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Michael K. Thomas; Rohany Nayan – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2024
Grounded in sociocultural theory and informed by Bakhtinian's notions of dialogism, utterance, heteroglossia, and addressivity, this paper presents findings from a collective case study of the identity enactments and negotiations by way of their literacy practices of three children in the three families of Muslim immigrants (i.e., Muslim-Moroccan,…
Descriptors: Muslims, Immigrants, Literacy, Family Environment
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Surendran, Shelini; Hopkins, Sam; Aji, Arif Sabta; Abubakar, Salisu; Clayton, Toni; Dunuwila, Tharaka; Goss, Lyndsay; Hatch, Robert; Horst, Maria Aderuza; Rathnayake, Kumari M.; Rosenberg, Stacey; Shatwan, Israa M. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), first recognised in Wuhan City, China, has spread rapidly around the world. As a result, record numbers of students are not attending University due to temporary closures mandated by governments in an attempt to reduce the number of cases. The COVID-19 outbreak has created challenges for…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
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Veal, William R.; Morrell, Patricia D.; Rogers, Meredith Park; Roehrig, Gillian H.; Pyle, Eric J. – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2022
The aim of this study is to examine the professional identities of the academic staff of the faculties of education in Turkey. The study employed the Q methodology, in which both quantitative and qualitative data can be used. The qualitative data were collected and analysed by interviewing seven academics working in the faculty of education in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Science Teachers, College Faculty
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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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Huston, Simon; Huston, Elena; Kozlowski, Marek – Education Sciences, 2019
This research investigated the significance of learning dispositif (LD) and emotional attachment (EA) on perceived learning success (LS) across a diaspora of Western, Russian, Asian, Middle Eastern and Chinese student cohorts. Foucault's LD captures the disparate socio-cultural contexts, institutional milieus and more or less didactic teaching…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Success, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
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Lee, Youngsu; Heinze, Timothy; Donoho, Casey; Fournier, Christophe; Jalal, Ahamed A. F. M.; Cohen, David; Hennebichler, Eike – Journal of Marketing Education, 2018
While international demand for sales positions is growing, negative sales stereotypes, partially fueled by ethical abuses in the sales arena, are prevalent and may dissuade students from pursuing sales careers. To help combat the situation globally, educators must develop and utilize effective sales ethics pedagogies. The first step involves…
Descriptors: Ethics, Gender Differences, Moral Values, Teaching Methods
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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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Mesman, Judi; van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; de la Harpe, Christian; Ekmekçi, Hatice; Emmen, Rosanneke; Heidar, Jailan; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Mels, Cindy; Mooya, Haatembo; Murtisari, Sylvia; Nóblega, Magaly; Ortiz, Jenny Amanda; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Sichimba, Francis; Soares, Isabel; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Pape, Marloes; van Ginkel, Joost; van der Veer, René; Wang, Lamei; Selcuk, Bilge; Yavuz, Melis; Zreik, Ghadir – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
In this article, we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Young Children
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Schwarz, Beate; Mayer, Boris; Trommsdorff, Gisela; Ben-Arieh, Asher; Friedlmeier, Mihaela; Lubiewska, Katarzyna; Mishra, Ramesh; Peltzer, Karl – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2012
This study investigated whether the associations between (a) the quality of the parent-child relationship and peer acceptance and (b) early adolescents' life satisfaction differed depending on the importance of family values in the respective culture. As part of the Value of Children Study, data from a subsample of N = 1,034 adolescents (58%…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Life Satisfaction, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents
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French, Doran C.; Pidada, Sri; Denoma, Jill; McDonald, Kristina; Lawton, Allison – Social Development, 2005
U.S. and Indonesian 9- to 11-year-old children (N = 147) reported on multiple occasions conflicts that they experienced with peers. The precursors of conflict, behavior during conflict episodes, and resolutions were coded. Teacher ratings of aggression and social preference were obtained. The conflicts of children in both countries most often…
Descriptors: Conflict, Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries, Aggression
Downey, Steve; Wentling, Rose Mary; Wentling, Tim; Wadsworth, Andrew – Online Submission, 2004
This study sought to measure the relationship between national culture and the usability of an e-Learning system by using Hofstede's cultural dimensions and Nielson's usability attributes. The study revealed that high uncertainty avoidance cultures found the system more frustrating to use. The study also revealed that individuals from cultures…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Gender Differences, Individualism, User Satisfaction (Information)
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French, Doran C.; Rianasari, Meta; Pidada, Sri; Nelwan, Peter; Buhrmester, Duane – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Assessed multiple features of social support provided by mothers, fathers, siblings, and friends to Indonesian and U.S. elementary and junior high school students. Found that Indonesian youth ranked family members higher and friends lower on companionship and satisfaction than did U.S. youth. Friends were seen as the primary sources of intimacy in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Comparative Analysis