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The Affective Assemblage of Internationalisation in Japanese Higher Education
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Morley, Louise; Roberts, Paul; Ota, Hiroshi – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
Positive attributes stick to higher education internationalisation, and it is a policy paradigm with performative effects. Internationalisation draws on imagined virtuous flows of knowledge production and exchange, and is presented as an assemblage of detraditionalisation, expansiveness and epistemic and cultural opportunity for individuals,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Higher Education, Universities
A Study on the Status of Sustainability Education among Iranian EFL Instructors: Developing a Glocalized Model
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Tavakkoli, Zahra; Rashidi, Naser – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2020
In the Iranian education context where the concept of Sustainability Education is to a certain extent novel and fresh, one must first determine the state of Sustainability Education in education systems and specifically TEFL departments to discover EFL instructors' needs. This way, EFL instructors can be equipped with Sustainability Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Student Outcomes from Participating in an International STEM Service-Learning Course
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Daniel, Kristy L.; Mishra, Chandrani – SAGE Open, 2017
The purpose of this study was to measure student affective, behavior, and content (ABC) and global awareness outcomes after participating in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-based international service-learning (ISL) course and impacts on long-term retention in STEM fields. We compared experiences from 12 participants…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Service Learning, Student Behavior, Consciousness Raising
Design and Development of a Cross-Cultural Disposition Inventory
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Davies, Randall; Zaugg, Holt; Tateishi, Isaku – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Advances in technology have increased the likelihood that engineers will have to work in a global, culturally diverse setting. Many schools of engineering are currently revising their curricula to help students to develop cultural competence. However, our ability to measure cultural dispositions can be a challenge. The purpose of this project was…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Test Construction, Attitude Measures, Cultural Awareness
University Students' Perceptions of Childless Couples and Parents in Ankara, Turkey
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Copur, Zeynep; Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
Changing perceptions of childlessness have been documented in the United States, but little is known about perceptions in developing countries undergoing rapid social changes and globalization, including Turkey. This project uses a survey and hypothetical vignettes about childless couples and parents to assess university students' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Family Income, Females, Childlessness
Values as Predictors of Global Consciousness.
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Mayton, Daniel M., II; Lerandeau, Elizabeth A. – 1996
This study assessed the relationships between human values and the psychological construct of world-mindedness. Fifty-one college students and 58 high school students in a town in the Pacific Northwest completed the Values Questionnaire (Schwartz, 1992, 94) and the Cross-cultural World-mindedness Questionnaire (Der-Karabetian, 1992). A stepwise…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitude Measures, Citizenship Education, Concept Formation