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Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Van der Graaff, Jolien; Workman, Katey; Carlo, Gustavo; Branje, Susan; Carrizales, Alexia; Gerbino, Maria; Gülseven, Zehra; Hawk, Skyler T.; Luengo Kanacri, Paula; Mesurado, Belén; Samper-García, Paula; Shen, Yuh-Ling; Taylor, Laura K.; Trach, Jessica; van Zalk, Maarten H. W.; Žukauskiene, Rita – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Evidence suggests an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, particularly among emerging adults. However, theories on altruism born of suffering or adversarial growth suggest that we might also see prosocial behavior as a function of the pandemic, which may protect against mental health challenges. Because cultural values are central in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Mental Health, Prosocial Behavior, Cultural Influences
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Canmei Xu; Mariëtte Huizinga; Daniale Tekelia Ekubagewargies; Justine Soetaert; Wim Van Den Noortgate; Dieter Baeyens – Educational Psychologist, 2024
Executive function (EF) is critical to students' academic behaviors and well-being. Environmental influences, particularly teacher-student interaction (TSI), play a key role in enhancing EF development. Previous studies have linked TSI quality to children's EF, yet the relationships between subdimensions of TSI--such as closeness, conflict,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Executive Function, Cultural Context, Conflict
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Katsantonis, Ioannis G. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2021
Introduction: The prevalence rates of bullying vary significantly across countries and continents. Specifically, UNESCO estimates that the prevalence rates vary from 22.8% (CentralAmerica) to 48.2% (Sub-Saharan Africa). Recently these differences among countries andregions have been attributed to culture- and country-level variables. Thus, the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Aggression, Student Behavior, Comparative Analysis
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Bademci, H. Özden; Sakmar-Balkan, Elçin; Karadayi, E. Figen; Cefai, Carmel; Alkan, Ceren; Warfa, Nasir – Pastoral Care in Education, 2020
Early School Leaving (ESL) is a complex phenomenon caused by multidimensional factors spanning personal, social and economic problems. We carried out two online surveys with 796 teachers and 900 students from Bulgaria, Italy, Malta, Romania and Turkey completed standard electronic surveys. The teachers' survey consisted of secondary school…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers
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Harris, Alma; Jones, Michelle – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
The challenges of securing educational change and transformation, at scale, remain considerable. While sustained progress has been made in some education systems (Fullan, 2009; Hargreaves & Shirley, 2009) generally, it remains the case that the pathway to large-scale, system improvement is far from easy or straightforward. While large-scale…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Ethics, Systems Analysis
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Frantz, Roger S.; McClarty, Katie Larsen – Gifted and Talented International, 2016
Educational policies and practices are influenced by cultural, political, and economic factors, and this is also true of specialized educational approaches such as gifted education. Factors such as a country's cultural tendency toward egalitarianism or meritocracy, whether the political system is centralized or decentralized, and the degree to…
Descriptors: Gifted, Special Education, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
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Perrotta, Carlo – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
This paper focuses on the relationship between rational beliefs, culture and agency in formal school settings. This relationship is analysed in the context of the adoption of technological innovations. Interviews and focus groups with 39 secondary teachers from England and other European countries were carried out. The analysis highlights a number…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Adoption (Ideas), Decision Making
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1999
A workshop on Global Perspectives on Early Childhood Education brought together leading experts on preschool education and early learning in other countries. The workshop was intended to stimulate the exchange of ideas on early childhood education by providing an opportunity for early childhood educators, researchers, and policy experts from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Conference Papers, Cultural Influences, Day Care