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Thorlindsson, Thorolfur; Bernburg, Jon Gunnar – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
The current study examines the contextual effects of community structural characteristics, as well as the mediating role of key social mechanisms, on youth suicidal behavior in Iceland. We argue that the contextual influence of community structural instability on youth suicidal behavior should be mediated by weak attachment to social norms and…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Imitation, Suicide, Environmental Influences
Guojonsdottir, Hafdis; Cacciattolo, Marcelle; Dakich, Eva; Davies, Anne; Kelly, Claire; Dalmau, Mary C. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2008
This paper reports a three-year study of Praxis Inquiry based developments in teacher education undertaken by an international consortium of university colleagues who have worked in Australia, Iceland, Latvia, and the United Kingdom. Our study suggests that the attainment of inclusive community responsive pedagogies--in schools and in teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, World Views, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Stiles, Deborah A. – Online Submission, 2005
In most ways the island nations of Iceland and Singapore could not be more different from each other: Iceland is sparsely populated, located near the Arctic Circle, and a very free and individualistic democratic society; Singapore is densely populated, located near the equator, and a very regulated and collectivist meritocracy. But both nations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Democracy, Cognitive Development