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Direct linkRappleye, Jeremy – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
This article revisits the newly "discovered" island that world culture theorists have repeatedly utilised to explain their theoretical stance, conceptual preferences and methodological approach. Yet, it seeks to (re)connect world culture with the real world by replacing their imagined atoll with a real one--the island-nation of Japan. In…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Cultural Context, Comparative Education, International Education
Takayama, Keita – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
Neo-institutionalist theory of global "isomorphism", or so-called World Culture Theory (WCT), has been much debated in comparative education. One notable feature of the debate is that the vast majority of its participants belong to a handful of closely knit comparative education communities. Ironically enough then, a debate that…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Global Approach, Cultural Context, Social Theories
Toh, Glenn – Policy Futures in Education, 2015
Japan is known to be a country that manicures its socio-cultural borders. In this article I will examine discourses regarding openness, closedness and cultural diversity in relation to policies and practices that draw heavily on mythologies of English language as an inroad to greater openness and diversity. To do this I will examine two English…
Descriptors: Asians, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textLang, LingLing; Irby, Beverly J.; Brown, Genevieve – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
For more than 2000 years, Confucian teaching has had tremendous influence on the history, politics, economy, and culture of East Asian countries and regions. Despite the rapid growth in gross domestic product (GDP), people's standard of living, and economic advancements, Confucian Asia continues to adhere to the Confucian cultural values that they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Models, Cultural Differences
Bohemia, Erik; Davison, Gillian – Design and Technology Education, 2012
Higher Education is experiencing an increasingly diverse student population. Students bring a range of skills and experiences to their courses; they have different backgrounds and different needs. This fluidity requires an approach to teaching that encompasses the social aspects of learning. It has been suggested that authentic approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Diversity, Criticism
Kiyonari, Toko; Yamagishi, Toshio; Cook, Karen S.; Cheshire, Coye – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2006
An important unanswered question in the empirical literature on trust is whether trusting begets trustworthiness. In two experimental games, with Japanese and American participants, respectively, we compared trust and trustworthiness to provide an answer to this question. The trustee in the standard Trust Game knows that he or she is trusted,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Cultural Context, Experiments
