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Shore, Sue; Groen, Janet – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
This article offers a contribution to the limited literature on internationalization as academic work. Using narrative inquiry incorporating a mode of research known as "car time", the authors generate narratives of practice to analyse the day-to-day work involved in their international university collaboration. The article foreshadows…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Partnerships in Education
McKay, Elspeth; Vilela, Cenie – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to outline government online training practice. We searched individual research domains of the human-dimensions of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), information and communications technologies (ICT) and instructional design for evidence of either corporate sector or government training practices. We overlapped these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Riley, Tasha; Ungerleider, Charles – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Having pursued policies of human rights and multiculturalism, Canadians regard themselves as tolerant. Yet some critics say that when it comes to Aboriginals, Canadians seem xenophobic and discriminatory. This study is the first empirical test of whether Canadian preservice teachers' judgments about the performance of Aboriginal students are…
Descriptors: Student Records, Preservice Teachers, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
Larouche, Marie-Noelle; Galand, Benoit; Bouffard, Therese – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
This paper reports results from two studies aimed at examining whether perception of social acceptance and actual social acceptance differ according to the presence of an illusion of scholastic incompetence. Results of both studies conducted in Belgium and in Quebec (respectively 179 and 543 participants) show that children's illusion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance, Academic Ability, Student Attitudes
Horton, Sean; Baker, J.; Cote, J.; Deakin, J. M. – Educational Gerontology, 2008
Research suggests there is a connection between stereotypes, beliefs, and behavior in older individuals. To explore this link of stereotypes affecting beliefs and beliefs affecting behavior, we interviewed young (age 60 to 75) seniors in an effort to further examine these relationships. Semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted with 20…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Role Models, Negative Attitudes, Quality of Life
Stich, Christine; Knauper, Barbel; Tint, Ami – Assessment, 2009
The article discusses a scenario-based dieting self-efficacy scale, the DIET-SE, developed from dieter's inventory of eating temptations (DIET). The DIET-SE consists of items that describe scenarios of eating temptations for a range of dieting situations, including high-caloric food temptations. Four studies assessed the psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Test Validity, Predictive Validity, Dietetics
Chagnon, Francois – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
This study examines the relationship between coping mechanisms and suicide attempts among 84 adolescents in the Quebec youth residential services. A new measure based on in-depth interviews is used to identify coping mechanisms. The suicidal youths used fewer adequate coping mechanisms than nonsuicidal youths when faced with comparable stressful…
Descriptors: Prevention, Child Welfare, Suicide, Coping
Wilgosh, Lorraine; Sobsey, Dick; Cey, Robert – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2008
The paper constitutes an examination of life management of post-secondary students with disabilities. Eight individuals, all in attendance at a Western-Canadian university, were interviewed. The purpose was to explore life management issues and transformational outcomes of living with a disability as reported by individuals with disabilities; and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries, Parents

Warner, Ronald E. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1989
Replicated 1972 study in which college students (N=208) described their most negative life experiences. College students reported negative experiences most frequently involved illness/injury, parents, and death. Interactions with teachers were at bottom of list in current study; previously this experience had been mentioned most frequently.…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Life Events

Fichten, Catherine S.; Amsel, Rhonda – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1988
Examined thoughts concerning interacton between nondisabled college students and their peers with physical disabilities in two studies using 233 subjects. Results showed that both groups of students had similar thoughts when thinking about interaction with nondisabled peers, but nondisabled students had more negative thoughts when thinking about…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ellis, Shannon R.; Morrison, Todd G. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2005
Birthday cards are a ceremonial token that may purposefully or unintentionally transmit stereotypes about the ageing process. In the current study, the authors examined 150 age-specific paper birthday cards sold in retail outlets located in a small metropolitan area. Results suggest that a greater proportion of the cards' textual messages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stereotypes, Aging (Individuals), Labeling (of Persons)
Kingsbury, Nancy M. – 1984
Decision-making in dual-career families is a salient issue due to the lack of societal norms for this type of family unit. A process-oriented model of joint decision making served as the basis for questionnaires and interviews used to study the predictive value of communication style on the outcomes of the decision making process in dual-career…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Dual Career Family, Foreign Countries

Macaulay, Ronald K. S. – Lingua, 1975
The problem of investigating linguistic attitudes in urban speech communities is considered in connection with three studies, in New York, Quebec, and Glasgow. Methodological problems raise questions regarding the reliability of the conclusions, suggesting that a more systematic approach to the study of linguistic attitudes is needed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grammar, Interviews, Language Attitudes
Head, Wilson A.; Lee, Jeri – Interchange: A Journal of Educational Studies, 1978
Discriminatory attitudes faced by Blacks in Canadian society and schools are discussed, and steps that may be taken to remedy the situation are suggested. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Stereotypes, Black Youth, Cultural Differences
DaCosta, G. A. – Multiculturalism, 1978
This article presents some of a therapist's experiences with children who are victims of racism. Ways in which the parents of these children have acquired certain attitudes as a result of socialization in a society that disparages them are revealed. These attitudes are shown to impair their efforts to help their children. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Negative Attitudes, Parent Role, Peer Acceptance