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Zhang, Zuochen; Kenny, Richard F. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
This case study explores the learning experiences of three international students who were enrolled in an online master's program offered by a large university in Canada. The aim of the study was to understand the international students' experiences with, and perspectives on, the online learning environment. Findings indicate that previous…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Cues, Distance Education
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Niwano, Yoshiei; Schlosser, Steve; Yager, Robert E. – Science Education International, 2000
Investigates the difficulties that teachers experience in Japan and the United States when they attempt to move to a more constructivist approach in their teaching. (Contains 14 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Differences, Educational Change
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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
Luke, Christopher, Ed. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 2001
This collection of papers includes: "Language Learning Motivation: The Student, the Teacher, and the Researcher" (Robert C. Gardner); "The Self-Reported Perspectives Regarding Academic Writing among Taiwanese Graduate Students Specializing in TEFL" (Robert Johanson); "Contradictions, Appropriation, and Transformation: An…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Computer Uses in Education, Consonants, Constructivism (Learning)
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This collection of abstracts and papers includes: "Classroom Lesson Planning Using Constructivist Principles" (Richard K. Gordon, Stephen Lee, and Joel Colbert); "Students' Perception of Experiential Learning and Assessment of Own Learning at the Physically Handicapped School" (Shigeru Shimizu; Minoru Umezawa, and Yumiko Ono);…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Problems, Constructivism (Learning)
Tait, Alan, Ed.; Mills, Roger, Ed. – 2003
This book contains 16 papers on learner support in distance education in an international context. The following papers are included: "Constructivism or Confucianism? We Have the Technology, Now What Shall We Do With It?" (Louise Aylward); "Exploring Informal Study Groups in a South African Teacher Education Programme" (Carol…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies