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Raval, Vaishali Vidhatri; Martini, Tanya Susan – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
Despite the recognition of cultural influences in child socialization, little is known about socialization of emotion in children from different cultures. This study examined (a) Gujarati Indian mothers' reports concerning their beliefs, affective and behavioral responses to their children's displays of anger, sadness, and physical pain, and (b)…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mothers, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences
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Zhang, Baoguo – College Student Journal, 2008
This essay mainly discusses the following issue: Do people from different cultures store English words in their minds in different ways; and what elements determine people's mental lexicon? The findings from my experiment showed that cultural factors only play a minor role on this stage. The leading dominants in this light are the linguistic…
Descriptors: Semantics, Dictionaries, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
Muller, Theron, Ed.; Herder, Steven, Ed.; Adamson, John, Ed.; Brown, Philip Shigeo, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
This collection offers a distinctly Asian voice for English language education and addresses some of the unique needs of Asian learners in EFL contexts. Teachers and researchers from nine Asian countries present some of the most current and innovative research in five distinct and fascinating areas of EFL teaching and learning. This book is…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Picture Books, Boarding Schools, Learning Strategies
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Sharma-Brymer, Vinathe; Fox, Christine – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2008
In this article we describe the application of a phenomenological hermeneutical method for interpreting interview texts. The subject of the interviews was to ask "what is the experience of being an educated woman" and get to the core of the experience as much as possible. Using an exploratory phenomenological method to document women's…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Females, Foreign Countries
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Kelin, Dan A., II – Teaching Artist Journal, 2008
A teaching artist reflects on his travels and work across the South Pacific and India. He concludes that American culture views art as a commodity appreciated mostly for its personal entertainment value, and therefore judges the outcome of artistic endeavors rather than appreciate the purpose of such endeavors. His teaching experiences have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artists, Cultural Influences, Aesthetics
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Anuradha, N. S.; Ramirez Nunez, Jacobo; Hansen, Katrin – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2009
Understanding the influence of culture on education systems is central to the internationalization process of academic programs. In this paper we analyze the effect of societal culture on teaching and learning in the management programs of three educational institutions in Germany, India, and Mexico. We applied of the findings of GLOBE (House et…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences
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Keller, Heidi; Borke, Joern; Staufenbiel, Thomas; Yovsi, Relindis D.; Abels, Monika; Papaligoura, Zaira; Jensen, Henning; Lohaus, Arnold; Chaudhary, Nandita; Lo, Wingshan; Su, Yanjie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
Cultures differ with respect to parenting strategies already during infancy. Distal parenting, i.e., face-to-face context and object stimulation, is prevalent in urban educated middle-class families of Western cultures; proximal parenting, i.e., body contact and body stimulation, is prevalent in rural, low-educated farmer families. Parents from…
Descriptors: Socialization, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Cross Cultural Studies
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Agarwala, Tanuja – Career Development International, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the influence of a range of factors on the career choice of management students in India. The importance of different individuals in the family and at work in making career choices among these students is also to be explored. In addition, the study seeks to address the relationship of the cultural values of…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Career Counseling
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Mahalingam, Ramaswami; Balan, Sundari – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2008
We examined whether endorsing hyper-masculine attitudes positively related to the psychological well-being of adolescent boys (N=233) in an extreme son preference community, in Tamilnadu, India. A survey with masculinity and measures of psychological well-being was administered. We predicted that endorsement of masculinity would positively relate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Depression (Psychology)
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Wei, Meifen; Ku, Tsun-Yao; Russell, Daniel W.; Mallinckrodt, Brent; Liao, Kelly Yu-Hsin – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
This study examined 3 coping strategies (reflective, suppressive, and reactive), along with self-esteem, as moderators of the relation between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. International students (N = 354) from China, India, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong provided data via an online survey. The role of perceived general stress…
Descriptors: Coping, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology)
Zhou, Fan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
One result of accelerating globalization is the competition for human capital. On one hand, nations are investing more and more in their educational systems to create their own human resources; on the other hand, these nations are struggling to effectively and efficiently utilize their existing human capital. Additionally, there is a massive wave…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Human Capital, Global Approach, Purchasing
Pells, Richard – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
America's reputation abroad has never been so abysmal. That is the inescapable conclusion of countless books, newspaper and magazine articles, and public-opinion polls that have documented the growth of anti-Americanism during the Bush administration. Yet outside Europe and the Middle East, the loathing for Bush and the bitterness toward America…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Foreign Policy, United States History
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Jensen, Lene Arnett – Applied Developmental Science, 2008
Immigrant parents (first generation) and adolescents (second generation) from El Salvador and India (N = 80) took part in interviews on civic engagement. The immigrants were almost unanimous in regarding civic engagement as important. They also were engaged themselves, more so at the community than the political level. One third of immigrants were…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Cultural Influences
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Joshi, Arti – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The study assessed the nature of teacher-child interactions in early childhood classrooms in India, from the teachers' and parents' perspectives. Specifically, the impact of teacher training, satisfaction with training and job, years of experience, and class size on the teacher-child interactions were examined. Sixty-five preschool teachers and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
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Dyaram, Lata; Kamalanabhan, T. J. – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2008
This paper attempts to extend and contribute to the domestic diversity literature by presenting a comprehensive model that takes into consideration the Indian work set up. It proposes to examine the effects of the composition of information systems development teams in Indian firms. Besides the conventional demographics which were studied…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Information Systems, Group Dynamics, Foreign Countries
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