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De, Kock Heinrich Karl Theodor. "Preliminary normative indications for Xhosa speaking unskilled workers on the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006476.
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The aim of this study was to establish preliminary normative indications for Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test administered in English on a non-clinical population of Xhosa, unskilled workers (N = 33). The population has a history of relatively poor quality education and has received no tertiary education. The sample was stratified into two age grouping (18 – 29 and 30 – 40 years). Both sex and level of education were equally distributed within these age groupings. Within-sample statistical comparisons indicated no significant sex effect was present for any of the trials (Copy, IR or DR). Similarly, no significant age effect was present in the Copy trial. Significant age effects were observed for both recall trials (IR and DR). The local sample’s mean performance was descriptively and statistically compared to demographically equivalent nonlocal normative studies. Excluding an illiterate Columbian sample’s performance, the local sample performed significantly lower than all other available normative populations. Lastly, the local sample performed significantly lower than scores derived from a meta-analysis of normative indications in respect of educationally advantaged westernized groups for all three trials (p = .000 in all instances). These results assert the indispensable need for, and use of, culturally appropriate normative datasets in contemporary South African psychological assessments. Equally, these findings serve to highlight the significant influence of quality of education on cognitive test performance, being a critical socio-cultural variable that needs to be taken into consideration for norming purposes.
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Hunter, Nancee. "Assessing Sense of Place and Geo-literacy Indicators as Learning Outcomes of an International Teacher Professional Development Program." PDXScholar, 2016. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2701.
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This research explores the multifaceted benefits that accrue from learning within an international, experiential context. It uses a qualitative, case study approach employing pre and post surveys, in-situ observations, and semi-structured photo-elicitation interviews to analyze the Center for Geography Education in Oregon’s (C-GEO) 2013 Overseas Teacher Institute--a professional development program that took 11 teachers to Russia, Mongolia, and China for a total of 17 days (plus two additional travel days) to learn about the cultural and physical geography of each place. The focus of the research is two-fold and examines processes involved in gaining, synthesizing and applying 1) a sense of place (the emotional ties between people and place), and 2) geo-literacy. The results of this study provide evidence that intensive professional development programs can increase teachers personal and professional knowledge, change their instructional practices, and may lead to improved student learning outcomes.
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Avigitidou, Sofia. "Children's friendships in early schooling : cross-cultural and educational case studies." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386020.
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Sciame, Michelle E. 1958. "Adolescent adjustment to parenthood: A cross-cultural perspective." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291864.
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This naturalistic research describes adjustment to parenthood in an ethnically diverse group of out-of-school adolescent mothers enrolled in an educational program. The process of adjustment was investigated, as well as what factors impede or enhance adjustment for these mothers. Ethnic differences were considered along with the role of the educational program. Implications for program planning are discussed. Data collection consisted of interviews, observations, a Life Events Checklist, and a review of program files. Difficult home lives and the frequency of stressful events prior to pregnancy led to a relatively easy adjustment to parenthood for these mothers. Adjustment was enhanced by support; most frequently provided by the program, partners, and families. Partners and families also were the most frequent cause of difficulties that impeded adjustment. The major differences between ethnic groups were in family structure and support systems. The educational program served as a major source of relational support for these mothers.
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Fike, Lauren. "Cross-cultural normative indicators on the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) associate learning and visual reproduction subtests." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002484.
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A comprehensive battery of commonly used neuropsychological tests, including the WMS Associate Learning and Visual Reproduction subtests, forming the focus of this study, were administered to a southern African sample (n = 33, age range 18-40). This sample composed of black South African, IsiXhosa speakers with an educational level of Grade 11 and 12, derived through DET and former DET schooling. The gender demographics were as follows; females n = 21 and males n = 12. This sample was purposefully selected based on current cross-cultural research which suggests that individuals matching these above-mentioned demographics are significantly disadvantaged when compared to available neuropsychological norms. This is due to the fact that current norms have been created in contexts with socio-cultural influences; including culture, language and quantity and quality of education distinctly dissimilar to individuals like that composed in the sample. Hence the purpose of this study was fourfold namely; 1) Describe and consider socio-cultural factors and the influence on test performance 2) Provide descriptive and preliminary normative data on this neuropsychologically underrepresented population 3) Compare test performance between age and gender through stratification of the sample and finally to 4) Evaluate the current norms of the two WMS subtests and assess their validity for black South Africans with DET and former DET schooling with comparisons to the results found in the study. Information derived from the statistical analyses indicated that a higher performance in favour of the younger group over the older age range was consistently found for both WMS subtests. With regards to gender, some higher means were evident for the male population in the sample than was produced by the female group. Lastly, due to the fact that most scores derived from the sample were considerably lower when compared to the available norms, it is felt that socio-cultural factors prevalent to this population are a significant cause of lower test performance and thus warrant the development of appropriate normative indicators.
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Kaldi, Stavroula. "Projects about the European Union in the primary classroom environment : cross-cultural and educational case studies." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298732.
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Batchelor, Randal Shon. "Borrowing modernity a comparison of educational change in Japan, China, and Thailand from the early seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century /." Diss., Montana State University, 2005. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2005/batchelor/BatchelorR0505.pdf.
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Terrell, Brian Selway 1948. "A cross-cultural study of the school performance of children being raised by their grandparents." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289127.
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As of 1998 an estimated 4.0 million children under the age of 18 years old are being raised in their grandparents' homes because of various conditions and circumstances in the children's families. The findings of previous research have been mixed as to the academic achievement and school behavior of students being raised by grandparents. Fifty-seven volunteer caregiver-child pairings participated in this study, including 31 grandparent families, 14 single-parent and 12 two-parent families. Using a self-report questionnaire, the caregivers provided information on family structure, grandparent ethnicity, the conditions and circumstances surrounding grandparent involvement, and family relationship. The children were tested individually using standardized measures both for academic achievement (Wide Range Achievement Test 3), and for school behavior (Devereux Behavior Rating Scale--School Form). The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test was used to control for the intellectual level of the children. The children's teachers rated their classroom behavior. The findings were compared across three family structures: children raised by grandparents, by single parents, and by two parents; and also across three ethnic groups: Black, Hispanic, and White. No significant differences in school performance were observed related to either family structure or to grandparent ethnicity. Several significant differences were found in family relationship across the three family structure groups. Only a few significant correlations were observed between school performance and the conditions and circumstances surrounding grandparent involvement. A number of significant correlations were found between school performance and family relationship. Present findings suggest that the family relationship between the caregiver and the child (more than family structure, ethnicity, conditions and circumstances, or household income) may be related to children's school performance.
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Dempsey, Alison. "Cross-cultural Interactions of Chinese Graduate Students at a Midsized U.S. University." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1336069244.
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Oosthuizen, Henning. "A comparative study on the educational debate in central Europe, with specific reference to Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia 1989-1991." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17502.
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Bibliography: p. 191-205.<br>This dissertation seeks to determine how the socio-economic and political changes, following the 1989 revolutions in Central Europe, have found reflection and led to the emergence of interest groups in the education debate. It looks at the reforms initiated by the new ruling .power-elite in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. This reform process, embodying the value system of the new governments, has led, the dissertation seeks to show, directly to new and vibrant interest groups on the educational landscape. This study identifies the seven prominent interest groups - seeking to satisfy their own interests - which engage the government in the education policy making arena. This policy making arena, which I refer to as the "arena of power", is analysed through focussing on the relationship of power between the seven interest groups and the state. The Halasz (1986: 123) classification of interest groups in communist Hungary in 1986, forms the point of departure for my examination of post-1989 interest groups. Each chapter highlights the circumstances that influenced the development of interest groups and the extent of their participation in reforms. The dissertation concludes with a reclassification of post-1989 interest groups in Central Europe, in order to facilitate a better understanding of the dynamics of interest groups in the "arena of power".
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Johanek, Cynthia L. "Cross-cultural learning styles studies and composition : re- examining definitions, generalizations, and applications of past field dependence-independence research." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/864905.
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In recent years, the media have publicized the social problem of physical child abuse. This study examined three artifacts of physical abuse: the children's book Robin's Story, the popular song "Luka," and the television documentary Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse. Chapter One described each artifact and provided a literature review which detailed the writings about physical child abuse and artifacts discussing this topic. The chapter then posed research questions about how the artifacts viewed abused children and their abusers, the causes of abuse, and the solutions proposed for ending physical abuse.Chapter One finally discussed the narrative framework of rhetorical analysis used to examine the three artifacts. The narrative method used in this analysis employed three steps: 1) An examination of narrative structure, which discussed the plot of the story, the crucial points of the story and the events which supplemented those points, and the steps of breach, crisis, redress, and reintegration in the narrative; 2) An examination of narrative rationality, which talked about the completeness and true to life quality of the story and evaluated the reasons the rhetors gave for following the course of action endorsed by the story; and 3) An examination of narrative standards, including truth standard or how the narrative compares with what the audience believes is true; aesthetic standard or the grammar, setting, and characterization within the story, and ethical standard or the values expressed within the narrative. Chapter Two applied this framework to the children's book Robin's Story. Chapter Three viewed the popular song "Luka" through the narrative framework. Chapter Four discussed the documentary Scared Silent in terms of narrative analysis.Chapter Five then discussed the conclusions of the analysis for each artifact, artifacts discussing physical abuse, and for rhetoric. Some of the conclusions reached were that artifacts discussing physical child abuse should attempt to make their stories universal, that such artifacts need to distinguish between abuse and physical punishment, and that artifacts dealing with this problem must provide concrete courses of action to end physical abuse. This analysis concluded that, while narrative analysis provided the answers to the research questions, this framework needs to be made into a concrete method of rhetorical analysis to ensure that narratives are effectively evaluated. Narrative analysis was positive in this analysis, however, in that it supported the definitions of rhetoric as value, epistemology, motive, drama, meaning, and argument. This analysis found that, to end the problem of physical child abuse, rhetors must work with experts in this field and tailor artifacts from different perspectives to various audiences using different forms of media.<br>Department of English
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Maganga, Stewart Martin. "An anthropological study of the experiences of exchange students in Port Elizabeth, South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1007.
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This research study aims to investigate the exchange students' experiences with living in a foreign environment. Twenty students took part in this study and were made up of two categories namely study abroad students and student interns. The twenty students who took part in this study were mostly from industrialized countries namely Germany, the United States of America, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden. Data were collected by means of individual semi-structured interviews as well as observational methods namely participant and simple observations. The results indicate that if sojourners are to gain a better understanding the South African culture, it is important that they interact with the host nationals. Given that most of the students highlighted the issue of crime as their main concern, their knowledge on how to survive in a crime-ridden country like South Africa would be essential.
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Standridge, Daniel. "The Economic Impact of Veteran Status: The Effect of Veteran and Demographic Statuses on Household Income." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/977.
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Determining the effects of military service on those who volunteer is of vital importance in an age when service may lead to the loss of bodily function or life. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of military service with consideration for the demographic statuses of race, gender, and educational attainment on economic outcomes. Data for this study came from the Current Population Survey July 2010 with Veterans Supplement (N=83,000). Results from this study suggest that some veterans, namely those of minority racial status and lower educational attainment benefit from their military serve by achieving increased levels of household income as compared to similar non-veterans. Conversely, non-Hispanic White veterans and those with higher levels of educational attainment suffer negative consequences to levels of household income. Furthermore, differences among veterans were assessed. These results provide further insight into the experiences of veterans in the United States.
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Runciman, Carey Lynn. "A comparative study of the performance of English and Xhosa speaking children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007467.
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The purpose of this study was to compare the WISC-R subtest score scatter patterns and obtain preliminary normative data on the WISC-R Adjunctive tests (Digit Span Forward; Digit Span Backward; Digit Supraspan; Coding Immediate Recall and Coding Delayed Recall) on a non-clinical population of South African English (n= 15) and Xhosa (n= 12) speaking, standard six children, studying in English medium schools. Tests were administered to 27 subjects, both male (n=19) and female (n=8), with a mean age of 14.1 years (range = 13.3-15.3). The results show that White English speaking children outperform Black Xhosa speaking children on Verbal, Performance and Full Scale IQs and all subtests, but that these differences tended to disappear when Full Scale IQ and school grade average were controlled for. No subtest score scatter was present for either group although more specific test items appeared to be more difficult for Xhosa speaking subjects and may have contributed to generally lowered scores. Results suggest that caution must be employed in assigning Xhosa speaking South African children to absolute IQ categories. However, the WISC-R has validity for diagnostic use on both White English speaking and Black Xhosa speaking South African children as there was no evidence of a significant Verbal IQ/Performance IQ discrepancy, or significant low subtest scatter for either group. Normative tables are presented for the use of WISC-R Adjunctive tests.<br>KMBT_363<br>Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in
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Johnson, Robin Margarett. "Exploring Ethnic Differences in the Predictors and Outcomes of Academic Engagement During Middle School." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/577.
