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Lyken-Segosebe, D. E. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
International graduate students meet TOEFL, GPA, and other admissions criteria to gain entry into US colleges and universities. During their stay in the USA, they provide educational and economic contributions for their host country. In contrast to their educational and economic potential, international students often demonstrate poor academic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Stress Variables, Student Adjustment
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Joo, K. P. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Drawing upon cultural-historical activity theory, this research analyzed the structural contradictions existing in a variety of educational activities among a group of alienated adult students in Korea National Open University (KNOU). Despite KNOU's quantitative development in student enrollment, the contradictions shed light on how the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Alienation, Role, Foreign Countries
Apple, Michael W., Ed.; Au, Wayne, Ed.; Gandin, Luis Armando, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education" is the first authoritative reference work to provide an international analysis of the relationship between power, knowledge, education, and schooling. Rather than focusing solely on questions of how we teach efficiently and effectively, contributors to this volume push further…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, International Education, Political Attitudes, Economic Development
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Kim, Young-Ok – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Describes the social education curriculum and identifies trends in social education in Korean early childhood education; examines teacher education in relation to the goals of the social education curriculum, highlighting teachers' beliefs and practices; and reviews research on social studies education, highlighting parent involvement and the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers