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Shokouhi, Hossein; Zaini, Amin – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This study investigates the impact of cultural and politico-religious dominance on the practice of critical reading (CR) of texts by a group of Iranian postgraduate students in Australia. Four postgraduate students were interviewed individually four times (each time for reading one text) for critical understanding of two pairs of Persian texts,…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Religious Factors, Graduate Students, Foreign Students
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Thomas, R. Murray – Comparative Education Review, 1986
Uses examples from China and Iran to demonstrate that governments use education to mold people's beliefs about human development to fit rulers' political rationale. Discusses Marxist attempts to alter Confucian and Taoist notions about human nature, and the shahs' attempts to change traditional Shiite views of women. Offers seven general…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Beliefs, Educational Practices