NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Giorgetti, Filiz Meseci – Journal of Social Science Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the socio-political rituals such as national festivals and student pledges have changed in the Turkish Republic primary schools over the last twenty years. Method: The data used to achieve this purpose was collected from four different sources; the applicable legislation, statements of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Cultural Activities, Ceremonies
Gutiérrez, Isabel T.; Menendez, David; Jiang, Matthew J.; Hernandez, Iseli G.; Miller, Peggy; Rosengren, Karl S. – Grantee Submission, 2020
A mixed-method approach was used to explore parent and child perspectives on death in Mexico. Parents' and children's death-related experiences and understanding of death were examined. While all children in this sample displayed a biological understanding of death, older children were less likely to endorse that all living things die. Children…
Descriptors: Death, Mexicans, Parent Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Körükcü, Melek – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
In the study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of social studies teachers in distance education for specific days and weeks. An explanatory sequential pattern, one of the mixed method designs, was used. The quantitative sample consists of 204 social studies teachers. 112 of the teachers are women and 92 are men. The qualitative study group…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Social Responsibility, Values Education, Consciousness Raising
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Niemi, Pia-Maria; Kuusisto, Arniika; Kallioniemi, Arto – Intercultural Education, 2014
The increased diversity in pupils' cultural and ethnic backgrounds in schools creates urgent demands for the organization of school celebrations in many countries. Celebrations represent the cultural values of the society and it is important to find out how various traditions are expressed in them. This study examines teachers' and other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Cultural Activities, School Activities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Magos, Kostas; Tsilimeni, Tasoula; Spanopoulou, Katerina – Intercultural Education, 2013
A considerable number of research studies that have involved mainly primary and secondary school students have shown that students' participation in collaborative projects through digital communities contributes to the positive development of intercultural interaction. The present research report examines the validity of the previous findings in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Cultural Awareness, Validity, Intercultural Communication
Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano – 1998
Noting that literacy development is a social phenomenon, this book provides an account of the cultural conflicts and struggles experienced by two children from culturally different backgrounds and their teacher in a kindergarten program. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter, "Introduction: History of the Struggle," introduces…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness