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Baldasaro, Mary McCullum; Maldonado, Nancy; Baltes, Beate – Online Submission, 2014
Stories contain the wisdom of the world, teaching cultural values. Story builds community, celebrates cultural diversity, and preserves cultural identity. Where truth has been suppressed, story is an instrument of epiphany; story builds literacy skills and develops metaphorical understanding. A storytelling center in Ontario, Canada, had been a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, Story Telling, Personal Narratives
Cotnoir, Colleen; Paton, Susan; Peters, Lisa; Pretorius, Cynthia; Smale, Leslie – Online Submission, 2014
Influence can be defined as having an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something. Teachers influence students in many different areas of students' lives, not only academically but socially as well. This article presents the findings of a study about how teachers influence their students--specifically students who…
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship, Mentors, Work Attitudes
Baldasaro, Mary McCullom; Maldonado, Nancy; Baltes, Beate – Online Submission, 2014
Stories contain the wisdom of the world, teaching cultural values. Story builds community, celebrates cultural diversity, and preserves cultural identity. Where truth has been suppressed, story is an instrument of epiphany. Storytelling builds literacy skills, and develops metaphorical understanding. A storytelling center in Canada had been a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Phenomenology, Cultural Centers
Delong, Jacqueline – Online Submission, 2010
This paper is a self-study in which a university teacher educator studies her practice. She creates a space for alternate ways of representing forms of knowledge from diverse cultural backgrounds, including Indigenous, and for their accreditation in the Academy. As she develops a way of thinking that is appropriate for getting closer to…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teacher Educators, Superintendents, Indigenous Knowledge
Sayani, Anish – Online Submission, 2010
This study is a response to a growing disquietude in many schools in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia that there is "something wrong" with South Asian boys. During the past twenty years, approximately 100 South Asian young men have been killed as a result of criminal violence (Ministry Report, 2006), with these murder numbers…
Descriptors: Asians, Student Attitudes, Academic Failure, Academic Achievement
Li, Xin – Online Submission, 2005
This is a narrative inquiry of my cross-cultural identity as a teacher in three countries: China, Canada, and the United States of America. Taking an individual approach to cultural studies, I inquired the Chinese-Canadian life experiences of myself and my former student--a Chinese-Canadian woman immigrant. Beyond our similar ethnic and gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian Culture, Social Class, Cultural Influences