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Societal Influences on Children's Psychology: The Schools in Iceland and Singapore Promote Prosocial Values, Positive Self-Concepts, and Achievement in Young Adolescents

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Stiles, Deborah A. – Online Submission, 2005

In most ways the island nations of Iceland and Singapore could not be more different from each other: Iceland is sparsely populated, located near the Arctic Circle, and a very free and individualistic democratic society; Singapore is densely populated, located near the equator, and a very regulated and collectivist meritocracy. But both nations…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Democracy, Cognitive Development