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Effect of Blended Learning Strategy on Achievement in Biology and Social and Environmental Attitude of Students at Secondary Level
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Nair, Tara S.; Bindu, R. L. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2016
Blended Learning is mostly understood as the use of resources which combine e-learning with other educational resources. In this study, a blended learning strategy was designed with a variety of factors addressed to create a meaningful learning environment facilitated by a variety of modes, methods and moments through a combination of Objectives…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Achievement
Whose Values? Young People's Aspirations and Experiences of Schooling in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Morrow, Virginia – Children & Society, 2013
Increasing rates of school enrolment have changed childhoods in the global South, so that it is now the norm for children to attend at least some years of primary school. This paper explores the extent to which valuing of children as educational projects and outcomes may be displacing previous valuations of children as contributors to the domestic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Access to Education, Interviews
Romantic Experiences of Homeland and Diaspora South Asian Youth: Westernizing Processes of Media and Friends
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Dhariwal, Amrit; Connolly, Jennifer – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
The current study examined 1316 South Asian youth socialized in progressively Westernized contexts: "traditional" Indian homeland single-sex schools, "transitional" Indian homeland co-educational schools, and the immigrant "diaspora" in Canadian schools. Results showed youth in the three contexts were similar on…
Descriptors: Asians, Cross Cultural Studies, Intimacy, Attachment Behavior
Attitudes toward Wife Beating: A Cross-Country Study in Asia
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Rani, Manju; Bonu, Sekhar – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Using demographic and health surveys conducted between 1998 and 2001 from seven countries (Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, and Turkey), the study found that acceptance of wife beating ranged from 29% in Nepal, to 57% in India (women only), and from 26% in Kazakhstan, to 56% in Turkey (men only). Increasing wealth predicted…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Violence, Employed Women, Foreign Countries
Factors Influencing Asian Indian Graduate Students' Attitudes toward People with Disabilities: A Conjoint Analysis
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Parashar, Divya; Chan, Fong; Leierer, Stephen – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
Asian Indians are one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States, yet little is known about their attitudes toward persons with disabilities and rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing Asian Indian students' attitudes toward people with disabilities, using a conjoint analysis design (N = 90).…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Employment Level, Indians, Student Attitudes
Age, Gender, and Living Circumstances: Discriminating Older Adults on Death Anxiety
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Madnawat, A. V. Singh; Kachhawa, P. Singh – Death Studies, 2007
The present study examines the effect of age, gender, and living circumstances on elderly persons' death anxiety. For this purpose, 299 persons attending public parks (average age = 70 years) were interviewed using the Death Anxiety Survey Schedule, which is a set of 10 questions related to death anxiety from an Indian perspective. Women, those…
Descriptors: Death, Anxiety, Older Adults, Foreign Countries