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Guided by a motivational framework derived from self-determination theory, a study was conducted to examine the role of academic engagement in helping to explain and ameliorate ethnic differences in school achievement. Building on decades of research that documents both the importance of engagement to learning in European American students as well as its malleability, this study relied on an ethnically diverse sample of 6th and 7th grade students to examine three questions (1) Are achievement differences across ethnic groups due to differences in engagement? (2) Does engagement predict achievement similarly or differently across ethnic groups? and (3) Are the predictors of engagement suggested by the motivational model the same or different for students from different ethnic groups? Participants were 194 African-American, Hispanic/Latino/a, Asian/Pacific Islander, and European American middle school students who provided information about their engagement, self-system processes (SSPs) of relatedness, competence, and autonomy, and their experiences with teachers in school; information about students' cumulative achievement (GPA) was extracted from school records. First, analyses revealed few ethnic differences in achievement (only Asian/Pacific Islander students' levels of achievement were higher than students from other ethnic groups), and no ethnic differences in engagement. In analyses designed to examine if controlling for variations in engagement would cause achievement differences between ethnic groups to disappear, a test of the simple main effects demonstrated that ethnic differences in achievement were found only at the lowest level of engagement (again Asian/Pacific Islander students outperformed all other student groups). However, at medium and high levels of engagement, there were no significant differences in achievement across the four ethnic groups. Second, analyses designed to examine whether engagement predicts achievement differently across ethnic groups, revealed that although engagement was an important predictor of achievement for all students, it was even more important for non-European American (compared to European-American) students. Third, analyses designed to examine whether potential facilitators (SSPs and contextual constructs) predicted students' engagement similarly or differently across ethnic groups revealed no group differences: All predictors were positively and significantly associated with engagement for students from all four ethnic groups. These findings are considered in the context of the study's strengths and limitations and the larger literatures on engagement and achievement in ethnic minority students. A important implication of the current study is that with a more comprehensive understanding of how to support the engagement of students from ethnic minority backgrounds, schools and teachers will be better equipped to address the engagement gap, and in so doing also eliminate the achievement gap.
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Ochs, Kimberly. "Educational policy borrowing and its implications for reform and innovation : a study with specific reference to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670201.
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Thobela, Nompapa Regina. "The perceptions of principals and teachers of learners with HIV/Aids." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1909.
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Thesis (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The HIV/AIDS pandemic presents many challenges to education in South Africa. The
National Department of Education declared itself a central player in addressing the
many challenges presented by HIV/AIDS. An important challenge relates to an increase
in learners that experience barriers to learning and development in schools and
classrooms. Education White Paper 6 of 2001 (Department of Education, 2001)
emphasised that the implementation of inclusive education in schools should take the
incidence and impact of HIV/AIDS into consideration and that learners with HIV/AIDS
should be included into schools and given the necessary support to ensure quality
learning. To successfully include and support learners with HIV/AIDS, principals and
teachers should hold positive perceptions on the inclusion of these learners in schools
and classrooms. Before strategies and techniques on how to support learners with
HIV/AIDS can therefore be developed effectively, principals' and teachers' perceptions
on the inclusion of these learners should be explored.
This qualitative study was designed to explore the perceptions of principals and teachers
on the inclusion of learners with HIV/AIDS in mainstream schools and classrooms. The
research was done within an interpretative paradigm. A qualitative research
methodology was employed with purposive sampling of participants, semi-structured
individual interviews and constant comparative analysis.
Research findings indicate that learners with HIV/AIDS as a chronic illness were
accommodated in mainstream schools and classrooms in the community under
investigation. The findings also suggest that positive attitudes would result in
meaningful relationships between teachers, learners and parents. The findings
furthermore indicate that certain teachers, especially those working in schools in the
senior and further education phases in the specific community, should develop more
positive perceptions of learners with HIV/AIDS in order to render appropriate support
and care. Knowledge and training were found to be lacking. The transdisciplinary
approach to support with its emphasis on collaboration across boundaries was seen as
the most appropriate approach in addressing the diverse needs of all learners with
HIV/AIDS.
v<br>AFRIKAANS OPSOMMING: Die MIV/vigs-pandemie skep baie uitdagings vir die onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Die
Nasionale Departement van Onderwys het verklaar dat dit sentrale rolspeler is in die
aanspreek van die vele uitdagings wat MIV/vigs bied. Een belangrike uitdaging in skole
en klaskamers hou verband met toename in leerders wat hindernisse tot leer en
ontwikkeling ervaar. Die Onderwyswitskrif 6 van 2001 (Departement van Onderwys,
2001) het beklemtoon dat in die implementering van inklusiewe onderwys in skole, die
voorkoms en impak van MIV/vigs in aanmerking moet neem en dat leerders met
MIV/vigs in skole ingesluit moet word. Dit beveel voorts aan dat hulle die nodige
ondersteuning moet kry om gehalte-onderwys te verseker. Ten einde leerders met
MIV/vigs suksesvol in te sluit en hulle te ondersteun moet skoolhoofde en onderwysers
positiewe persepsies huldig oor die insluiting van hierdie leerders. Voordat strategieë en
tegnieke om leerders met MIV/vigs in skole en klaskamers te ondersteun effektief
ontwikkel kan word, moet skoolhoofde en onderwysers se persepsies omtrent die
insluiting van hierdie leerders eers ondersoek word.
Hierdie kwalitatiewe ondersoek is ontwerp om die persepsies van skoolhoofde en
onderwysers oor die insluiting van leerders wat met MIV/vigs geïnfekteer is in
hoofstroomskole en -klaskamers te ondersoek. Die navorsing is binne interpretatiewe
paradigma gedoen. Kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetodologie is gebruik met doelgerigte
steekproefneming van deelnemers, semi-gestruktureerde individuele onderhoude en
konstant-vergelykende analise.
Navorsingsbevindings het aangetoon dat die gemeenskap wat ondersoek is leerders met
MIV/vigs as chroniese siekte in hoofstroomskole en-klaskamers akkommodeer. Dit het
ook uit die bevindings geblyk dat positiewe houding betekenisvolle verhoudings
tussen onderwysers, leerders en ouers tot gevolg sou hê. Die bevindings het verder
aangetoon dat sekere onderwysers, veral diegene wat in skole in die senior en
voortgesette onderwysfases in die besondere gemeenskap werk, meer positiewe
persepsies moet ontwikkel van leerders met MIV/vigs ten einde toepaslike
ondersteuning en sorg te verskaf. Daar is bevind dat kennis en opleiding ontbreek. Die
transdissiplinêre benadering tot ondersteuning, met sy klem op samewerking oor grense
heen, is gesien as die toepaslikste benadering in die aanspreek van die diverse behoeftes
van alle leerders met MIV/vigs.
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Siamoo, Peter N. "Developing the Instructional Leadership Skills of High School Principals in Tanzania: A Problem-Based Learning Approach." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/984.
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Underachievement among secondary students in Tanzania is tragic: the failure rate on the national exams after the fourth year is between 65 to 100 percent (Mushi, 2011). The literature affirms that student learning is primarily improved by enhancing quality classroom instruction while the second most impactful strategy is consistent school leadership to ensure that effective practices are utilized in the classroom (Blase & Blase, 2004; Chenoweth & Everhart, 2002; Fink & Markholt, 2011; Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004; Leithwood, Harris, & Strauss, 2010; Marzano, Waters, & McNulty, 2005). Despite the research, the researcher's pilot study revealed that there is currently little or no oversight of classroom instruction in most Tanzanian secondary schools. This paradox yielded two research questions: 1. Can Tanzanian schools leaders improve the quality of classroom instruction in order to enhance student learning and performance by employing systematic, fair, and culturally relevant teacher evaluation techniques? 2. Are the teacher evaluation tools developed for American school systems suitable to serve the Tanzanian school system or must they be adapted into the Tanzanian cultural context?
