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Aniekan Essien; Adewale Salami; Olubunmi Ajala; Bamidele Adebisi; Adesina Shodiya; Grace Essien – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
This study explores how socio-cultural dynamics influence student engagement with Generative AI technology in Nigerian higher education, using activity theory as theoretical underpinning. By examining the roles of community norms, technological accessibility, and educational objectives, the research identifies critical factors that impact the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Social Influences, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement
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Premadasa, H. K. Salinda; Rathnayaka, R. M. Kapila Tharanga; Thiranagama, A. Waruni; Walpita, Chaminda Niroshan – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
Overwhelming popularity of Facebook as a social network site (SNS), especially among students, has shown growing interests of using it as a tool for education in and out of the classroom. However, despite concerted efforts from educationists, Facebook has hitherto unincorporated as a promising pedagogical tool. Influencing factors for such a use…
Descriptors: Social Media, Student Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Schroder, Konrad – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1971
Descriptors: Community Influence, Curriculum Development, Departments, Educational Objectives
Gage, N. L., Ed. – 1975
The goal of this panel was to generate scientific knowledge on how the organizational, administrative, physical, personal, and social aspects of the classroom, school, district, and community support instructional personnel in reaching educational goals. A matrix was developed using locational variables (within school and outside school) and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Influence, Community Support, Educational Objectives
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King, Edmund – British Journal of Educational Studies, 1980
The author states that nearly all nationally stated aims in education profess to cherish individual qualities. He suggests, however, that this ideal is a generalization which cannot be discussed in any universalistic way through all time in all countries, culture-contexts, and ideologies. (KC)
Descriptors: Community Influence, Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences