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Perceptions of Pacific Islander Students in Higher Education
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Uehara, Denise L.; Chugen, Jonathan; Staley Raatior, Vidalino – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2018
A comprehensive inquiry about the experiences of Pacific-Islander students in higher education is sorely wanting. This study uncovered cultural predilections of Pacific-Islander students from the American-affiliated Pacific region related to their experiences in a Western setting. The University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) serves as the backdrop…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Focus Groups
A Longitudinal Study of Upper Secondary School Students' Values and Beliefs Regarding Policy Responses to Climate Change
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Ignell, Caroline; Davies, Peter; Lundholm, Cecilia – Environmental Education Research, 2019
This article explores changes of environmental values and beliefs among secondary school business and economics students regarding government and market solutions to climate change. The quantitative study is longitudinal and a survey was administrated to students at two occasions including 212 participants in the first measurement. Results show a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Business Administration Education, Economics Education
Latino/a Cultural Perspectives of Social Presence: A Case Study
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Plotts, Courtney – International Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Many Latino/a students select online learning as a viable option for completing a college degree. Yet, Latino/a perspectives regarding online social presence is unknown. This study explored Latino/a students' perceptions of social presence in online courses as related to their culture perspectives of interpersonal communication, values, norms and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Case Studies, Hispanic American Culture, Online Courses
Students and Drug Use: A Study of Personality Characteristics and Extent of Drug Using Behavior
Riggs, D. Elaine – Canadian Counsellor, 1973
This research was designed to determine the existence of differences on selected personality and attitudinal variables, among groups of adolescents, categorized according to the extent of drug usage characteristic of their respective memberships. Groups were found to differ significantly on four of the personality variables measured, and on…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Personality Studies
Values-Clarification in the Middle School Classroom
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Creamer, Robert C.; Creamer, Janice Kurth – Contemporary Education, 1978
The development of values clarification in education can open the door to growth and self-fulfillment for the individual. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Decision Making, Individual Development, Middle Schools
Adolescents' and Educators' Perceptions of Values: Implications for the Teaching and Acquisition of Moral Reasoning.
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Fasko, Daniel, Jr.; Osborne, Jeanne; Grubb, Deborah – 1997
Since teen violence, crime, drug abuse, and teen pregnancies are a concern to parents and educators, this study looks at the values that are important to adolescents. The sample consisted of 550 Kentucky high school students in one state who completed a values survey (included). Results show that overall, teens reached consensus, (i.e., 67% of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Standards, Ethical Instruction, High School Students
The Graduate Student Experience and Subscription to the Norms of Science.
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Anderson, Melissa S.; Louis, Karen Seashore – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated the effects of graduate department structure, department climate, and mentoring experiences on 1,363 doctoral students' subscription to traditional norms of science and to alternative counternorms in 4 disciplines: chemistry, civil engineering, microbiology, and sociology. Substantial ambivalence about traditional norms was…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Behavior Standards, Beliefs, Chemistry