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Kendall Cotton Bronk; Lindsey C. Blom; Seren Fryatt; Flomo Mau Maiwo; Yabadel Appleton – Journal of Youth Development, 2024
The vast majority of youth development research takes place in minority world cultural contexts. To understand and nurture the optimal development of young people living in majority world countries, cross-cultural research teams are uniquely suited to conduct careful and culturally sensitive research in these settings. However, this is difficult.…
Descriptors: Majority Attitudes, Minority Groups, World Views, Cultural Context
Gugliotti, Domenic – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to identify and analyze, trust behaviors used by members of an outsourced virtual team in an on and offshore engagement. The inability to build trust in outsourced engagements can cause serious damage to the collaboration within the virtual team causing it to fail. This study provides…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Outsourcing, Trust (Psychology)
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Fuchs, Carolin – JALT CALL Journal, 2020
This ethnographic case study explores intercultural and ethnographic engagement by undergraduate Hong Kong students enrolled in an Intercultural Communication course at a public research university. Ethnographic projects originated from virtual exchanges with undergraduates in a professional writing course at a private research institution on the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
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McCrory, Arthur Ray; James, Waynne B. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
Researchers in the field of global leadership have reported a lack of qualified leadership candidates who are able to perform from a global perspective. Adult education graduate programs represent a unique pool of aspirants to help fill this gap. In 2014, the Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) published updated Standards for…
Descriptors: Leadership, Global Approach, Administrator Qualifications, Graduate Study
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Freeman, Karen A.; Gahungu, Athanase – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine (a) factors that influence effective cross-cultural collaboration, and (b) challenges and issues that face researchers in cross-cultural collaboration. During the summer of 2010, 20 researchers and student interns from Ghana Education Service, Chicago State University (CSU-USA), Winneba University of…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Cross Cultural Studies, Intercultural Programs, Field Studies
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Kohut, Gary F.; Yon, Maria G. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2013
The global work environment requires graduates to have skills to work collaboratively over distance and time. This pilot study presents the findings of a survey of student perceptions concerning a global virtual team (GVT) experience that used both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Our findings revealed that while students experienced…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
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de Silva, Eugene, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
While the great scientists of the past recognized a need for a multidisciplinary approach, today's schools often treat math and science as subjects separate from the rest. This not only creates a disinterest among students, but also a potential learning gap once students reach college and then graduate into the workforce. "Cases on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Hands on Science, Elementary Secondary Education
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2015
The "International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS) Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. The following papers are included in the 2015 proceedings: (1) Local History and Local Culture at the Core of Elementary Social Studies Curriculum (C.…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Social Studies, Elementary Education, Local History
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Hastie, Peter A.; Casey, Ashley; Tarter, Anne-Marie – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2010
This paper reports on the incorporation of wiki technology within physical education. Boys from two classes at a school in the United Kingdom were divided into small teams and given the task of creating a new game in a same genre as football, hockey, netball or rugby. Each team had a wiki on which were recorded all the plans and developments of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Learning Experience
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Gavidia, Jose V.; Mogollon, Ricardo Hernandez; Baena, Cesar – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2004
Given the growing use of virtual interaction in international business activities, business schools must provide students with experiential learning opportunities that prepare them to work in virtual organizations. This paper uses multiple case study methodology with analysis at the transaction level to analyze the dynamics of the virtual teams,…
Descriptors: International Trade, Experiential Learning, Teamwork, Virtual Classrooms
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DiPaolo, Donald G. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2002
This study examines the impact of a leadership education retreat through the eyes of six undergraduate college men who participated in The Institute for Men of Principle at a midwestern college. What influences shape their definition and experience of leadership? Entry and exit interviews were conducted along with field notes from observations…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Administrator Education, College Students, Males
Torraco, Richard J., Ed. – 1997
These proceedings begin with the schedule, conference committee membership lists, and detailed agenda of the 1997 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, which explored the future of human resource development (HRD). Presented next are papers on HRD from scholars affiliated with organizations from 12 countries. The papers are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Schreiber, Deborah A.; Berge, Zane L. – 1998
This book contains 19 papers examining ways in which innovative organizations are using distance learning technology to maximize learning and meet business objectives. The following papers are included: "Preface" (Deborah A. Schreiber, Zane L. Berge); "Organizational Technology and Its Impact on Distance Training" (Deborah A.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers