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Predictors of Images towards the "Other": A Comparative Study between Jordanian and Greek Pre-Service Teachers
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Kostoulas-Makrakis, Nelly; Al-Said, Khaleel; Makrakis, Vassilios; Kalogiannakis, Pella; de Baz, Theodora – Intercultural Education, 2010
The present study examined the perceptions of Jordanian and Greek pre-service teachers (N = 489) towards the "Other" as well as towards tolerance and intolerance. Frequencies, "t"-tests and one-way analysis of variance, as well as multiple regression analyses, were performed for the data analysis. The results show that although…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Preservice Teachers
Language Loyalty and Ethnocentrism in the Guamanian Speech Community
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Riley, George A. – Anthropological Linguistics, 1975
Students at the University of Guam were surveyed to determine their feelings of ethnocentrism and their use of the native language, Chamorro. Data show students to be only mildly ethnocentric, and there appears to be no correlation between ethnocentrism and reported use of Chamorro. (CHK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Chamorro, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics
Misconceptions of Culture and Perversions of Multiculturalism.
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Goldman, Louis – Interchange, 1993
Claims that multicultural education is based on unsound conceptions of the nature of culture, particularly the idea that it is inappropriate to judge cultures by the standard of how well they allow members to adapt to their current circumstances. Multiculturalism should encourage maximum interaction of all societal elements to forge an emergent…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Transculturals, Transnationals: The New Diaspora.
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Willis, David B.; And Others – International Schools Journal, 1994
The dispersion of highly qualified people to many lands due to transnational employment is a new kind of diaspora. A long-term study of an international school in Japan suggests that foreign-national students may be forerunners of a kind of transcultural/transnational identity needed for the world to transcend ultranationalism and ethnocentrism.…
Descriptors: Community, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
On the Psychological Viability of "Latin-Americanism."
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Salazar, Jose Miguel – International Social Science Journal, 1983
Discusses the concept of nationalism and seeks to analyze whether "Latin-Americanism" can serve as a lever for a nationalistic type of social movement. In spite of separate national group identifications going back 150 years, research indicates that the socio-psychological preconditions of a Latin American supranationalism do exist. (CS)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
Who Counts; Who Cares? Scottish Children's Notions of National Identity.
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Carrington, Bruce; Short, Geoffrey – Educational Studies, 1996
Presents the results of a case study of 9- to 11-year-olds' understanding of nationalism and collective identity in Scotland. Compares the responses of mostly-white Edinburgh students with those drawn from a multiethnic cohort from English schools. Examines the policy implications of these results. (MJP)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Educational Policy
"Going Global": Conceptualization of the "Other" and Interpretation of Cross-Cultural Experience in an All-White, Rural Learning Environment
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Lee, Mimi Miyoung – Ethnography and Education, 2006
Based on an ethnographic case study done in an all-white, rural middle school, this article examines the students' experience with and interpretation of an international education program implemented with a hope of providing more global/international contents to the curriculum. The study shows that these students interpreted other cultures…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Case Studies, Rural Schools, Middle Schools