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Hinkel, Eli – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
Considering the complicating effect of cultural differences in writing conventions, this study examines discourse tradition as influenced by Confucian/Taoist precepts and those of U.S. academic environments, the latter requiring rational argumentation, justification, and proof. Pedagogical implications of native-speaker and nonnative-speaker…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Confucianism, Cultural Context
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Song, Bailin – College ESL, 1995
Discusses reasons for behavior of East Asian college students in their approach to reading, including their respect for the teacher as a spiritual guide, belief that asking a question is a sign of slow learning, and conviction that the goal of reading is to decode words and recite whole text fluently rather than to analyze a reading passage. (14…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Buddhism, College Students, Community Colleges
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Zhou, Yanqiu Rachel; Knoke, Della; Sakamoto, Izumi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2005
Recent research has documented silence/reticence among East-Asian international students, including Chinese students, in Western/English classrooms. Students' communication competence and cultural differences from the mainstream Euro-American society have been identified as two primary barriers to participation. Placing emphasis on individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Confucianism, Cultural Context
Smith, Douglas C. – 1992
This paper investigates the challenges facing the modern Chinese family in Taiwan. An understanding of how culture and family life interact in other cultures may be useful in helping to understand such interactions in one's own society. Confucianism and family stability have been two enduring features of the protracted civilizations of China. In…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Confucianism, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
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Han, Song-Ae – Australian Journal of Education, 2005
Cross-border education has been growing dramatically in both English-speaking countries and non-native English-speaking countries. While more and more students, particularly from Asian countries such as Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan choose to study in English-speaking countries, many native English speakers go to Asian countries to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Smith, Douglas C. – 1986
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze for American readers the Chinese high school in Taiwan today, both its historical-philosophical context and its current operational framework. Part 1 of the study, "The Social, Historical, and Cultural Provenance of the Modern Chinese High School in Taiwan," covers methods and models,…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
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MacKinnon, Allan – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1996
The dialogical relationship between Confucianism and Taoism serves as a framework for examining the interplay between learning as socioculturally mediated activity and critical reflection in preservice teacher education. Article highlights a summer elementary school science program that involves preservice teachers, university faculty, and a local…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Confucianism, Critical Thinking
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Kelen, Christopher – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2002
This paper examines philosophical frame factors for English Language Teaching in the Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) classroom. Drawing on the experience of a Native English Teacher in a government-aided Hong Kong High School it pays attention to two related difficulties: the "reality" of English in the classroom and the perceived…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Thomas, Elwyn – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Claims that modernization in Singapore has had little effect on the Chinese concept of filial piety, a key factor in moral development. Argues that social change and modernization are challenging this firmly held tenet. Focuses on studies of student attitudes toward filial piety and moral values. Analyzes values and beliefs of Chinese, Malay, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Confucianism, Educational Psychology, Ethical Instruction
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Kam, Louie – Comparative Education, 1984
Chinese educationists since 1949 have attempted to continue the Confucian educational tradition, emphasizing attributes which are compatible with Marxism. (MH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Confucianism, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Lee, Ger-Bei – Moral Education Forum, 1990
Examines Taiwanese moral education, which has traditionally developed moral themes from Confucian ethics found in Chinese literature. Emphasizing altruism and self-discipline, lists moral values that primary and middle school students encounter in "Chinese Readers," the predominantly used texts. Questions how industrialization and…
Descriptors: Altruism, Civics, Confucianism, Content Analysis
Tucker, Carlton H. – 1994
In order to broaden student understanding of past and contemporary situations, the world history survey course needs to consider religion as a vehicle through which history moves. The course proposal includes prehistory and paleolithic times to contemporary Islamic culture. The course is thematic and comparative in orientation, but moves through…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism
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Widmer, Ellen – International Journal of Social Education, 1991
Discusses the relationship between the prominence of themes of the literate gentry woman in Chinese fiction and the rise of women poets. Examines later Japanese fiction to find influences of the woman reader and of earlier Chinese works. Explores the scholar-beauty novels, women as warriors, female martyrdom, and the equating of virtue with…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Authors, Chinese Culture, Confucianism
Feng, Jianhua – 1994
This digest provides information to help teachers gain a better understanding of Asian-American children, particularly those from East and Southeast Asian cultures, and identify culturally appropriate educational practices to use with these children. Asian-Americans represent more than 29 distinct subgroups who differ in language, religion, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Confucianism, Cultural Awareness
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Greenholtz, Joe – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2003
This paper explores the interplay between Western conceptions of education and students from other educational traditions, most specifically Japan, through the lens of the author's practice in international education. He examines models of the private and public spheres and public discourse advanced by Hannah Arendt and Jurgen Habermas in relation…
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Context Effect
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