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König, Sabrina; Stang-Rabrig, Justine; Hannover, Bettina; Zander, Lysann; McElvany, Nele – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
Stereotype threat (ST) is a potential explanation for inequalities in language competencies observed between students from different language backgrounds. Language competencies are an important prerequisite for educational success, wherefore the significance for investigation arises. While ST effects on achievement are empirically well documented,…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Dan Anderberg; Gordon B. Dahl; Cristina Felfe; Helmut Rainer; Thomas Siedler – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
What makes diversity unifying in some settings but divisive in others? We examine how the mixing of ethnic groups in German schools affects intergroup cooperation and trust. We leverage the quasi-random assignment of students to classrooms within schools to obtain variation in the type of diversity that prevails in a peer group. We combine this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Intergroup Relations, Trust (Psychology)
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Ollrogge, Karen; Frühauf, Madita; Mros, Theresa; Böttger, Julia; Höhne, Elisabeth; McElvany, Nele; Zander, Lysann; Hannover, Bettina – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Lower vocabulary in German is repeatedly reported for students with Turkish migration background attending school in Germany. We investigated whether in students of Turkish descent (a) learning vocabulary is impaired when the teacher activates the negative stereotype that students with Turkish family language learn less well and (b) whether a…
Descriptors: Immigrants, German, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Froehlich, Laura; Mok, Sog Yee; Martiny, Sarah E.; Deaux, Kay – European Educational Research Journal, 2022
Turkish-origin migrants on average show lower academic performance than Germans. This achievement gap cannot be fully explained by socio-economic differences between the groups. Negative competence stereotypes about Turkish-origin students predict the causal attributions that German preservice teachers make for migrants' academic underperformance.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap
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Stein, Jan-Philipp; Lu, Xiaomeng; Ohler, Peter – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2019
In recent years, China and Germany have become invaluable partners in business, politics, and science. However, psychological research indicates that the countries' large-scale affinity does not translate onto the individual level, with many Germans expressing more reservations towards China than vice versa. Previous content analyses have…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mass Media Effects, Cultural Differences, Political Attitudes
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Söhn, Janina – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020
In the German system of dual vocational training, in which companies recruit apprentices, graduates from low-level secondary schools (Hauptschule), and particularly those from immigrant families, are at a significant disadvantage regarding access to such apprenticeships. Previous qualitative studies have already pointed to the role of companies'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Immigrants, Apprenticeships
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Lorenz, Georg – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Ethnic and racial disparities in educational outcomes, such as test scores, are a core issue of educational research. While the role of student and family factors in the formation of such disparities is well established, existing studies fail to draw a similarly clear picture of how teachers contribute to ethnic and racial achievement gaps. In…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Social Discrimination, Ethnic Stereotypes, Social Bias
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Wenzler-Cremer, Hildegard – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2020
The aim of the study is to give an insight into the evaluation of the program "Mentor Migration SALAM -- Spielen Austauschen-Lernen-Achtsam-Miteinander" (Playing-Sharing-Learning-Attentively-Together). Students striving for a teaching degree or studying Social education at the University of Education Freiburg, mentor a child from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Mentors, Immigrants
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Klapproth, Florian; Kärchner, Henrike; Glock, Sabine – Journal of Experimental Education, 2018
The results of two experiments demonstrate that preservice teachers made biased school-placement recommendations depending on student's ethnicity, which on average penalized students from an ethnic minority. Moreover, additional information that was supposed to disconfirm ethnic stereotypes (religious affiliation in Experiment 1, number of missed…
Descriptors: Religion, Beliefs, Preservice Teachers, Ethnicity
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Ültanir, Gürcan; Ültanir, Emel; Irkörücü, Ayse – International Journal of Instruction, 2016
Effective emotional thoughts like attitudes, stereotyped judgments and preconceptions are dependent on both collective and individual experiences. Experiences like reading an article or watching a movie that is based on a context determined by the curriculum might cause individual or collective discrimination towards different ethnic or cultural…
Descriptors: Ethnic Stereotypes, Immigrants, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Webber, Mark J. – Die Unterrichtspraxis: Teaching German, 1990
An exploration of intercultural stereotypes about Germany and Germans and their impact on language instruction argues that refusing to acknowledge the existence of stereotypes does not effectively counter them, but recognizing the nature of and content of stereotypes will encourage the critical thinking necessary to reject them. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
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Thornton, Barbara; Cajkler, Wasyl – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Describes the results of a survey of British pupils' awareness of and attitudes toward aspects of German life and culture. The article examines students' knowledge of basic geographical and political information about Germany and determines the extent of stereotypical views of Germany held by students in this age group (14-15 years). (16…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Stereotypes, Foreign Countries, Geography
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Mark, Gordon R. – Integrated Education, 1974
Argues that a book by Ismar Schorsch entitled "Jewish Reactions to German Anti-Semitism, 1870-1914" (1972, New York: Columbia University Press), is relevant for those concerned with the Afro-American experience: they should be willing to do some comparative study of persecuted and emancipated minority groups in varying contexts.…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Ethnic Stereotypes
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Bytwerk, Randall L.; Brooks, Robert D. – 1980
Julius Streicher, the German publisher sentenced to death in the Nuremberg trials for rhetorical crimes against humanity, published the widely-read and virulently anti-semitic weekly tabloid "Der Stuermer" from 1923 to 1945. Through Streicher's rhetoric and through the publication's cartoons, Jews were depicted as bacilli, vampires,…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Ethnic Stereotypes, Foreign Countries, Jews
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Schulz, Renate A.; Haerle, Birgit M. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1995
Two studies examined the stereotypes held by University of Arizona students of German toward Germany and Germans, finding that the majority of students held positive, though simplistic, views of German society and culture. German language proficiency was also found to have an effect on the stereotypical imagery conveyed by the students. (32…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Images, Ethnic Stereotypes
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