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1999
The first of the four papers in this symposium, "What Is It Like To Be an Independent HRD Consultant?" (Alexander Ardishvili), reports on a phenomenological study that investigated the experience of being an independent HRD (human resource development) consultant through interviews with 10 successful HRD consultants. The study identified eight…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consultants, Cross Cultural Studies, Distance Education
Download full textHoskins, Irene, Ed. – 1989
Written in English and Spanish, this document contains the proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Gerontology on concerns about the impact of rapid social change on the well-being of older women and families in Latin American and the Caribbean and about effective programs that address the needs of the older populations. The first…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Byrne, Eileen M. – 1980
In terms of women's activities outside the home, a steady trend of expansion has existed in both quantitative and qualitative respects over the last decade. Evidence justifies encouraging girls to pursue longer vocationally-oriented studies in a wider range of occupational areas, since evidence points to the possibility that from one-in-three to…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Developed Nations
Mead, Robert G., Jr., Ed. – 1983
The articles discuss the necessity of including foreign language as an integral part of the curriculum at all levels of instruction. The following chapters are included: "Elementary School Foreign Language: Key Link in the Chain of Learning" (rationale, innovations, immersion programs, and interdisciplinary approaches); "Foreign…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1983
The essays in this volume seek to elucidate the policies and processes whereby groups of students in 15 (mainly industrialized) countries are designated as special, and differential treatment is legitimated, organized, and financed. Essays and authors are as follows: "An Overview of Experience in Fifteen Countries" (W. Donovan, A.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Pluralism
Switzer, Kenneth A.; Redden, Charlotte, A. – 1978
The guide was designed to assist secondary school classroom teachers in developing and implementing units on cultural diversity. The activities stress the impact of diversity globally as well as in Latin America and can be used as models for examining diversity in other geographic areas. Diversity refers to the heterogeneity of cultures and social…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Communications, Concept Formation, Conflict
Gray, Tracy C. – 1978
The literature emphasizes that achievement motivation depends on a generalized desire to accomplish a given task; it does not deal with the issue of whether or not a culture values the appropriate behavior. This study investigated possible cultural and sex differences in achievement motivation from a bicultural perspective. This research: (1)…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Achievement Need, Anglo Americans, Biculturalism
Day, Richard R. – 1976
This is a report of the results of an investigation of a test of plurality and past tense in standard English (SE). This research replicated Gleason's 1957-58 study in Boston. The subjects were 27 speakers of Hawaiian Creole English (HCE) in a kindergarten class in Honolulu. The results showed that the children produced very few SE plural and past…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Dialect Studies
Magnussen, Olav – 1977
The relationship between education and employment in Europe is analyzed with particular emphasis on the trends toward mass education, apparent saturation of the labor market, and a new structure of employment opportunities. The objective of the report is to contribute toward a redefinition of the nature of the education/employment relationship…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Programs
Sikkema, Mildred; Niyekawa-Howard, Agnes M. – 1977
This book reports on a field training project in social work education which emphasized learning to deal with cultural differences. Objectives of the project were to achieve an understanding of another culture and to move toward personal growth by becoming aware of one's cultural and personal biases. The book contains seven chapters. Chapter I…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Bouton, Lawrence F., Ed.; Kachru, Yamuna, Ed. – 1994
This volume on pragmatics and language learning includes the following: "'Cultural Scripts': A Semantic Approach to Cultural Analysis and Cross-Cultural Communication" (Anna Wierzbicka); "Issues in Second Language Learning in a Multilingual Context" (Ayo Bamgbose); "Cross-Cultural Speech Act Research and the…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Counseling
Barnett, Don C.; Dyer, Aldrich J. – 1983
The volume on University of Saskatchewan graduate theses related to Canadian native peoples (Indian, Inuit, Metis) contains a brief introduction, followed by abstracts of 62 thesis projects (1912-1982), and a final section of statistics, charts, summaries, and discussions related to the abstracted research. Each research abstract consists of three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education
Reischmann, Jost, Ed.; Bron, Michal, Jr., Ed.; Jelenc, Zoran, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 24 papers from the 1995 and 1998 International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE) conferences. The following papers are included: "International and Comparative Adult Education" (Jost Reischmann); "Development and Fundamental Principles of International and Comparative Adult Education"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Comparative Analysis
Bjerstedt, Ake, Ed.; Gustafsson, Evy, Ed. – 1978
This annotated bibliography identifies over 100 resources available through the ERIC system. It focuses on the improvement of inservice or preservice teacher training for the purpose of fostering intercultural awareness, intergroup understanding, and global solidarity. Topics listed include international understanding via student teaching abroad,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education
Bar-Yam, Miriam; And Others – 1979
The relationship between moral development and cultural and educational background is examined. Approximately 120 Israeli youth representing different social classes, sex, religious affiliation, and educational experience were interviewed. The youth interviewed included urban middle and lower class students, Kibbutz-born, Youth Aliyah…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Arabs, Behavioral Science Research, Cross Cultural Studies
