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Moriano, Juan A.; Gorgievski, Marjan; Laguna, Mariola; Stephan, Ute; Zarafshani, Kiumars – Journal of Career Development, 2012
The current research aims to shed light on the role of culture in the formation of career intentions. It draws on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB; Ajzen), which has been widely employed to predict intentions, including entrepreneurial career intentions, but past research has almost exclusively been conducted in "Western" countries.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship
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Colclough, Christopher – Comparative Education, 2012
Human capital and functionalist paradigms underpin the stance taken by most governments to education policy. These models have also had a profound effect upon the determination of education priorities in the poorest states and, indeed, upon aid policy. This paper argues, on the basis of evidence from the papers in this volume and from the wider…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Outcomes of Education, Educational Change, Poverty
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Schroder, Lisa; Keller, Heidi; Kartner, Joscha; Kleis, Astrid; Abels, Monika; Yovsi, Relindis D.; Chaudhary, Nandita; Jensen, Henning; Papaligoura, Zaira – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2013
The present study examined conversations of 164 mothers from seven different cultural contexts when reminiscing with their 3-year-old children. We chose samples based on their sociodemographic profiles, which represented three different cultural models: (1) autonomy (urban middle-class families from Western societies), (2) relatedness (rural…
Descriptors: Mothers, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Socioeconomic Influences
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Rao, Pramila – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The primary purpose of this research paper is to understand the role of national cultural dimensions on e-learning practices in India. India is considered a major player in the world economy today. US multinationals are significantly increasing their presence in India and understanding cultural preferences will help global companies…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Computer Uses in Education
Arribas Layton, Lucas – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A combination of factors including Global Climate Change, population growth, depletion of natural resources, and degradation of the environment have contributed to a general consensus concerning the need for man to amend his relation with the earth in order to perpetuate the survival and well-being of future generations of human beings. An…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Climate, Environmental Education
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Thirumurthy, Vidya; Simic-Muller, Ksenija – Childhood Education, 2012
In the art form of "kolam," dots called "pulli" are arranged in rhombic, square, triangular, or free shapes, and a single, uninterrupted linear or curvilinear line, called the "kambi," intertwines the dots (Yanagisawa & Nagata, 2007). While there are no written or verbally stated rules, Yanagisawa and Nagata have…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Foreign Countries, Cultural Activities, Learning Activities
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Rao, Mrinalini A.; Berry, Ruhi; Gonsalves, Ayesha; Hastak, Yogita; Shah, Mukti; Roeser, Robert W. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
This study examined adolescents' perceptions of cultural change and identity development during an age of globalization in India. Analyses of data from 1497 Indian, urban, middle-class 12-15-year-olds (46% girls) revealed that these youth were aware of changes in their daily lives due to globalization and evaluated such changes in a pragmatic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Adolescents, Identification (Psychology)
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Frumkin, Lara A.; Koutsoubou, Maria – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
There is evidence that ethnic minority learners in further education in England either under-achieve or are under-represented because they face various inhibitors connected to their ethnicity. Motivators may be in place, however, which increase attainment specifically for some ethnic groups. This exploratory study intends to examine what works and…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Minority Group Students, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
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Seiter, Liann Nicole; Nelson, Larry J. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2011
The study examined Indian college students and nonstudents aged 18 to 26 to examine (a) whether they feel they are adults (i.e., "age of feeling in-between"), (b) the criteria they deem necessary for becoming adults, and (c) the extent to which they feel optimistic about their future (e.g., "age of possibilities"). Participants…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Class, Foreign Countries, Young Adults
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Callaghan, Tara; Moll, Henrike; Rakoczy, Hannes; Warneken, Felix; Liszkowski, Ulf; Behne, Tanya; Tomasello, Michael – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
The influence of culture on cognitive development is well established for school age and older children. But almost nothing is known about how different parenting and socialization practices in different cultures affect infants' and young children's earliest emerging cognitive and social-cognitive skills. In the current monograph, we report a…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Cognitive Development, Infants, Young Children
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Chakravarti, Paromita – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2011
This paper examines the recent controversies surrounding the decision to introduce sex education in secondary schools in India to combat the rapid spread of HIV and AIDS in the country. While 11 Indian states have banned it, the Left-ruled state of West Bengal has designed a teachers' manual to impart sex education. However, a close analysis of…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Life Style, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
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Raman, Manya – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2010
This paper reports a study aimed at characterizing the conditions that lead to high achievement in mathematics in India. The study involved eight schools in the greater Mumbai region. The main result of the study is that the notion of high achievement itself is problematic, as reflected in the reports about mathematics achievement within and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, High Achievement, Cultural Influences
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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
Sarkar, Sreela – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation studies the promise of inclusion in the global information society for marginalized groups in India, a nation that represents a modular case for technology and modernization initiatives in the global South. There has been significant research on the problematic notion of the "digital divide," based on the premise that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Social Influences, Access to Computers
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Gulati, Sonia; Paterson, Margo; Medves, Jennifer; Luce-Kapler, Rebecca – Qualitative Report, 2011
Debate remains about how to effectively obtain information from adolescents with disabilities in marginalized areas and how to apply this knowledge to shape rehabilitation activities. This study explored how to empower adolescents in the urban slums of North India to assume greater control over their rehabilitation within the context of a local…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Programs, Ethnography, Disabilities, Adolescents
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