Using a Problem-Based Learning [PBL] method, the researcher field-tested and refined The Curriculum for Training Secondary School Leaders, and a workshop in which it was taught. The workshop and its curriculum provided instruction in Evaluation and Supervision of Classroom Instruction (ESCI) to Tanzanian Head Masters and Mistresses (HMs), or as commonly referred to as principals in America, in an effort to develop their pedagogical leadership skills. During the workshop, HMs refined the American-designed evaluation tools to make them culturally relevant to a Tanzanian context. After attending the six-day intensive ESCI workshop, participants indicated in surveys that they felt capable of providing support and coaching to their teachers and capable of assisting teachers in their efforts to improve their pedagogical skills. The researcher provided additional workshops for teachers and HMs at their school sites to support educators in the implementation of ESCI. Qualitative research demonstrated teachers also had favorable post-workshop reactions to ESCI. Though the implementation of the product and training will be further assessed in 2014, the initial qualitative results from post-workshop surveys strongly confirmed that HMs developed confidence, skill, and competence in employing ESCI, thus increasing the likelihood that HMs would employ ESCI in their own schools in the year to come.
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Van, Tonder Phia. "WISC-IV performance of South African grade 7 English and Xhosa speaking children with advantaged versus disadvantaged education." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003920.
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Research reveals that the level as well as the quality of education plays a role in the determination of an individual's intellectual capacity. Substantial differences in quality of education for black and white individuals were experienced in South Africa due to Apartheid. Compared to the traditionally white Private and Model C schools, Township/ DET schools had limited resources, as well as a separate syllabus and examination system, a situation that has not improved substantially since democratisation in 1994. Research on black South African adults with the WAIS-III has confirmed significant influences on IQ in association with exposure to either such advantaged (Private/Model C) schooling, or disadvantaged (Township/DET) schooling. However to date there has been no published research on the use of the Wechsler intelligence tests on a black South African child population similarly stratified for quality of education. Therefore, for the purposes of this study, the latest Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) was administered to a sample of 36 Grade 7 learners between the ages of 12-13 (mean 13.01 years), stratified for quality of education to form three comparative groups. Data analyses revealed significant differences on the WISC-IV Factor Indices and Full Scale IQ with the English speaking Private/Model C school group performing the best, followed by the Xhosa speaking Private/ Model C school group, and the Xhosa speaking Township/ DET school group performing the worst. This continuum of lowering is understood to occur abreast of a continuum of decreased exposure to relatively advantaged education. These normative indications are considered to have vital implications for the use of the WISC-IV in the South African cross-cultural situation where vastly differential educational opportunities continue to exist.
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Van, der Merwe Adele. "A comparison of WISC-IV test performance for Afrikaans, English and Xhosa speaking South African grade 7 learners." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002585.
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his study builds on South African cross-cultural research which demonstrated the importance of careful stratification of multicultural/multilingual normative samples for quality of education in respect of English and African language (predominantly Xhosa) speaking adults and children tested with the WAIS-III and WISC-IV, respectively. The aim of the present study was to produce an expanded set of preliminary comparative norms on the WISC-IV for white and coloured Afrikaans, white English and black Xhosa speaking Grade 7 children, aged 12 to 13 years, stratified for advantaged versus disadvantaged education. The results of this study replicate the findings of the prior South African cross-cultural studies in respect of quality of education, as groups with advantaged private/former Model C schooling outperformed those with disadvantaged former DET or HOR township schooling. Furthermore, a downward continuum of WISC-IV IQ test performance emerged as follows: 1) white English advantaged (high average), 2) white Afrikaans advantaged and black Xhosa advantaged (average), 3) coloured Afrikaans advantaged (below average), 4) black Xhosa disadvantaged (borderline), and 5) coloured Afrikaans disadvantaged (extremely low). The present study has demonstrated that while language and ethnic variables reveal subtle effects on IQ test performance, quality of education has the most significant effect – impacting significantly on verbal performance with this effect replicated in respect of the FSIQ. Therefore caution should be exercised in interpreting test results of individuals from different language/ethnic groups, and in particular those with disadvantaged schooling, as preliminary data suggest that these individuals achieve scores which are 20 – 35 points lower than the UK standardisation.
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Park, In-Ryang. "Encouraging motivation using songs and cooperative learning to improve intercultural understanding." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1754.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the students' motivation using songs and cooperative learning to improve intercultural understanding and to achieve communicative competence. The target level is the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) intermediate level students in South Korea.
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Velez, Rene. "Perceptions of School Performance Measures: A Study of Principals in the United States and Head Teachers in the United Kingdom Using Q Methodology." UNF Digital Commons, 2006. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/275.
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Performance measures have been used throughout the business sector as a means to assess productivity, allocate resources, and increase profitability. More recently, they have been utilized to answer increasing calls for accountability in public education. Legislation has been passed in both the United Kingdom and the United States that implements performance measures as a means to measure student achievement and assess school performance. This study, conducted both in the United States and the United Kingdom, examined the perceptions of 15 primary and 15 elementary school leaders with regard to the transnational issue of school performance measures.
Q methodology was used to examine the opinions and perceptions of these leaders for the purpose of providing insight for stakeholders and identifying future areas of research. The data from the participants revealed patterns of opinion within the head teacher group, the principal group, and the participants as a whole. Common opinions included the balanced use of performance measures, the political nature of school performance measures, the appropriate use of standardized test scores, and the consideration of economic and social factors. This study also demonstrated the use of Q methodology in qualitative educational research by both obtaining and analyzing rich and insightful participant data.
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Woodman, Karen. "A study of linguistic, perceptual and pedagogical change in a short-term intensive language program." Thesis, University of Victoria, 1998. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102184/1/__qut.edu.au_Documents_StaffHome_StaffGroupW%24_woodmank_Desktop_PhDthesis.pdf.
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This study investigates linguistic, perceptual, and pedagogical change (LPPC) in a short-term, study abroad English immersion program. It proposes the LPPC Interactive Model of second language acquisition based on Gardner's 1985 socioeducational model and Woods' 1996 beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge (BAK) structure. The framework is applied in a cross-cultural context, highlighting participants in the 1993 Camosun Osaka Aoyama English Language Institute involving Japanese English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students from Aoyama Junior College in Osaka, Japan, and non-Japanese ESL teachers at Camosun College and Canada's University of Victoria in British Columbia. The study examined the definition of teacher achievement; distinctions between language activation and language acquisition in the short-term, study abroad context; development of the constructs student BAK+, teacher BAK+, and class BAK+ to describe interactions in "class fit"; and the influence of temporal parameters on linguistic, perceptual, and pedagogical change. Data from teacher and student surveys and interviews suggest that change occurs in each of the linguistic, perceptual, and pedagogical dimensions and support constructs proposed for the model.
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DUNNE, Allison. "Dividing lines : examining the relative importance of between- and within-school differentiation during lower secondary education." Doctoral thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/14497.
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Defence date: 21 May 2010<br>Examining Board:
Fabrizio Bernardi (EUI),
Hans-Peter Blossfeld (Bamberg University),
Jaap Dronkers (formerly EUI/Univ. Maastricht) (Supervisor),
Adam Gamoran (Univesrity of Wisconsin)<br>First made available online: 17 April 2013<br>This thesis addresses the issue of educational inequality of opportunity by exploring how countries and schools differentiate their students for instruction during lower secondary schooling. Using a combination of comparative work examining twenty four countries using the data on student achievement among 15 year olds from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 and analyses with longitudinal case-study data from Ireland, this study builds upon existing knowledge in the area of stratification of educational opportunity. The methodology lends itself to a detailed investigation of the differentiating practices within countries and within schools and their impact on student achievement. In particular, this thesis focuses on the relationship between socioeconomic background, socioeconomic composition of the school and how students are sorted for instruction. In an attempt to contribute to the debate surrounding tracking practices the thesis explores how school composition effects vary depending on how a country sorts its students for instruction, the relationship between tracking and school composition and the role that curricular differentiation plays in explaining differential achievement. The findings highlight that the known effect of how countries sort their students for instruction on the inequality of educational achievement appears to be mediated through school composition effects. The results show that differentiation at the country level accentuates compositional effects, i.e. school composition matters more in highly differentiated education systems. However, the pattern is less extreme for high socioeconomic status students; that is highly differentiated systems do less to magnify compositional effects for high socioeconomic status students as compared to low socioeconomic status students. In Ireland, schools that track their students are achieving less than their counterparts in non-tracked schools which is associated with the lower social class composition of the school. Furthermore, there is inequality of educational opportunity within tracked schools. Those from lower social backgrounds do significantly worse in tracked schools compared to their peers. Access the curriculum is more differentiated in tracked schools with those in the top track gaining the best access to the higher levels of curricula. The findings in this thesis illustrate the payoff between offering an achievement advantage to a minority, or maximising achievement among the greatest number. Differentiating practices maximise the achievement advantage for the few who are high socioeconomic status students in high socioeconomic composition schools. Schools that track maximise the achievement advantage for the few who enter the school with higher ability levels by giving them better access to the curriculum which widens the gap in achievement between track placements. Comprehensive education systems and schools that do not track their students keep the channels of movement between courses of study open (Turner, 1960) and in doing so appear to maximise the achievement of a greater number with a small loss of achievement for the minority at the top. By exploring the role of differentiating practices within countries and within schools, this dissertation contributes to a greater understanding of how social class status and school-composition effects vary depending on how students are sorted for instruction.
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Mashabela, Makabulane Sam. "Community participation in social environmental issues in a core-plus curriculum." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7376.
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M.Ed.<br>Lack of community involvement in the provision of social-environmental education programmes has become a serious problem, even though some communities are aware that they should be involved. In this study an attempt is made to find out how the community is, or could be, involved in the provision of social-environmental education programmes in primary schools, that is, the issue of community involvement in a school's delivery of Environmental Education, focusing especially on social issues. Part of transforming the education system is making it democratic. The democratisation of education includes the idea that stakeholders such as parents, teachers, learners, and members of the community should be able to participate in the activities of schools. Put simply, the right to education and the duty to transform education, means that all stakeholders have new rights and responsibilities. They have rights and responsibilities concerning the way schools are run, and the way in which education takes place. It is the responsibility of the state, the parents, learners, educators, and others to provide the best possible social-environmental education for all learners. The state cannot provide everything and do everything for the school. It cannot afford to do this. Parents and members of school communities are often in the best position to know what their schools really need, and are aware of what problems exist in their schools. This is a meaningful role within the school. Therefore, there must be a partnership between all stakeholders who have an interest in education. The partners are the state, the parents, learners educators, and members of school communities.
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Gironda, Linda Ann. "Cross-Cultural Practices of Adult Educators in Blended Global Education." Thesis, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-xshj-1347.
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This qualitative study explores how adult educators use a blended teaching format, that is, the use of face-to-face teaching combined with online technology, to promote cross-cultural understanding between students from different cultures. This study is based upon the following assumptions: (1) cross-cultural understanding can be achieved through blended global education; (2) technology and online international education can help students achieve the benefits of cross-cultural understanding; and (3) by promoting cross-cultural understanding, students will learn to challenge assumptions, create new perspectives, gain global competence, and embrace international diversity.
This study examines the dedicated work of adult educators who participated in an online international teaching program, to have students from different countries, use technology to collaborate on shared projects in order to foster and promote cross-cultural understanding. The primary sources of data were: in-depth interviews with 20 adult educators, 10 from the United States and 10 from Mexico; a focus group of related academic and university professionals; and documentary analysis.
The bounded case study examined, among other things, the adult educators' perceptions of differences in teaching in a face-to-face, online, and blended global format; the activities used within a blended global context to promote understanding among students from different cultures; the ways in which adult educators learned how to teach in this environment; and finally, those factors that facilitated or inhibited the process of cross-cultural understanding within this blended global format.
Key findings included the power paradox of synchronicity; the blended cultural diversity paradigm; the impact of international collegial partnerships; and the anxiety and embrace of language challenges. A key finding was that, based upon the level of technology interaction coupled with the academic content of the collaborative work, students can achieve different levels of cross-cultural understanding from awareness to appreciation to advocacy.
A primary recommendation from this study is that adult educators and institutions should embrace technology as a creative and innovative way to help students achieve cross-cultural understanding and global competence in today's changing economy.
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Chetty, Lutchman Soobramoney. "Problems experienced by teachers in a multicultural classroom setting." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/530.
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Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the Degree of Master of Education in the Department of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand, 1997.<br>Socio-political changes have brought about major changes in the education system of South Africa. Many teachers who were accustomed to teaching at monocultural schools are suddenly confronted with the reality of having to cope with pupils of other cultural groups in their classrooms. Most of these teachers were not prepared for these changes. This unpreparedness has led to many problems being experienced by teachers in the multicultural classroom setting.
The aims of this study are:
* To determine if teachers are effectively trained to teach in a multicultural classroom setting.
* To establish if teachers are conversant with the complex needs of children in a multicultural classroom setting.
* To establish certain guidelines according to which accountable support can be instituted to equip pre-service and inservice teachers to deal with possible problems that they may encounter in a multicultural classroom setting.
