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Howards, Melvin – 1985
A teacher educator describes his teaching experience in China and his finding that the Western behaviorist, alphabetic, linear mode of thinking has been widely adopted in education in that traditionally ideographic culture. The contrasting relationships of language, thought and behavior in the American and Chinese cultures is examined, and it is…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Behaviorism, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
