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Into the Mystic: Lived Experiences of World Music Pedagogy Programmes
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Strand, Katherine; Rinehimer, Bridget – Music Education Research, 2018
The purpose of this autophenomenography was to explore our lived experiences in three world music pedagogy programmes. We participated in three different world music pedagogy programmes in the United States and Ghana. We gathered data through field notes and researcher journals, and by collecting interviews of other participants and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Social Influences, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Sex and Ethnic Differences on a Spatial-Perceptual Task: Some Hypotheses Tested.
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Johoda, Gustav – British Journal of Psychology, 1980
A 3D mental rotation task was used to measure spatial performance in boys and girls in Ghana and Scotland. Sex differences of equal magnitude appeared in both cultures. In light of these findings, the author discusses genetic and environmental theories of spatial ability and the problems in testing such skills. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Nature Nurture Controversy
Globales Modell und Regionale Realisation: Schulentwicklung in der Sogenannten Dritten Welt = Global Model and Regional Realization--The Development of Schooling in the So-Called Third World.
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Adick, Cristel – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1991
Examines the ability of historical, comparative, educational research to interpret adequately the spread of modern schooling in developing nations. Explores the example of the 1871 Fanti-Constitution in what is now Ghana, which provided for a modern, universal school system. Urges recognition of non-European contributions to contemporary…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations
Selected Children's Representations of People in Five Countries.
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LeSourd, Sandra J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1993
Reports on a study of cultural images of people in 5 nations by 24 10- to 13-year-old children of low socioeconomic backgrounds. Finds that 10-year olds focused on the thoughts and feelings of people whereas the 13-year olds included more knowledge abstracted to the country level. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences