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Goh, Daniel P. S. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
The educational reproduction of elite masculinity in postcolonial societies has not been properly studied. This is partly because the postcolonial masculinities of non-western elites are accomplished through the cultivation of naturalized practices signifying the body politic of the nation-state. In Singapore, same-sex elite schools of colonial…
Descriptors: Selective Admission, Ethnicity, Social Class, Foreign Countries
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Tam, Jonathan – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2016
This study uses self-determination theory to explore the mechanisms of filial piety in the academic motivation of eight high-achieving secondary school seniors at an international school in South Korea, resulting in several findings. First, the students attributed their parents' values and expectations as a major source of the students'…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Student Motivation, Family Relationship, Parent Aspiration
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Kwok, Diana K.; Wu, Joseph; Shardlow, Steven M. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
There is a dearth of research on social work students' attitudes toward lesbians and gays in East Asian countries where intolerance toward nonheterosexuality has been documented. This article presents findings from the first study in Hong Kong using a Chinese version of Herek's Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale (ATLG) to measure…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Foreign Countries, Social Work, Student Attitudes