NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fu, Jun – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2022
This paper explores the citizenship learning of Chinese young adults through examining their participation on Weibo (the biggest micro-blogging service in China). Interview data collected from 31 young mainland Chinese adults contained their reflections on their everyday online participation on Weibo. Using the theory of communities of practice,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Craig, Cheryl J.; Zou, Yali; Poimbeauf, Rita – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
In this work, we explore journal writing as a way to come to know culture, particularly cultural phenomenon, vastly different from one's own firmly held and enacted beliefs. In this research, we accept the premise that writing is a way of knowing and adopt journal writing as a tool through which students can explore the knowledge they have…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Cross Cultural Training, Study Abroad, Beliefs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Waerdahl, Randi; Kalmus, Veronika; Keller, Margit – Children & Society, 2011
This paper asks if Estonian and Chinese tweens' access to pocket money influences their brand valuation, as well as value orientations in the context of perceived peer popularity and personal well-being. Surveys conducted in autumns 2006 (China n = 188) and 2007 (Estonia n = 111) show an inherent cultural resistance among tweens in both countries…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hampton, Nan Zhang; Xiao, Fei – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2009
The purpose of the study was to explore relationships between traditional Chinese values and attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities. A total of 534 college students in China participated in the study. Two instruments that measure Chinese values and attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities were used. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Li, Ling; King, Mark E.; Winter, Sam – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2009
The December 2008 release of China's new "Guidelines for health education in primary and secondary schools" by the Ministry of Education addressed many of the concerns arising from the academic and popular discourse on Chinese adolescent sexuality and sexuality education. The focus of this reform, common with similar reforms elsewhere in…
Descriptors: Health Education, Adolescents, Guidelines, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Riessman, Frank – Social Policy, 1972
Uses data on human services in China to take a broader look at human services and conceptualize them differently. (DM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Programs, Health Services, Human Services