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Gender Differences in the Acculturative Stress of International Students: A Meta-Analysis
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Rawan Alzukari; Tianlan Wei – Journal of International Students, 2024
This meta-analysis examines gender differences in acculturative stress among international students. Despite numerous studies on cultural adjustment, inconsistencies persist regarding gender differences in acculturative stress. This study synthesizes findings from 12 empirical studies. Comprehensive searches across databases, including…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Foreign Students, Stress Variables, Student Characteristics
The Demand for Fee-Paying Secondary Schools in the Republic of Ireland
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Bradfield, Tracy; Crowley, Frank – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
Ireland's fee-paying schools consistently rank highly in Ireland's secondary school league tables. Evidence also notes that the alumni of fee-paying schools represent a large proportion of those in leadership positions in business, politics and the legal professions. This paper examines the factors that affect the decision of Irish households to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Proprietary Schools, Secondary Schools, Fees
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teachers' Ambivalent Relations with Parents and Students While Entering into a Civil Partnership
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Neary, Aoife – Irish Educational Studies, 2017
Schools are quasi-public/private organisations and being a teacher involves negotiating personal and professional boundaries. These boundaries have posed particular challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBT-Q) teachers whose everyday lives are complicated by legislative, religious and cultural constraints, moral panics…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Teacher Characteristics