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Direct linkTze, Virginia M. C.; Li, Johnson C.-H.; Daniels, Lia M. – Research Papers in Education, 2022
Although previous research showed that discrete social-emotional skills such as empathy, motivation, and social relationships in school significantly predict achievement, students tend to use various social-emotional skills in combination. As such previous investigations cannot comment on how different combinations or profiles of students'…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Empathy, Prediction, Academic Achievement
Driskill, Trish; Rankin, Robert – Accounting Education, 2020
As China advances, attitudes about ethical reasoning will continue to evolve from norms rooted in Confucianism, guanxi, and collectivism toward attitudes consistent with developed countries. With the lack of understanding of reasoning in China, business executives, professors, and students from developed countries rely on their society's cultural…
Descriptors: Ethics, Confucianism, Collectivism, Asian Culture
Kim, Taeyeon; Reichmuth, Heather L. – Professional Development in Education, 2021
Departing from the view that learning is a linear progression, we argue that through the lens of cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and cultural logic, teacher learning research can be advanced. Applying these two constructs to a collaborative autoethnography of two emerging scholars' transnational teaching and learning experiences in the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, College Faculty
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies
Dervin, Fred; Gao, Minghui – Frontiers of Education in China, 2012
"Happy Chinese" or kuaile hanyu is an educational melodrama produced by the Chinese TV channel CCTV in 2009. Aiming to improve foreign learners' Chinese language skills, the plot revolves around Susan, an American, staying with her former Chinese classmate's family. "Happy Chinese" proposes both language and cultural learning.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Television, Educational Technology, Chinese
Brock, Sabra; Brodahl, Cornelia – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
Presentation software is an important tool for both student and professorial communicators. PowerPoint has been the standard since it was introduced in 1990. However, new "improved" software platforms are emerging. Prezi is one of these, claiming to remedy the linear thinking that underlies PowerPoint by creating one canvas and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Cultural Background, Cross Cultural Studies
Pinto, Derrin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2008
Although it may seem contradictory, when Spaniards "greet" each other in passing they often employ formulas associated with farewells such as "adios" ("bye") or "hasta luego" ("see you later"). This common practice contrasts with other languages like American English in which speakers use greeting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, North American English, Cross Cultural Studies, Spanish
Cultural Interpretations of the Visual Meaning of Icons and Images Used in North American Web Design
Knight, Eliot; Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – Educational Media International, 2009
This study examines cross-cultural interpretations of icons and images drawn from US academic websites. Participants from Morocco, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and the USA responded to an online questionnaire containing 18 icons and images representing online functions and information types common on US academic websites. Participants supplied meanings for…
Descriptors: North Americans, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textEngel, John W. – 1986
Empirical studies of Japanese work ethics have tended to focus on male workers while neglecting women. In addition, work values in both Japan and the United States appear to be changing. More information is needed on the work values of American and Japanese female workers. A study was conducted to explore the work ethics of Japanese women and to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Traits, Employed Women
Peer reviewedAzuma, Hiroshi – American Psychologist, 1984
Comments on the preceding discussion of locus of control in Japanese and American cultures (Weisz et al.). Discusses yielding, as one of many coping styles, to demonstrate the heterogeneity of secondary control. Asserts that dichotomizing secondary and primary control, rather than seeking differentiation within a single category, itself reflects a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Structures, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedShigaki, Irene S. – Young Children, 1983
Describes educational practices in Japan based on data gathered during visits to 14 nurseries (comparable to United States daycare centers), supplementary visits to residential infant and preschool shelters, elementary schools, an after-school center, and teacher training colleges. Focuses on socialization practices and related cultural values and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Traits, Educational Objectives
Brown, Michael B.; Aoshima, Megumi; Bolen, Larry M.; Chia, Rosina; Kohyama, Takaya – School Psychology International, 2007
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between approaches to learning and locus of control of students from the USA, Japan, and Taiwan. The results show that students from the USA utilized more rote memory learning compared to students from Japan and Taiwan, while students from Japan were more likely to be "Achieving"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Mapping, Locus of Control, Cultural Traits
Peer reviewedGraziano, Anthony M.; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
College students in the United States and India provided information on their childhood punishment, personal evaluation of the punishment, and other data. The majority of both national groups reported having been physically punished as children. Physical punishment was condoned more by U.S. than by Indian students. More physical punishment in…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Corporal Punishment
Peer reviewedCarden, Ayse Ilgaz; Feicht, Ruth – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1991
Cultural differences in homesickness were studied for 75 U.S. and 69 Turkish female first-year students attending a private U.S. liberal arts college for women in the southeast and a coeducational university in Istanbul, respectively. Some aspects of the experience of homesickness transcended cultural boundaries, but others were culture specific.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Huber, R. John; And Others – 1995
The media's portrayal of the ideal body image has been shown to be a large determinant of one's body image perception. The desire to be excessively thin can be conceived of as an artifact of White-American culture largely due to the media's influence. This study looks at cultures that have had limited exposure to the American ideal and examines…
Descriptors: Blacks, Body Image, Body Weight, Comparative Analysis