Initially multicultural education in England, the USA and South Africa was reviewed. In all three cases a short historical overview of the development of multicultural education was given. Acts that were introduced in regard with the provision of education in these countries as well as certain acts that gave course and direction to the evolutionary process of multicultural education were briefly discussed. Certain advantages and disadvantages of multicultural education as envisaged by certain educationists were also highlighted.
In order to understand teaching in a multicultural classroom it was necessary to examine the life-world of the teacher and the teacher-pupil relationship. The life-world of the teacher constitutes his relationships with himself, others, things and ideas and God.
Research with regard to this study was conducted as follows:
* A literature study of available, relevant literature.
* An empirical survey comprising a structured questionnaire to be completed by secondary school teachers in the North Durban region. A likert- type scale questionnaire with three response categories; viz. Agree, Disagree, Unsure, was constructed. The three response categories ensured that the respondents' selections fell into one of the categories enabling the measurement of the direction and the intensity of their perceptions of problems experienced by teachers in a multicultural classroom setting.
* In addition to the empirical survey, personal interviews with teachers were conducted.
One hundred and eighty teachers were targeted from six randomly selected multicultural secondary schools in the North Durban region. With the aim of administering the questionnaire to the teachers of these schools, it was necessary to first obtain permission from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. Permission was also obtained from the Circuit Inspector of the North Durban region. Only after such permission was granted, was the researcher able to conduct this study. The primary data was in the form of a response to one of the three response categories
(Agree, Disagree, Unsure). Scores of the responses to each of the three categories were calculated. The descriptive technique was employed for the quantitative analysis of the data.
The investigation has the following value:
* It will provide a reliable picture of teachers' perspectives of multicultural education;
* The most lasting value of this investigation is that it will enable education planners and other relevant bodies to plan and provide professional teacher training programmes in multicultural education.
Anticipated dissemination of the research findings:
* The problems experienced by teachers in multicultural classrooms can be a topical issue of discussions during seminars and workshops at schools, colleges and universities.
* Findings from the research can be useful in the planning of suitable methods (workshops, videos, etcetera) to assist teachers to meet the educational needs of children in multicultural classrooms.
* The topic lends itself for further research by interested stakeholders regarding the teaching of children in multicultural classrooms.
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Mulongo, Godfrey Wanyonyi. "Cross-national learning assessments: relationship to educational policy curriculum and capacity development in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa." Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23793.
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A Research Dissertation Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
The Department of Psychology
School of Human and Community Development
Faculty of Humanities
University of the Witwatersrand
May, 2017<br>Utilizing the theories of change and social development, this study analyzes the extent to which participation in cross-national learning assessments has influenced educational policy and curriculum reforms in three African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. The study also interrogates structural reforms and exchange of technical capacities and evaluates the culture of learning assessment in these countries. To collect data, the researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with key informants drawn from the Ministries of Basic Education, national examinations councils, civil society organizations and curriculum development institutions in the three countries. In total, 17 key informant interviews were conducted (five in Kenya and six a piece in Tanzania and South Africa). The interviews were complemented by summative content review of policy/strategic papers. This study shows that overall, at least 18 policy/official strategic documents were formulated in these three countries (seven in Kenya and six in Tanzania and five South Africa) as a consequence of participating in the cross-national learning assessments. Five curriculum reforms attributable to the participation in the cross-national learning assessments are also recorded. However, the findings of the current study suggest that these curriculum reviews have not critically considered learning outcomes and are limited in relation to content, design, delivery mechanisms and assessment of literacy and numeracy programmes. As far as teacher capacity is concerned, the study has established that teachers in these countries lack skills in measurement mainly due to the limited training or lack of coverage on psychometrics in the teacher training curricula. Capacity to implement own national learning assessments is varied across the three countries. South Africa and to some extent Kenya have demonstrated improved capacities to implement independent large-scale learning assessments. Much progress has however been made by South Africa in resourcing and implementing independent large-scale learning assessments, an indication of commitment to sustain the culture of monitoring of learning outcomes. There is also much variation in policy and programme formulation and resource investment in literacy programmes across the three countries; at least three programmes/initiatives in South Africa and one each in Kenya and Tanzania have been launched to respond to learning challenges especially in lower grades, with at least $USD 645.2 million invested between 2010-2015. However, the programmes in Kenya and Tanzania are technically and financially donor driven. In terms of structures, South Africa and Kenya have put in place official structures that could support the sustainability of the system of monitoring learning outcomes. For sustainability, a recommendation is made that learning assessments be decentralized and collaboratively managed with stakeholders at the provincial and county/local council levels. The study concludes by discussing the social development implications of these findings.<br>MT 2018
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Ozodi, Christopher Chinedu. "Clinical pastoral education for Igbo society : a cross cultural model for a family/community-based educational process in pastoral care." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1852.
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CPE is Western in origin, it can be transplanted and adapted to the Igbo soil and be fedb with the local nutrients. In the view of the researcher, this can bring about a new CPE model which is called the "Family/Community-Based CPE Model." The above mentioned model puts the family and community at the center of the CPE program. The CPE center will be located in a community-based setting that will enable the CPE students to visit different families and experience community life and to learn how the people respond to different events in their lives. The students can also visit ceremonies that give meaning to the people's lives such as marriage, naming, funerals and other events through which the people express their communal life. Inter-professional collaboration can take place between the CPE center and different professionals, as well as the local practitioners. All these experiences will form part of the verbatim reports and reflections during the program. The already existing actionreflection- action model of CPE will be remodeled to be theory-observation-action-reflection. It is this CPE model that the researcher proposes for the Igbo society.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.
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"Cyberbullying among Children in Japanese and American Middle Schools: An Exploration of Prevalence and Predictors." Master's thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8947.
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abstract: ABSTRACT Cyberbullying has emerged as one of educators' and researchers' chief concerns as the use of computer mediated communication (CMC) has become ubiquitous among young people. Many undesirable outcomes have been identified as being linked to both traditional and cyberbullying, including depression,truancy, and suicide. America and Japan have both been identified as nations whose youth engage frequently in the use of CMC, and may be at a potentially higher risk to be involved in cyberbullying. Time spent using CMC has been linked to involvement in cyberbullying, and gender and age have, in turn, been linked to CMC use - these may play significant roles in determining who is at risk. In order to assess the effects of nationality, gender, and age on cyberbullying involvement among Japanese and American middle school students, a survey exploring these factors was developed and carried out with 590 American and Japanese middles school students (Japan: n = 433 and America: n = 157). MANOVA results indicated that that Americans tend to both use CMC more and be more involved in cyberbullying. In addition, Japanese involvement increased with age, while American involvement did not. There were minimal differences between Americans and Japanese with regards to traditional bullying.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>M.A. Educational Psychology 2011
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(9186566), Corinne R. Green. "Examining the Intercultural Understandings of Adolescents With Gifts and Talents Attending a Multicultural Summer Enrichment Program." Thesis, 2020.
