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Al-Hassan, Omayya M.; De Baz, Theodora; Ihmeideh, Fathi; Jumiaan, Ibrahim – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2021
Values have complex constructions and are influenced by the larger cultural ideologies of the society. The child-rearing values parents embrace for their children exert telling influences on their development. This study explores the values mothers wish to instil in their children in Jordan. Semi-structured interviews with 71 mothers were…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Individualism, Mothers, Parent Attitudes
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Iwasa, Nobumichi – Journal of Moral Education, 2017
Two influential tragic incidents in 2011 are discussed in connection with the cultivation of morality in Japan. One is the suicide of a junior high school student due to bullying in his school--a scandal which eventually led to the country's redefinition of the status of moral education in the school curriculum. The other is the huge earthquake…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Suicide, Junior High School Students
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Assarsson, Liselott; Aarsand, Pal – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2011
Expectations of parenting are highly prescribed and the media is an important channel for adults learning what this role entails. The pedagogical role of the media involves making judgements on what counts as valid and desirable parenting practices and suggest goals to be(come) the "good parent"--a construct which appears to take no…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Mass Media, Adult Learning
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Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2011
Parenting is a recurring topic in books, newspapers, magazines and TV shows in Western societies. Often it involves experts giving advice to adults. Hence, parenting is made visible, categorised, evaluated and corrected in public. Judgements on what is desirable are demonstrated, and objectives to be achieved are pointed out. In the present study,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Child Rearing, Lifelong Learning, Discourse Analysis
Holloway, Susan D.; And Others – 1986
The child rearing beliefs of 68 Mexican mothers and preschool teachers were compared. Also investigated were differences in beliefs of mothers in two types of families: the first characterized by interdependent social structures where the actors are closely linked by emotional ties, the second by individualistic social structures where social…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Beliefs, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
Tovar, Marcela; Chavajay, Miriam – Asuntos Indigenas, 2000
The Guatemalan peace accord recognizes the institutions and local authorities of indigenous peoples, as well as their customs, common lands, and the "customary right" (common law) that structures intracommunity relations. However, it is difficult to define "customary right" and its applications and limits. A systematic study of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Behavior Standards, Child Rearing, Community
Medinnus, Gene R.; Ford, Martin Z. – 1984
A study to obtain data concerning values for child behavior from a sample of Mexican adults from Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico), and to compare and contrast these data with those obtained in previous research with subjects from the United States, used a sample consisting of 40 males (mean age 31.1 years) and 40 females (mean age 20.1). The subjects…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Attitude Measures, Behavior Standards
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology