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Culture and Personality in International Schools: Are Trait Differences in Students' Personalities Attenuated or Amplified?
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Wurf, Gerald C. – Intercultural Education, 2018
International schools provide a unique context for examining the influence of culture on adolescent personality and identity. In order to investigate whether intercultural education attenuates or amplifies known cultural differences in personality, the traits of 81 students from Chinese, North American, and mixed Chinese-North American cultural…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, International Schools, Acculturation, Self Concept
Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement: A Comparative Study of Adolescent Students in England and the United States
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Booth, Margaret Zoller; Gerard, Jean M. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
Utilizing mixed methodology, this paper investigates the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement for young adolescents within two Western cultural contexts: the United States and England. Quantitative and qualitative data from 86 North American and 86 British adolescents were utilized to examine the links between self-esteem and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
The Alaska Boundary Dispute of 1903.
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Fowler, Robert H; Crawford, John W. – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1988
Describes a teaching unit, 5 class periods in length, for students grades 10-12. Deals with the context of the Alaska Boundary Dispute of 1903. Presents the cause of the dispute, its resolution, and the repercussions. (DB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12