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Barber, Carolyn; Ross, Jessica – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine profiles of students' attitudes toward citizenship norms and inclusiveness in the political process, focusing on changes in the frequency of particular profiles and in the strength of predictors across a decade. Using data from 16 countries participating in the 1999 and 2009 International Association for the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Student Attitudes, Citizenship, Social Attitudes
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Pagani, Camilla; Robustelli, Francesco; Martinelli, Cristina – Intercultural Education, 2011
The basic assumption of this paper is that school's potential to improve cross-cultural relations, as well as interpersonal relations in general, is enormous. This assumption is supported by a number of theoretical considerations and by the analysis of data we obtained from a study we conducted on the attitudes toward diversity and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Teacher Role, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Differences
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Inman, Sally; Mc Cormack, Pip; Walker, Sarah – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2012
This article discusses some preliminary findings of the English part of a European Commission Fundamental Rights and Citizenship funded project "Children's Voices" (2011-2013) concerned with exploring and understanding children and young people's experiences of interethnic conflict and violence in primary and secondary schools. This is a…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Conflict, Foreign Countries
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Smorti, Andrea.; Ortega-Rivera, J.; Ortega, R. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2006
The main aim of this contribution is to describe an instrument devised to study some of the cognitive processes that occur when people interpret social events (Discrepant Story Task-DST; Smorti, 2004). In particular, this instrument analyses the narrative processes of interpretation used by an observer when witnessing progressive and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Social Cognition, Adolescents, Cultural Differences
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Ference, Ruth – AILACTE Journal, 2006
Cross-cultural experiences in teacher education are an important part of multicultural education because they allow preservice teachers to examine their world view and develop culturally sensitive dispositions critical for teaching in our diverse society. Research has shown that effective cross-cultural experiences can lead to personal…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Education
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DiMartino, Emily Comstock – Childhood Education, 1989
Presents personal observations of cultural differences regarding the family, time, sex role conventions, and the process of being and becoming among children and parents in Licodia Eubea, Sicily. Supports increased understanding of students' cultural heritages and differences on the part of American elementary school teachers in multicultural…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education