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Direct linkMahmoud O. Jalambo; Nazmi A. Al-Masri; Refaat R. Alareer – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2023
This study reflects on an intensive fiction-writing training course conducted at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) in Palestine. The trainees were divided into two language-specific groups. The immediate outcome of this training course was 87 short stories. The study assessed the participants' satisfaction levels regarding the quality and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Social Values, Case Studies
Zhang, Chenyi; Morrison, Johnetta W. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2010
Based on the occurrence of modernization and globalization in Chinese society over the last few decades, the content of 145 stories, published in the most popular Chinese children's story magazine from the 1980s to the present, were examined for the representation of cultural values. The presence of Chinese, Western and social-moral values in…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Global Approach, Moral Values, Cultural Influences
Valentine, Valerie – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2008
Interesting texts, defined as texts about which students possess background knowledge relevant to their lives, have an impact on both motivation to read and comprehension. The purpose of this study was to determine if there were texts that represented Appalachia. Content analysis was used in this study to examine fifty-two children's realistic…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness
Barajas, Katarina Eriksson – Ethnography and Education, 2008
The Swedish educational system states that work in schools should depict and mediate equality. One way of achieving this is through fiction, which according to the syllabus provides students with knowledge about the living conditions of women and men during different epochs and places. The present paper examines gender in a Swedish school,…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Clubs, Grade 4, Gender Issues
Peer reviewedPayne, Monica A. – Journal of Black Studies, 1994
Documents the views of 512 adults, aged 18 to 50 years, on the island of Barbados concerning "The Cosby Show." It examines perceptions of this show as a "black" program, as one about the "modern family," and the extent to which the values, attitudes, and behaviors the show promotes are relevant or appropriate for a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Black Attitudes, Black Stereotypes, Characterization
