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Markowitz, Anna J.; Bassok, Daphna; Grissom, Jason A. – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
Parental engagement is central to Head Start's two-generation mission. Drawing on research linking teacher-child racial/ethnic match to educational outcomes, the present study explores whether teacher-child match increases parental involvement in Head Start activities designed to support children and families. Using data from the 2006 and 2009…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Parent Participation, Preschool Education, Teacher Student Relationship
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Uy, Tricia; Dimaano, Christian – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman is a critically acclaimed book describing the importance of understanding cultural influence on health care and health outcomes. Although this book has been incorporated into standard curriculum in the university and medical school training settings, consideration of…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Undergraduate Students, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences
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Yu, Xiaomei – English Language Teaching, 2020
The task of the bilingual dictionary is to provide lexical units in the source language with equivalents in the target language. Therefore, translation equivalence is of great importance in compiling a bilingual dictionary. This study is an introduction to categories of equivalence in bilingual dictionaries and the causes of non-equivalence. Some…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Bilingualism, Translation, Classification
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Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Marja; Elia, Iliada – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
In this study we investigated the structure of quantitative competence of kindergartners by testing a hypothesized four-factor model of quantitative competence consisting of the components counting, subitizing, additive reasoning and multiplicative reasoning. Data were collected from kindergartners in the Netherlands (n = 334) and in Cyprus (n =…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills
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Choi, Alvaro; Guio, Juan; Escardíbul, Josep-Oriol – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
Problems of overeducation and overqualification in developed countries have attracted the attention of policymakers and researchers alike. While these phenomena have been clearly conceptualised, their measurement remains complex and controversial. This paper presents an overview of the phenomena and map overeducation and overqualification across…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Qualifications, Educational Attainment, Cultural Differences
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Rappleye, Jeremy – Comparative Education, 2020
Relating my experience of becoming a 'foreign' comparativist, I offer a vision of comparative education that both extends and challenges the field. It continues the work of Bereday and Lauwerys who sought to make visible the 'contrasting colours of the world' in order to affect deep self-reflection and imagine alternatives. But it also challenges…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Philosophy
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Howard, Karen – Music Educators Journal, 2020
To avoid cultural appropriation, music educators need to take the time to explore the source culture and approach the traditions of others in a respectful manner so the people and musics studied are neither demeaned nor exploited. Students can be part of this exploration and share what they learn from their research with the class.
Descriptors: Music Education, Cultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods
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Kwah, Helen – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
In the context of the science versus creationism debate, Elizabeth Watts thoughtfully explores Buddhism as a model of compatibility between science and religion, and as inspiration for the pedagogical potential of mindfulness practices to promote student receptivity to scientific views of evolution. However, Watts focuses on modern Buddhist…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Science Education, Creationism, Evolution
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Yoo, Hanwook; Manna, Venessa F.; Monfils, Lora F.; Oh, Hyeon-Joo – Language Testing, 2019
This study illustrates the use of score equity assessment (SEA) for evaluating the fairness of reported test scores from assessments intended for test takers from diverse cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds, using a workplace English proficiency test. Subgroups were defined by test-taker background characteristics that research has…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Culture Fair Tests, Test Validity
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Lea Locke, Michelle – Australian Journal of Education, 2018
The scholastic success of Bolongaia (Maria Lock), at the Parramatta Native Institution in 1819, arguably positions her as an academic giant. Bolongaia's exam results challenged the opinions of the day when she 'bore away the chief prize'. Bolongaia's academic success was based purely on her acquisition of western based knowledges and values. In…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Culturally Relevant Education, Higher Education
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Graham, Eliot J. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2018
Classroom management is sometimes dismissed as behaviorist or even oppressive. However, as scholars concerned with issues of equity, we cannot afford to avoid the complexity of authority relationships in urban schools. Doing so undermines our ability to effectively combat the influx of authoritarian disciplinary approaches into these schools and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Urban Schools, Social Justice, Democratic Values
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Yin, Hongbiao; González, Carlos; Huang, Shenghua – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Based on responses from 2043 Chinese and 1669 Chilean undergraduate students, this study compared Chinese and Chilean students' approaches to studying and perceptions of the learning context. The results show that Chinese students and male students were generally in a more unfavorable situation in terms of their approaches to studying and course…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Soriano, Encarnación; Cala, Verónica C. C. – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess and compare school well-being (SW) and emotional well-being (EW) among Romanian, Moroccan and Spanish youth, to determine the degree of relation between EW and scholar well-being. Design/methodology/approach: The paper employed cross-sectional research with cluster sampling in two primary schools and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Emotional Development, Questionnaires
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Sundqvist, Annette; Holmer, Emil; Koch, Felix-Sebastian; Heimann, Mikael – Infant and Child Development, 2018
This study explored the development of theory of mind (ToM) in 80 Swedish-speaking 3- to 5-year-olds, a previously unstudied language and culture. The ToM scale was translated and tested in a Swedish context. The results show that the ToM abilities improve significantly with age. In addition, a gender difference was observed for the whole sample,…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Preschool Children, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Putnick, Diane L.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Zelli, Arnaldo; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bombi, Anna Silvia – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Promoting children's prosocial behavior is a goal for parents, healthcare professionals, and nations. Does positive parenting promote later child prosocial behavior, or do children who are more prosocial elicit more positive parenting later, or both? Relations between parenting and prosocial behavior have to date been studied only in a narrow band…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Prosocial Behavior, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
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