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Zhang, Ying Shan Doris; Noels, Kimberly A. – Journal of International Students, 2021
International students' names are often mispronounced, and this experience can have psychological and relational implications for some students' cross-cultural adjustment. Little research, however, has examined why students are or are not bothered by mispronunciations. This study examined the impact of heritage name mispronunciation on 173…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Language Minorities, Cultural Influences
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Barrantes, Lena; Ovie, Glory – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The number of international students in Canadian universities has dramatically increased since 2000. International students are believed to contribute significantly to education and research, as they bring a rich variety of perspectives, experiences, and languages. However, international students should not be categorized into one homogenous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, Student Characteristics
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Le Pichon, Emmanuelle; Kambel, Ellen-Rose – Childhood Education, 2022
The Language Friendly School network is a response to the growing diversity and multilingualism present in schools around the world, a result of people migrating to find employment, reunite with relatives, or escape war and conflict. It is estimated that over 200 million school children do not receive education in a language they understand. In…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Language of Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education, Administrator Role
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Harvey, Kelsey – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
Bodywork describes the work people perform on their own and other people's bodies. Often, this work is performed in an effort to meet cultural, symbolic body norms. The aims of bodywork in fitness for older exercisers are said to serve as a means of controlling and resisting the aging process. Given the popularity of group exercise for older…
Descriptors: Human Body, Exercise, Group Activities, Older Adults
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Wernicke, Meike – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2022
The privileging of French and English in Canada has led to an official language policy that minimizes the country's long-established multilingual realities in favour of a socio-politically constructed linguistic and cultural duality. The impact of this policy directly shapes the linguistically diverse yet monoglossically constructed French…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, French, English
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Bilican Demir, Safiye; Yildirim, Ozen – Education and Urban Society, 2021
Determining the ethnic differences in academic performance among immigrant students is important in terms of adapting them into the system they live in. Examining the variables related to students' performance will be a guide in overcoming the issue. The purpose of this study is to examine the direct effect of economic, social, and cultural status…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Socioeconomic Influences, Cultural Influences
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Carly Biderman; Genevieve Bianchini; Lindsay P. Bodell – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Previous research demonstrates that sociocultural appearance pressures and internalization of appearance ideals lead to disordered eating (DE); however, only a subset of individuals exposed to these influences develop clinically significant DE. Identifying moderators of these associations may increase efficacy of targeted preventions…
Descriptors: Human Body, Interpersonal Attraction, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
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Sheng, Xiaoming – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2020
There is little literature which provides any analysis regarding the relationship between cultural order and home education. Research reported here found that home education has grown steadily in recent decades and that parents' motivation for home education was closely associated with cultural order. It was noticeable that Christian and Confucian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Cultural Influences, Parent Attitudes
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Pidgeon, Michelle; Riley, Tasha – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2021
Indigenous research methodologies articulate how researchers and Aboriginal communities engage in research together. These methodologies are informed by Indigenous cultural and ethical frameworks specific to the Nations with whom the research is being conducted. This study explores how such research relationships were articulated in the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Research Methodology, Social Science Research
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Maitra, Srabani; Guo, Shibao – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2019
In the age of transnational migration, the practices and policies of lifelong learning in many immigrant-receiving countries continue to be impacted by the cultural and discursive politics of colonial legacies. Drawing on a wide range of anti-colonial and anti-racist scholarship, we argue for an approach to lifelong learning that aims to…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Migration, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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Stavros Georgios Stavrou; M. Shaun Murphy – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
We use a narrative inquiry methodology to consider tensions surrounding Indigenising school mathematics. This research takes place in a Cree bilingual school in a Western Canadian prairie province conducted with three Cree elementary school teachers. We contemplate ways that: Indigenisation and notions of success in education can be Eurocentric;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Indigenous Knowledge, Culturally Relevant Education
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Webber, Geoff; McVittie, Janet; Miller, Dianne; Hellsten, Laurie – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
The trajectory of place-based education (PBE) is laid out by drawing on literature from outdoor, experiential, environmental, critical, and land-based education to map key intersections and influences. Directions for PBE with respect to decolonization and reinhabitation--and the meaningful acknowledgement of Indigenous knowledge systems--are…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning, Indigenous Knowledge
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Salvato, Giuliana – Language Awareness, 2020
This study addresses the role of the body in the pedagogy of Italian as a second language. Given that the understanding of meanings and functions of body movements in combination with speech can enrich language pedagogy, we organized a study to investigate whether context of learning determines more or less awareness of the body in Italian…
Descriptors: Human Body, Nonverbal Communication, Motion, Italian
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Jin, Qingna – Education Sciences, 2021
There are a growing number of education programs in science and STEM education with the aim of improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students who have long been underrepresented in current education systems. The aim of this study is to systematically review empirical research from 2011 to 2020 that reported programs to support Indigenous…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Indigenous Populations, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education
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Shaheen, Qudsia; Kothari, Anita; Conklin, James; Sibbald, Shannon – Educational Gerontology, 2021
Communities of Practice (CoPs) are a powerful strategy for supporting knowledge sharing amongst members working in a common field. Information, knowledge and evidence in the field of older adult healthcare and aging have grown exponentially over the past decade. This study reports results from a secondary qualitative analysis of ethnographic data…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Communities of Practice, Health Services, Aging (Individuals)
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