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Eady, Michelle J.; Woolrych, Tracey J.; Green, Corinne A. – Multicultural Education Review, 2021
School classrooms worldwide consist of a diversity of cultures. Teachers in these classrooms play key roles in the preparation of students not only in terms of their academic and career readiness, but also in their understanding of how to socially navigate communities. In remote areas where communities rely on their culture and social norms to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Diversity, Faculty, Indigenous Populations
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Michael Ridley – College & Research Libraries, 2024
As part of a broader information literacy agenda, academic libraries are interested in advancing algorithmic literacy. Folk theories of algorithmic decision-making systems, such as recommender systems, can provide insights into designing and delivering enhanced algorithmic literacy initiatives. Users of the Spotify music recommendation systems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Artificial Intelligence
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Kézia Andrade da Silva Teixeira; Amarolinda Zanela Klein – SAGE Open, 2024
The development of cultural intelligence is considered a crucial attribute for global leaders as it allows them to go through and work effectively in diverse cultural environments. Previous studies have shown that this intelligence, which can be measured through the Cultural Quotient (CQ) concept, is primarily developed through the experiences of…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Cultural Awareness, Intelligence, Undergraduate Students
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Georgiou, George K.; Wei, Wei; Inoue, Tomohiro; Das, J. P.; Deng, Ciping – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine which of the components of executive functions (EF)--inhibition, shifting, and working memory--predict reading and mathematics achievement and if the effects of these components are the same across two cultures (Western and East Asian). One hundred twenty English-speaking Canadian (65 females, 55 males;…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Inhibition
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Brigham, Susan M.; Baillie Abidi, Catherine; Calatayud, Sylvia – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2018
International migration continues to rise at unprecedented rates exceeding the growth of the world's population (United Nations, 2017). This vast movement of people influences social, economic, and political systems in complex ways, including interpersonal and international gender relations. In this article, we discuss two studies that involved…
Descriptors: Females, Immigrants, Refugees, Photography
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Siddiqui, Hasan; Rutherford, M. D. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2022
Essentialism is the intuition that category membership relies on an invisible essence. Essentialist thinking about social categories is most evident in young children, while comparable methods do not reveal essentialist thinking about social groups in adult participants. However, previous work has found that essentialist thinking about gender was…
Descriptors: Intuition, Self Concept, Social Differences, Group Membership
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Zhu, Yidan – Commission for International Adult Education, 2022
Drawing on theories from transcultural theory, I examined Chinese immigrant mothers' transcultural perspectives on mothering and learning. Recent adult educational studies contain limited research on the effects of cultural influence on mothering and learning by immigrant mothers from their perspective. Based on 30 semi-structured interviews among…
Descriptors: Asians, Immigrants, Mothers, Mother Attitudes
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Zajda, Joseph, Ed.; Davidovitch, Nitza, Ed.; Majhanovich, Suzanne, Ed. – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2023
This book examines dominant discourses in multiculturalism and cultural identity globally. It critiques dominant discourses and debates pertaining to multiculturalism and cultural identity, set against the current backdrop of growing social stratification and unequal access to quality education. It addresses current discourses concerning…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Global Approach, Self Concept, Cultural Awareness
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Fullerton, Shannon – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2021
We are uniquely shaped by the ontology, axiology, methodology and epistemology to which we are exposed in life. The outdoor classroom provides many opportunities to use the land as text to observe surroundings informally, to learn experientially through various STEAM activities, and to create scenarios for project-based learning. In history,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Natural Resources, Curriculum
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Ruth Beatty; Colinda Clyne; Leslie-Anne Muma; Jennifer Parkinson; Bonnie Sears – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2024
In this study, a research team made up of Métis artists and knowledge keepers, Anishinaabe and non-Indigenous educators, and a non-Indigenous university mathematics education researcher co-designed and delivered an Indigenous cultural mathematical inquiry in a Grade 5 classroom. We explored the connections between loom bead designs and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Elementary School Curriculum
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Alharbi, Mashael; Tan, Yuen Sze Michelle; Lo, Chih-Shen Owen – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2020
Undergraduate students can develop different bodies of knowledge by engaging with members of their family, university, and community. In this study, we investigated how undergraduate students used the knowledge, skills, and resources they gained in class to engage with their local communities through the creation of documentary films as part of an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Documentaries, Films, Knowledge Level
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Amsler, Sarah; Kerr, Jeannie; Andreotti, Vanessa – Education and Society, 2020
As societies face unprecedented challenges that are global in scope and "more-than-wicked" in nature, educators and educational policy makers emphasize the importance of deepening knowledge about the causes of these problems, creating policies to address them more efficiently, and offering more compelling moral arguments that might…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Social Problems, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
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Veal, William R.; Morrell, Patricia D.; Rogers, Meredith Park; Roehrig, Gillian H.; Pyle, Eric J. – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2022
The aim of this study is to examine the professional identities of the academic staff of the faculties of education in Turkey. The study employed the Q methodology, in which both quantitative and qualitative data can be used. The qualitative data were collected and analysed by interviewing seven academics working in the faculty of education in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Science Teachers, College Faculty
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Freeborn, Chelsea; Mardhani-Bayne, Alvina; Soetaert, Cheyanne – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2023
This scoping review focused on the experiences of Indigenous families and their children in accessing quality early learning and child care in a Canadian urban context. This scoping review was conducted to contribute to the field and frame a more extensive study involving focus groups and case studies. The analysis revealed a range of quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Urban Areas, Early Childhood Education
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Fong, Vanessa C.; Lee, Bo Sang; Iarocci, Grace – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study adopted a community-engaged approach to explore Korean parents' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to accessing autism services in British Columbia, Canada. Understanding the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse families and their children may help facilitate the development of more inclusive, appropriate, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Parent Attitudes, Barriers
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