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Engaging Purpose in College: A Person-Centered Approach to Studying Purpose in Relation to College Experiences
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Malin, Heather – Applied Developmental Science, 2023
Purpose is an indicator of healthy human development and believed by some theorists and educators to be an important outcome of college. The aim of this study was to test the potential for assessing purpose using a person-centered analysis, thereby providing more individual-specific understanding of students' purpose development, and second by…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Experience, Student Experience, Goal Orientation
What's Your "Why?" A Content Analysis of Youth Purpose
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Baumsteiger, Rachel; Riches, Brian; Mangan, Susan A.; McConchie, James; Bronk, Kendall Cotton – Journal of Character Education, 2022
Youth purpose has important implications for behavior and well-being, yet there is limited information about the types of purpose that young people pursue. The current study contributes insight into the content of purpose through a survey of 316 adolescents and young adults. Analyses of responses revealed that young people rated their purposes as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Goal Orientation, Self Concept
Language, Multilingualism, and Power in World Language Teachers' Ideologies about a Second Language Education
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Kimiko Elaine Lange Verdera – ProQuest LLC, 2023
At a time of heightened discourse on multilingual education in the United States, there is a need to question what is meant by the term and how its understandings may be perpetuating harmful power asymmetries. Specifically, California has declared its goal of supporting multilingual education from kindergarten through twelfth grade, yet the…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The "Yew Chung Model" of International Education: The Scope for Investigation and Research
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Bunnell, Tristan – Journal of Research in International Education, 2015
The Yew Chung Education Foundation operates a network of five international schools in China, plus one in California, serving in total around 5500 children. This article investigates the aims and philosophy of a "model" of international education which aims not only to educate children but also to bring about an inner transformation of…
Descriptors: Models, International Education, International Schools, Foreign Countries
Dynamics of Race and Prosocial Involvement Experiences in Developing an Ecumenical Worldview
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Gehrke, Sean – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
In this study the differences in ecumenical worldview development are examined by race for 3,300 college students from 135 institutions. Results indicate that all students exhibited significant growth through college in ecumenical worldview, and students of color (Black, Asian, and Latino students) exhibited significantly higher levels of…
Descriptors: World Views, College Students, Individual Differences, Racial Differences
Cultural Legacies: Operationalizing Chicano Cultural Values.
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Ordaz, Maricela; Anda, Diane de – Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 1996
Survey of 41 Chicanos and 39 whites ages 18-80 found that despite effects of acculturation, Chicanos held educational and developmental values and beliefs consistent with ancient Nahuatl (Aztec) society, an indigenous Mexican culture. Suggests a need to examine social service delivery systems to determine whether assumptions and procedures are…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Cultural Differences, Cultural Relevance, Cultural Traits