfermann, Dorothee; Reigber, Dieter – 1997
This study reports on the results of two panel surveys conducted in 1992 and 1995 with representative samples of 16- to 65-year old women in Germany. Participants were interviewed individually in their homes. The interviews lasted about two hours and consisted mainly of standardized scales which had to be filled by the participants. The results…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Ennals, Peter, Ed. – 1993
This guide covers the Canadian Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. The first in a series prepared for geographers and those interested in travel, this guide is written by local geographers or others with special expertise on the area and provides insights and a feeling for place that textbooks often miss.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Area Studies, Canadian Studies, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedMitter, Wolfgang – Oxford Studies in Comparative Education, 1992
Reviews the educational system and developments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since World War II. Contends that reforms that brought intellectual freedom and pluralistic thinking have led to demands for autonomy from government control. Concludes that education is still linked to socio-economic, cultural, and political struggles…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Brooks, Elizabeth – 1994
This booklet is a selective guide to a larger computer-searchable database of teaching materials on Japan. The materials in the guide consist mainly of lesson plans, teaching guides, resource guides, and units on Japan. Each part contains bibliographic information on resources for teaching about Japan at specific grade levels or subject areas.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Activities
National Committee on United States-China Relations, New York, NY. – 1994
Sixteen participants in the 1993 Fulbright Hays Seminar Abroad Program present curriculum projects that focus on tradition and transformation in China. The curriculum projects highlight the diversity of interests and disciplines of the participants and offer ideas for various educational levels. The projects include: (1) "Beijing…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background
Brooks, Elizabeth – 1995
This booklet is the printed version of an on-line database of teaching materials on Japan. The book is divided into four parts. Each part contains bibliographic information on resources for teaching about Japan at specific grade levels or subject areas. Part 1, "Elementary School Materials," includes: (1) "Art Education"; (2)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Asian Studies, Cross Cultural Studies
