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Zeyi Shi; Yang Qu; Qian Wang; Yan Li – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
It has been well documented that parental psychological control is detrimental to child and adolescent development. Yet, when entering emerging adulthood, the centrality of relationships with parents in youth's lives may differ across individuals as well as cultures, making both cross- and within-cultural variations in the implications of parental…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Well Being, Parent Child Relationship, Cross Cultural Studies
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Lee, Myra C. Y.; McMahon, Mary; Watson, Mark – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2018
In recent times, international research students from China have become a substantial demographic because aside from the revenue they bring to host countries, they are valued for their research contributions. To understand how to attract and support them, this article investigated the influences on the educational and post-graduation occupational…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Career Choice, Foreign Students, Doctoral Students
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Morris, Paul; Vickers, Edward – Comparative Education, 2015
Since Hong Kong's retrocession, the government has endeavoured to strengthen local citizens' identification with the People's Republic of China--a project that acquired new impetus with the 2010 decision to introduce "Moral and National Education" (MNE) as a compulsory school subject. In the face of strong local opposition, this policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Development, Activism, Educational Policy
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Kuang, Xiaoxue; Kennedy, Kerry J.; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: Literature indicates that open classroom climate (OCC) is a positive influence on civic outcomes. Few studies have explored factors that appear to facilitate OCC. Most research on OCC has focused on Western countries. The emphasis has been on individual student characteristics related to OCC with little attention made to school level…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Individual Characteristics
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Li, Hui; Wong, Eileen Chin Mei; Tse, Shek Kam; Leung, Shing On; Ye, Qianling – First Language, 2015
Request for information (RfI) is believed to be the universally dominant function of young children's questioning, whereas request for action (RfA) has been reported to be the leading interrogative form used in early child Cantonese. The possibility of crosslinguistic variability prompts further research and comparison with additional languages.…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Sino Tibetan Languages, Computational Linguistics, Child Language
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Wong, Pui Ling – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Parents and educators strive to help their children to develop optimally. Given the diversity of values and practices among dynamic modern populations it is important to understand all the dimensions that affect the development of children in their communities. A cultural-historical lens facilitates such a holistic understanding. Taking this lens,…
Descriptors: Models, Child Development, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
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Law, Ben M. F.; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
The influence of culture on adolescent prosocial behavior is a neglected aspect in existing studies. Objectives: This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Cultural Influence on Helping Scale (CIHS) among Chinese adolescents. CIHS is an instrument that assesses Chinese cultural influence on helping other people. Method: The CIHS was…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Construct Validity, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Wong, Ruth – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
This article examines whether there are changes in students' teaching practices as a result of their experiencing an overseas professional development course (PDC); the process of any such changes; and whether any changes found are sustainable in the long term. Three forms of data gathering are used, lesson observation, in-depth interviews, and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
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Dimmock, Clive – School Leadership & Management, 2011
This paper argues that it is timely for educational researchers in Asia, and Singapore in particular, to generate cultural- and empirical-knowledge bases in school leadership that will speak to the specific interests of Asian students, educators and practitioners. As economic and social development across Asia gathers momentum, the more advanced…
Descriptors: Expertise, Asians, Educational Change, Foreign Countries