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<div>Scholars in the field of gifted education have identified that summer enrichment programs can have academic and socioemotional benefits for adolescents with gifts and talents. Although some studies have pointed to the intercultural benefits of such programs, few have focused directly on the intercultural benefits multicultural enrichment programs can provide.</div><div>This mixed-methods study had three purposes: (1) to identify and adapt an instrument capable of measuring cultural responsiveness in adolescents with gifts and talents, (2) to examine if adolescents with gifts and talents change in cultural responsiveness over the course of a multicultural, residential summer enrichment program, and (3) to explore effective pedagogical strategies for teaching multicultural groups of adolescents with gifts and talents.</div><div>The Miville-Guzman Universality Scale-Short (Fuertes et al., 2000) was selected as the instrument of focus. The instrument was piloted, and the data analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis. Cognitive interviews with participants were also used to revise the items. A combination of canonical function analysis and qualitative responses were used to analyze participants’ (n=308) growth in cultural responsiveness over the course of the summer enrichment program. Finally, interviews with teachers and open-response answers from students were used to find the most effective pedagogical strategies for educating multicultural students.</div><div>Findings include a revised M-GUDS-S instrument for adolescents with gifts and talents (AM-GUDS-S), evidence that multicultural enrichment programs can have a positive effect on student intercultural relations with profiles for how those relations develop over a two-week period, and a series of pedagogical strategies that can be used by educators to facilitate learning for groups of domestically, internationally, and linguistically diverse students.</div>
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Yawa, Sibongile Ndileka. "A psycho – analysis of bereavement in Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana cultures." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4770.
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This study investigated the process of bereavement in the Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana cultures with participants including three cultural experts and a bereaved family from each ethnic group. Data was collected using semi – structured interviews mainly in the participants’ homes. Analysis was used by comparing and contrasting the information gathered.
Empirical research findings revealed that the process in the African culture specifically in these three ethnic groups is different from the western culture as stated in the literature. The literature review findings show that the western culture’s processes of bereavement seem focused in the intrapersonal processes. However, the African Black cultures seem to be focused more on interpersonal processes of bereavement.
Recommendations are made in the study on how a western trained Educational Psychologist can approach a bereaved client coming from these ethnic groups. Recommendations are also made for Educators and Parents.<br>Educational Studies<br>M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)
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Mncwango, Elliot Mthembeni. "Schools as fertile ground for the promotion of multilingualism in South Africa." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/570.
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Submitted to the Faculty ofArts in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in the Department of General Linguistics, at the University of Zululand, 2007.<br>This thesis reviewed the South African Constitution, the Language-in Education Policy (2004) and the National Language Policy Framework (2002), with the intention to compare certain promulgations on the issue of language use in South Africa. The constitution is unequivocal about the promotion of multilingual ism and use of indigenous languages. The study focused on the role which schools can play to achieve this objective. Schools are viewed as the most fertile ground toward the promotion of multilingualism, as stipulated by the South African Constitution (1996), particularly urban schools which are multiracial, with learners from different linguistic background. Data were solicited from schools in urban areas (English medium and Afrikaans medium), and those in rural areas (English and isiZulu medium). Comparisons were made between the two. The status of indigenous languages prior to and post 1994, is discussed.
The study observed that while the South African government is committed to promote multilingualism, the documents (the constitution and the Language-in-Education Policy, 2004) are very good, but implementation of the stipulations of such documents is lacking. It was established that a considerable number of former Model C schools still offer the languages which were offered prior to the first democratic era, in 1994. Therefore, unless the government sanctions the language policies, schools cannot change what they have decided between the school principal and the School Governing Body (SGB), and which they have already implemented.
The study concluded that besides the freer and wide speakership of indigenous languages their dignity and restoration also ought to be restored. This could be achieved easier if these languages were documented, and adequate material available in them in order to enable future generations to access information in their mother tongue if they choose to.
Furthermore, if multilingualism is to bear fruit, indigenous African languages ought to be tied to employment, e.g. journalism, medical practice and nursing, revenue collectors, traffic officers, etc. In the case of medical doctors, for instance, they should know at least one indigenous language that is widely spoken in the area where they practice, regardless of their racial background. The idea here is that unless learners see the functional value in learning indigenous African languages, they might not be as strongly motivated to learn these languages as when they learn English.
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Nair, Meenatchie Shunmugam. "The role of the school guidance counsellor in multicultural education." Diss., 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17560.
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with the emergence of multiculturalism and the opening up of schools to all
races in South Africa, the education system is undergoing enormous
changes. Educators and pupils are faced with unfamiliar cultures, languages
and backgrounds. This diversity has resulted in a need for schools to evolve
I with the changing circumstances. The complexities associated with racial
integration necessitates an educational programme suitable to meet the
I needs of our culturally diverse society. A change strategy is necessary to
provide teachers with a multicultural approach to education which is
ultimately aimed at providing pupils o e cultures with equal
opportunities to learn and succeed in a multicultural society.
It is the concern of this dissertation to examine the role and function of the
school guidance counsellor in attempting to meet the needs of educators, and
pupils coming from different cultural, ethnic, racial and socio-economic
backgrounds.<br>Psychology of Education<br>M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)
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Van, der Merwe John. "Strategieë vir transformasie in sekondêre skole : 'n sielkundig-opvoedkundige perspektief." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6919.
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D.Ed.<br>The past four decades will probably be remembered as revolutionary in South-Africa - years of unrest during which attempts were made to change and reform the system of education in South-Africa, particularly in the black and brown areas. The South-African education system did not respond to the demands and needs of the black and brown pupils. The education system was caught in the web of a political spider spun by the dictates of the apartheid system. The structure and organization of the education system, as well as the influence of political, social and economic factors promoted the development of a system which was primarily aimed at benifitting a minority group (the whites) of the population. The inequality, underlined by the system of apartheid led to the segregation of and rebellion against this system by black and brown pupils, their parents and teachers. The school has been the focus of political-ideological conflict and the black schools became an instrument for revolution. In the past few years and particularly since 1994 a new generation of pupils has emerged to claim equal education for all, where all pupils, regardless of race or colour are entitled to the same quality of education. After the first democratic election on 27 April 1994, South-Africa has chosen to follow a new road where equality for all people has become the most important focus. In the search for "freedom, equality and brotherhood" which promotes integration and non-racism in schools, it has become essential to examine and revise existing educational theory and practice. Creative solutions must be found and applied in order to create a climate of learning in the schools, in order that pupils, irrespective of their colour, heredity, language, religion, sosio-economic background or gender may find optimal benefit.
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Maritz, Diana. "Kreatiewe pedoterapie vir getraumatiseerde swart leerlinge." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10313.
