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Chang, Hsiaowen – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2007
This study investigated the relationship between psychological distress and attitudes toward seeking professional help and whether the relationship was moderated by gender and student status (traditional vs. non-traditional) among Chinese college students in Taiwan. 961 first-year university students completed standardised measures of depression,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Cultural Context, College Students
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Pratto, Felicia; Liu, James H.; Levin, Shana; Sidanius, Jim; Shih, Margaret; Bachrach, Hagit; Hegarty, Peter – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2000
Examined the relationships among group inequality, cultural ideologies, and social dominance orientation (SDO) in Canada, Taiwan, Israel, and China. Survey data indicated that SDO was reliably measurable in these four cultures, with many legitimizing ideologies existing regarding SDO and sexism, SDO and ethnic prejudice, SDO and conservatism, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Bias, Foreign Countries
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Luo, Tsun-yin Echo – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
This study conducted interviews with 19 survivors of sexual abuse and three social workers in Taiwan. It found sexual stigmatization and feelings of disempowerment and betrayal as the most pervasive trauma complex among the abuse survivors. Effects of cultural attitudes toward sexual victimization of women and Chinese patriarchal familialism are…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Abuse, Chinese Culture, Cultural Influences
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Chen, Ching-Huei; Zimitat, Craig – International Journal of Educational Management, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the motivators for Taiwanese students to study higher education in a western society. The behavioural motivations of Taiwanese students intending to undertake higher education in Australia and the USA were analysed using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Marketing, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Chen, Yu-Jun; McCollum, Jeanette A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Explored the perceptions of 13 Taiwanese mothers of 12-month-olds regarding the benefits of parent-infant interaction for development of social competence and parents' role in achieving these benefits. Found that mothers thought parent-infant interactive play contributed to both emotional and social components of social competence. Themes within…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Infants, Interpersonal Competence
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Lin, Huey-Ling; Gorrell, Jeffrey; Taylor, Janet – Journal of Educational Research, 2002
Taiwanese and U.S. preservice teachers at the beginning and end of their preservice programs completed a teacher efficacy scale. The two groups had conceptually different expectations of teaching, however, their efficacy beliefs showed similar patterns regarding ability to adjust teaching methods to individual students' needs. Participants'…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Lee, Angela Hao-Chun – British Journal of Music Education, 2006
There has been little research conducted on Taiwanese Aboriginal music education in comparison to Aboriginal education. C. Hsu's "Taiwanese Music History" (1996) presents information on Aboriginal music including instruments, dance, ritual music, songs and singing, but information on music education practices is lacking. The examination…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Indigenous Populations, Christianity
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Ho, Wai-Chung – Research and Issues in Music Education, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to investigate how the national development of Taiwan has shaped the context of music learning through the development of local cultures in current education reform. Through the examination of relevant literature, official documents, websites and a selection of music education publications that are commonly…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Humanities Instruction
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Lin, Huey-Ling; Gorrell, Jeffrey – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1998
Compared the efficacy beliefs of Taiwanese student teachers just beginning their program with the beliefs of students near the end, examining the validity of a teacher efficacy scale. Beliefs about roles and potential for success changed with experience. Efficacy beliefs may be constructed and integrated with social and cultural perspectives.…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Yue, Ziao Dong; Rudowicz, Elisabeth – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2002
A survey of 489 undergraduates in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Taipei, found politicians were nominated by all four samples as being the most creative individuals in the past and at present. Scientists and inventors ranked second in position. Artists, musicians, and businessmen were rarely nominated. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Chinese, Chinese Culture, College Students, Creative Thinking
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Stevenson, Harold W.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1994
This article examines East Asian societies' response to students who are gifted academically or talented in the arts, music, or sports, focusing on educational practices in China, Taiwan, and Japan. The study concludes that establishment of gifted education programs is not determined by economic development level or school quality but by the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Educational Methods
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Wallace, John; Chou, Ching-Yang – Science Education, 2001
Examines the way in which students cooperate in Taiwanese and Australian science classrooms. Concludes that students from Taiwan and Australia have a range of understandings and interpretations about what it means to cooperate in science classrooms. There are complex connections between cooperative behavior, student academic ability, sex, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Differences
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Yu, Wei-Hsin; Su, Kuo-Hsien – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2006
This study examines how sibship characteristics affect educational attainment in Taiwan. Using a multilevel analysis of a sibling sample of 12,715 observations from 3,001 families drawn from a national survey, we investigate the effects of family size, sibship density, birth-order rank, and sibship gender composition. The results support the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Siblings, National Surveys
Ma, Ringo – 1994
Karaoke (singing along to music videos) has swept Taiwan with such force that many people go to singing schools to improve their singing. Three cases in this paper demonstrate how the ethos, or credibility, of the singer is a combination of initial and derived ethos. Who the singer is tends to determine how much attention he or she receives…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Case Studies, Communication Research, Credibility
Chiang, Linda H. – 2000
This study examined the unique learning styles of Asian-American students, noting different Asian immigrants' backgrounds and relating Asian cultures to children's learning. Data came from a literature review; interviews with 19 families from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan who had a total of 33 children ages 6-21 years; and home and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
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