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Links between Family-School Value Discrepancies and Teacher-Student Relations in Adolescents from Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Backgrounds
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Corinne Hébert; Julie Goulet; Kristel Tardif-Grenier; Linda S. Pagani; Isabelle Archambault – Journal of Education, 2024
This paper describes the nature of home-school value discrepancies perceived by students, and tests associations between such value discrepancies and teacher-student relationships with student generational status as a moderator. Using a sample of 1,551 students from grades 10 and 11, chi-square tests and ANOVAs were used to describe the nature of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 11
Values Congruence in Multicultural Groups: The Causal Mapping Method
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Bogodistov, Yevgen; Botts, Moritz; Schlatterer, Florian – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the adoption and application of the causal mapping method for cognitive distances measurement in the multicultural domain. Design/methodology/approach Causal mapping was used to estimate differences in mental models between participants. The developed method was applied in a multicultural setting…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Influences, Values
Systemizing: A Cross-Cultural Constant for Motivation to Learn Science
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Zeyer, Albert; Çetin-Dindar, Ayla; Md Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam; Juriševic, Mojca; Devetak, Iztok; Odermatt, Freia – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
The present study is based on the empathizing-systemizing (E-S) theory of cognitive science. It was hypothesized that the influence of students' gender on their motivation to learn science is often overestimated in the research literature and that cognitive style is more important for motivation than students' gender. By using structural equation…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Gender Differences, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
Explanatory Models of Illness: A Study of Within-Culture Variation
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Lynch, Elizabeth; Medin, Douglas – Cognitive Psychology, 2006
The current studies explore causal models of heart attack and depression generated from American healers whom use distinct explanatory frameworks. Causal chains leading to two illnesses, heart attack and depression, were elicited from participant groups: registered nurses (RNs), energy healers, RN energy healers, and undergraduates. The…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Causal Models, Heart Disorders, Depression (Psychology)
Everything You Need To Know about Bias Incidents. The Need To Know Library.
Osborn, Kevin – 1994
Bias-related violence and harassment are increasing throughout the world. This book for children explores the causes and incidence of bias and also discusses what people are doing to defeat hatred and promote respect for the ways in which people differ. A bias incident or hate crime is any crime committed against a person because of his or her…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bias, Causal Models, Childrens Literature
Bigotry, Prejudice, and Hatred: Definitions, Causes, and Solutions. Contemporary Issues Series.
Baird, Robert M., Ed.; Rosenbaum, Stuart E., Ed. – 1992
The causes of bigotry, prejudice, and hatred and what can be done about them are discussed by the authors represented in this collection. Most of the book provides general discussions of these issues, but Part 2, "Universities and the 'Politically Correct' Response to Hatred and Prejudice," contains some specific examinations of these…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Educational Discrimination