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Austin, Roger; Hunter, Bill – European Journal of Education, 2013
Countries with similar levels of economic development often implement different education ICT policies. Much of the existing research attributes such differences to economic and political factors. In this paper, we examine the development of ICT policy and implementation in the two parts of Ireland and in two Canadian provinces and find that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Information Technology, Educational Policy
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Walter, Pierre – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
This study examines how cultural codes in environmental adult education can be used to "frame" collective identity, develop counterhegemonic ideologies, and catalyse "educative-activism" within social movements. Three diverse examples are discussed, spanning environmental movements in urban Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,…
Descriptors: Social Action, Adult Education, Ideology, Foreign Countries
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Wallace, Janice; Wallin, Dawn – Gender and Education, 2015
This paper traces the academic identity formation(s) of 10 Canadian female academics whose disciplinary knowledge is in the field of educational administration. We trace the ways in which discourses of gender, institutional power, and other cultural and social influences shaped their sense of themselves as academics in the highly patriarchal…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, College Faculty, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
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Galla, Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Within the last two decades, there has been increased interest in how technology supports Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation efforts. This paper considers the effect technology has on Indigenous language learning and teaching, while conceptualizing how language educators, speakers, learners, and technology users holistically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language Maintenance, Computer Mediated Communication
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Clark, Penney; Knights, Wayne – History of Education, 2013
Educational publishing sits at the intersection of industry, culture and education. Pedagogical aims must be balanced with the need for publishers to make a profit, while also acknowledging Canadian national identity and culture. The events of central interest are related to the tensions between two publishers' associations in the wake of the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Publishing Industry, Foreign Countries, Educational History
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Bista, Krishna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Today, millions of students cross geographic, cultural, and educational borders for their higher education. Trends of international student mobility are significant to universities, educators, business leaders, and governments to increase revenue and campus diversity in the global marketplace. As such, it is vital to examine recent trends in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Foreign Countries, Trend Analysis
Johny, S. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2014
The objective of the thesis is to bring out the trauma of the immigrants who are stuck up by the nostalgic and glorious past in their alien world. The cultural and social restrictions faced by the characters who live in their separate but intertwined worlds are brought in a detailed manner. Anita Rau Badami, one of the newest writers in the field…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Authors
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McIntosh, Kent; Moniz, Christina; Craft, Calli B.; Golby, Risha; Steinwand-Deschambeault, Tammy – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2014
This article examines the need for and importance of culturally responsive behaviour support for Indigenous students. Many of the educational challenges currently faced by Indigenous students can be explained by cultural disconnect and a mismatch between school expectations and cultural values. Principles of Indigenous approaches to behaviour…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Student Needs, Indigenous Populations, Culturally Relevant Education
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Kacanek, Hal – Music Educators Journal, 2011
The sound of the Native American flute seems to convey care, sadness, loneliness, longing, heartfelt emotion, a sense of the natural world, wisdom, the human spirit, and a sense of culture. It is a sound that competes for attention, dramatically punctuating messages about First Nation peoples on television and in movies. A relatively small group…
Descriptors: Music Education, American Indian Culture, Foreign Countries, Music Teachers
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Erdogmus, Nihat; Aytekin, Ihsan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The present study comparatively examines the effects of culture on psychological mobility of academicians in Turkey and Canada. Questionnaires were completed by 382 respondents, of them 277 Turkish and 105 Canadian. Data were collected using INDCOL for measuring the four cultural dimensions. Psychological mobility that consisted of boundaryless…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics), Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires
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Campbell, Colin A.; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Meerkamper, Eric; Cutajar, Jo – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
Considerable research has begun to address youth gambling issues from a bio-psycho-social perspective. The current Canadian national study adds to this body of knowledge by examining the cultural influences impacting parent's attitudes, behaviors and perceptions of youth gambling. A total of 3,279 parents with a child between the ages of 13 and 18…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences
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Tze, Virginia M. C.; Klassen, Robert M.; Daniels, Lia M.; Li, Johnson C.-H.; Zhang, Xiao – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Learning-Related Boredom Scale (LRBS) from the Academic Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ; Pekrun, Goetz, & Perry, 2005; Pekrun, Goetz, Titz, & Perry, 2002) in a sample of 405 university students from Canada and China. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the factor…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychometrics, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis
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Walls, Melissa L.; Whitbeck, Les B. – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
This research uses life course perspective concepts of linked lives and historical time and place to examine the multigenerational effects of relocation experiences on Indigenous families. Data were collected from a longitudinal study currently underway on four American Indian reservations in the Northern Midwest and four Canadian First Nation…
Descriptors: American Indians, Grandparents, Path Analysis, American Indian Reservations
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Plato, Michael – College Quarterly, 2010
North Americans have had a lengthy and often one-sided relationship with Great Britain. Long after the waning of the British Empire and the apex of Britain's exercise of global political and economic hegemony, its cultural influence remains strong. Beyond the commercial successes in the box office and the bookstore, there is a much more immersive,…
Descriptors: Ideology, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Political Power
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Oleksiyenko, Anatoly – Higher Education Policy, 2015
Universities traverse epistemic, sectoral and geopolitical boundaries with increasing frequency, but along the way encounter challenges in mitigating unequal capacities, soaring costs and proprietary concerns. The bridging of disparate stakeholder interests requires an enormous effort, as research policies, institutional norms and organizational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Partnerships in Education, Research and Development, Educational Quality
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