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Developing an International Assessment of Global Competence
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Piacentini, Mario – Childhood Education, 2017
In 2014, an international, interdisciplinary group of experts came together under the auspices of the PISA Governing Board to consider a novel question: can an international assessment evaluate, the global competence of 15-year-old students? The experts recognized the need for data to understand how well students are prepared for life in…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cross Cultural Studies, International Assessment, Achievement Tests
Verbal Communication in Museum Programs for Young Children: Perspectives from Greece and the U.K.
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Synodi, Evanthia – Childhood Education, 2014
This comparative study explores the verbal communication between museum educators and young children, based on principles of developmental psychology. In early developmental stages, when student learning is greatly dependent on verbal communications from the teacher, observation skills may be developed through purposeful instruction. Through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Museums, Young Children, Verbal Communication
Cross-Cultural Practices in Art Education: The Art Lunch Project in Turkey
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Acer, Dilek – Childhood Education, 2012
This article presents a selective review of the literature on cross-cultural art studies, with the aim of identifying their commonalities. The article includes a specific cross-cultural case study, the Art Lunch Project, which the author attended as a representative of Turkey, that aims to exchange practical teaching experiences. The participants…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Art Education, Foreign Countries, Art Activities
Children's Drawings from China and the Soviet Union.
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Fassler, David G. – Childhood Education, 1986
Illustrates the cultural differences (and similarities) of China and the Soviet Union as reflected in the drawings of each country's children. In China, children's drawings reflected friendship and warmth toward others. In the Soviet Union, children's reserved and cautious attitudes about drawing are consistent with the perspective of that…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Learning from Play in Other Cultures
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Ebbeck, Frederick N. – Childhood Education, 1971
Understanding the differences in values that differing cultures attach to play may help educators (1) to clarify the role of spontaneous play, (2) to recognize the limitations of competitive play, (3) to better balance directed and spontaneous play, and (4) to view play as absorbed, joyful, educative activity. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth
Play Spans the Ages
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Roy, Beth – Childhood Education, 1973
A look at children's play in India and its curious mixture of generosity and hostility. The universality of play is discussed. (ST)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Environmental Influences, Learning Activities
Aesthetics in Asian Child Care Settings
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Honig, Alice S. – Childhood Education, 1978
Describes the aesthetic environments of children's care settings in China, Hong Kong and Japan. (BR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Perhaps We Were Wrong About Open Education After All
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Rothwell, James – Childhood Education, 1974
Senior Inspector for Primary Education in Manchester, England explodes some of the myths concerning "open education" in the English School System. (CS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Discovery Learning
Developing an E-Pal Partnership: A School-Based International Activity.
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Liu, Ping – Childhood Education, 2003
Examined an e-mail pen pal project between a second-grade classroom in the United States and one in China. Found that the project engaged students in learning through social interaction that enabled them to learn about a culture other than their own. Also found that the project enhanced students' social, cognitive, and linguistic skills, and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
A Bag of Hair: American 1st-Graders Experience Japan.
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Glover, Mary Kenner – Childhood Education, 1990
Presents an account of the project approach used by American first graders to study Japan. (BB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students