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Balestrini, Daniel Patrick; Stoeger, Heidrun – High Ability Studies, 2018
Claims of a special cultural emphasis on learning and education (SCELE) in East Asia versus the West -- the United States in particular -- are legion in the research literature. The evidence is, however, largely anecdotal, severely geographically limited, or reflects an unrepresentative selection of respondents. We review the evidentiary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
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Li, Junmin – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
To achieve a successful policy transfer from one country to another, knowledge is required about the framework conditions of the country to which the policy is transferred. An important framework condition to consider is cultural context. Therefore, this paper uses a combination of cultural definitions which consider culture as a driver for both…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Technology Transfer, Cultural Context, Educational Philosophy
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Deng, Li; Wu, Shaoyang; Chen, Yumeng; Wang, Yan; Peng, Zhengmei – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
Integrating twenty-first century competencies into the curriculum has become an important issue for education reform worldwide. This study examines and compares twenty-first century competencies demonstrated in mother tongue curriculum standards in China, the United States and Finland. It identifies key similarities and significant differences…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, 21st Century Skills, Native Language Instruction, National Standards
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Savelyeva, Tamara – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
This article starts by noting the general lack of acknowledgment of alternative traditions in the dominant western sustainability discourse in education. After critically analyzing the western human-nature relationship in the context of Enlightenment, modernity and colonial expansion, this article introduces two non-western ecological discourses…
Descriptors: Non Western Civilization, Sustainability, Educational Philosophy, Ecology
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Yang, Chao – Journal of Moral Education, 2021
It is widely acknowledged that China is much wealthier than ever before. However, many have witnessed rising cases of moral disorders and the inefficiency of school-based moral education. As one of the most widely known theoretical frameworks in the social sciences, Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological systems theory of human development can provide an…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Values Education, Systems Approach
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Hall-Martin, Molly E. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2020
In 2004 China began establishing Confucius Institutes at universities around the world with the aim of promoting Chinese language and culture. At their peak, more than 100 operated at universities in the United States. Questions surrounding Confucius Institutes have existed since they first began to proliferate, and in 2018 the federal government…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Confucianism, Institutes (Training Programs), Universities
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Hanlon, Philip J., Ed.; Murthy, Jayathi Y., Ed.; Rovito, Sarah M., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2023
More than 100 U.S. institutions of higher education hosted Confucius Institutes (CIs), Chinese government-funded language and culture centers, on campus during the late 2000s and 2010s. While CIs provided a source of funding and other resources that enabled U.S. colleges and universities to build capacity, offer supplemental programming, and…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Asian Culture, Cultural Education, Chinese
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Zhao, Weili; Sun, Caiping – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
In 2001, China's moral education curriculum reform called for a "returning to life" as a radical shift from its previous empty sermonic pedagogy, hoping to cultivate its twenty-first century children into ethical humans. Accordingly, a notion of "human ecology" appeared in the post-2001 textbook design, which became…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Values Education, Ethical Instruction
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Cassidy, Claire; Santoro, Ninetta – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2020
This article reports on a study that investigated the effectiveness of one out-of-school activity: "China Club". China Club, an initiative of Scotland's National Centre for Languages and the Confucius Institute for Scotland's Schools, was established with the central aim of teaching Mandarin language and Chinese culture to young people…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Clubs, Extracurricular Activities, Confucianism
Lee, Jeong-Kyu – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the happiness and education principles of St. Augustine and Mozi through the primary and the secondary language resources. To review the paper logically, three research questions are addressed. First, what are the happiness principles of Augustine and Mozi? Second, what are the educational principles of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Content Analysis, Christianity, Educational Philosophy
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Zhang, Yuexin; Rosen, Sandra – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2018
This article focuses on the Chinese traditional culture, specifically Confucian philosophy, and analyses four core concepts of Confucianism which include 'ren' (Benevolence), 'Jun zi' (Superior man), 'Tian ming' (heaven's mandate), and 'Xiao ti' (Filial piety and fraternal love). Based on these core concepts, this study explores how social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian Culture, Confucianism, Philosophy
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Dinh, Kathryn; Worth, Heather; Haire, Bridget; Hong, Khuat Thu – American Journal of Evaluation, 2019
Culturally responsive evaluation contests that Western-derived evaluation methods represent a universal truth and promotes approaches that reflect the local context. Taking this approach, we examine how the method of contribution analysis may be modified to reflect a different worldview. We reframe contribution analysis using a Confucian lens as…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Social Values, World Views, Asian Culture
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Han, Jinghe; Han, Yu – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Teachers' cultural backgrounds can result in challenges in establishing positive teacher-student relationships in cross-cultural settings. The context for this study is based on the everyday practice of teachers and students in the classrooms of diverse Australian schools, where issues of cross-cultural teacher-student relationships have been…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Teacher Student Relationship
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Indelicato, Maria Elena; Pražic, Ivana – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2019
In this article, we delve into the characterisation of international students as "Confucian Heritage" learners. To appreciate the implications of such iterative interpellation, we develop a genealogy of Sinology, which is here approached as the discursive effect of a colonial epistemic division of the world into free and democratic West…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Educational History, Asian Culture, Foreign Countries
Lee, Jeong-Kyu – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine the relevance between religion and happiness in the aspect of Korean higher education. To review this paper logically, three research questions are addressed. First, is religion able to provide happiness for people? Second, what is the relevance between religion and happiness in the aspect of Korean higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Correlation, Confucianism
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