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M.Ed. (Educational Psychology)<br>Youth form the foundation of society, hence physical as well as emotional stability are vital to their positive development. Currently the changing political and social situation in South Africa is closely associated with unrest and violence. This results in large numbers of black youths being exposed to traumatic incidences. Research indicates that trauma and its related stress can be a causative factor in the development of emotional disturbances and in particular the post traumatic stress disorder. In our new multicultural educational environment it has come to the attention of educational psychologists at educational aid centres that large numbers of traumatised black pupils are in need of assistance. The increasing numbers of traumatised pupils have serious emotional problems, and are now experiencing scholastic problems. The intention of the study was to develop a creative pedotherapeutic programme and to apply it with the purpose of reducing post-traumatic stress symptoms in black pupils. The point of departure of the programme was based on the assumption that the child always requires education. Hence any assistance can only be meaningful in a pedotherapeutic situation. The transcultural nature of the situation was taken into account when applying the programme. Possible obstructions and difficulties were anticipated and corrected by means of creative aid techniques. The programme was applied to four black standard five pupils enrolled at a Model 0 School in Johannesburg. By means of a structured questionnaire symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, were diagnosed. The creative pedotherapeutic aid programme was then applied during nine sessions extending over a period of nine weeks. The same questionnaire was later applied to determine the extent of the reduction of the stress symptoms. The test results indicated a reduction in intensity of several symptoms as well as symptom reduction in general. It was also reported that the scholastic performances of the four pupils had increased. A higher level of cognitive and emotional functioning was observed.
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(6632249), Bailu Li. "IMPLEMENTING SERVICE-LEARNING TO CHINESE LANGUAGE COURSES: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY." Thesis, 2019.
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<p>Service learning has been proposed as a widespread educational movement that merges academic work with real-life community service activities that encourages students to reflect and think critically about their experiences. As a pedagogical tool for second language acquisition, the greatest benefit of utilizing service learning activities results in the fact that it creates connections to the target language community and provides authentic experiences for target language use. Although service-learning has been extensively implemented into language programs such as Spanish and English as a Second Language (ESL), it is still in its infancy with Chinese second language learners.</p><p><br></p>
<p>This dissertation examines the effects and outcomes of service-learning involvement on the advanced Chinese learners towards language acquisition, cultural understanding, and community engagement. The study was conducted in a Midwest university with 30 students from a variety of educational and cultural backgrounds.The data was collected through pre-/post-survey, observation and reflective journals. Findings indicated that the service-learning experiences enhanced and enriched students' Chinese language learning. Additional benefits to the students included increasing their knowledge of Chinese culture and history, developing a higher motivation for community engagement and transformative learning, and forming connections to people and community beyond the classroom. However, differences were also found in students' service-learning experiences and outcomes based on gender, race, and cultural backgrounds. Future directions of Chinese service-learning in the emerging fields were discussed as promising avenues for future Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) research and practice.</p>
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Van, As Karen Helen. "Ondersoek na en evaluering van die opvoedingsrol van die vader : 'n studie in tydsperspektief." Diss., 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16242.
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Text in Afrikaans<br>In this dissertation an attempt has been made to study the past and in
particular the basic cultures of Western civilization (the ancient
Israelites, ancient Greeks, Romans and early Christians) in order to
investigate the educational role of the father.
In an examination of the past from a historic pedagogical perspective,
an endeavour has been made to compare the educational role of the
father during the ancient period to that of the father at present in
order to ascertain whether the past can possibly serve as "preceptor"
with regard to this contentious contemporary problem.
A chapter was devoted to each of the four aforementioned cultures in
which the father's educational role was disclosed. At the end of each
chapter a brief conclusion was reached pertaining to the field of
study.
In the last chapter a number of conclusions and recommendations with
regard to some of the factors which influenced the father's
educational role but which has immense significance for the
contemporary (as well as the future) period and consequently cannot be
ignored, were recorded. Matters such as the· father's educational
responsibility, religious/devout support, moral-ethical education,
vocational preparation and the implementation/enforcement of
punishment and discipline were discussed so that the present state of
affairs with regard to these factors could be evaluated and compared
to that of the past.<br>In hierdie verhandeling is gepoog om by die verlede en wel by die
grondkulture van die Westerse beskawing (die oud-lsraeliete, antieke
Grieke, Romeine en vroee Christene) te gaan kers opsteek betreffende
die opvoedingsrol van die vader.
Deur die verlede vanuit 'n histories-pedagogiese ingesteldheid te
bevra, is daar gepoog om die verband tussen die opvoedingsrol van die
vader in die antieke tyd met die van die vader in die huidige tyd te
vergelyk in 'n paging om vas te stel of die verlede moontlik as
"leermeester" ten opsigte van die brandende kontempor~re vraagstuk kan
di en.
Aan elkeen van die vier genoemde kulture is 'n hoofstuk gewy waarin
die vader se opvoedingsrol onthul is en aan die einde van elke
hoofstuk is tot 'n kart samevattende gevolgtrekking met betrekking tot
die veld van ondersoek gekom.
In die laaste hoofstuk is 'n aantal gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings
met betrekking tot enkele faktore wat die vader se opvoedingsrol
be1nvloed het maar wat groat segwaarde vir die huidige (sowel as
toekomstige) tyd het en dus nie negeer kan word nie, geboekstaaf. In
hierdie verband is aangeleenthede soos die vader se opvoedingsverantwoordel
ikheid, religieus/godsdienstige steungewing, moreelsedelike
opvoeding, beroepsvoorbereiding en die toepassing/handhawing
van tug en dissipline aan die orde gestel sodat die huidige toedrag
van sake met betrekking tot die genoemde faktore daarteen gespieel en
geevalueer kan word.<br>Educational Studies<br>M. Ed. (Historical Education)
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Deka, Ankita. "RACIAL DISPARITIES IN SELF REPORTED HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION. DOES PRIMARY CARE MATTER?" 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3044.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>A significant body of literature has accumulated in the last decade that provides evidence of the growing health care disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The literature suggests that Black adults share a disproportionate burden in death, disability, and disease. In 2002, the Institute of Medicine report, Unequal Treatment, showed that racial-ethnic disparities in health cannot be entirely attributed to problems of health care access, clinical performance, or patients’ personal characteristics. Many studies have shown that institutional and individual level discrimination that Blacks face in the health care system impacts their health status. This study used secondary data analysis to examine how primary care experience impacts self-reported health status and health care utilization among Black adults. Data were from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) implemented by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Specifically, MEPS Panel 10 (2005-2006) and Panel 11 (2006-2007) data were used in the analyses. The final sample comprised of N=15,295 respondents ages 18 and over. Logistic regression analyses were carried out using Stata Statistical Software, version 11. The study results reflect the disparities among Blacks and Whites on self-reported health and health care utilization. Blacks were 15% less likely to report good health status compared to Whites and had 0.11 less expected office-based doctor visits. Respondents who had better primary care experience had 0.05 times higher expected office-based doctor visits than respondents who did not have good primary care experience. Health care Social Workers should advocate for structural changes in health policy that will take into account the historical marginalization and contemporary inequities that continue to encompass the lives of many Black Americans.