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New, Kuwi Hoi; Ghafar, Mohamed Najib Abdul – World Journal of Education, 2012
This research examines the development of self-awareness in students as they strive to adapt themselves to their current environment. The significant social factors that immerge include; culture, religion, language; economic status, family integration and work experience. Also considered are the relationships of students with teachers and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Change, Metacognition, Social Influences
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Tierney, William G. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2010
The goal of this paper is to understand, by way of a life history of one low-income working-class youth, how globalization impacts the working class in a developing nation. The concept of globalization and the method of life history seem diametrically opposed. Globalization is an idea about large social forces that impact the economic and material…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Working Class, Social Influences