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Collins, Christopher S.; Bethke, Robert J. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Central to this study is an exploration of the degree to which higher education is perceived as an individual and/or a collective value. Seminal literature supports the notion that colleges and universities are Western institutions. Throughout the Asia Pacific, higher education is expanding in a hybrid form in collectivist societies. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Relevance (Education), Role of Education, Educational Benefits
Wright, J. Zeb – 1970
The work is a 9-11 week teaching unit on the theme of loyalties and the resolution of conflicts among these loyalties within the societies of Asian and African peoples. The unit is the outcome of a pilot study of the United States Office of Education to develop world culture courses for the West Virginia secondary schools. Emphasis is on the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Case Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Rogers, Everett M. – 1972
Taboo communication is examined in relation to its distinctive characteristics and its significance in inhibiting social change involving birth control in Asian and other countries. Taboo communication tends to occur between very high homophilous individuals, which poses problems for communications research. Research is inhibited when researchers…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Attitude Change, Change Agents