Conceptions of Teaching

1992 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Pratt
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Conceptions Of Teaching ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ways Of Being

From interviews of 253 adults and teachers of adults in Canada, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States, five conceptions of teaching emerged: Engineering–Delivering Content; Apprenticeship–Modeling Ways of Being; Developmental–Cultivating the Intellect; Nurturing–Facilitating Personal Agency; and, Social Reform–Seeking a Better Society. Variation amongst conceptions was examined in relation to three interdependent aspects of each conception: actions, intentions, and beliefs related to one or more of five elements and the relationship amongst those elements: teacher, learner, content, context, and/or an ideal vision for society. Findings have implications for cross-cultural work, the evaluation of teaching, and the development of teachers.

Hybridity and Identity Performance in Diasporic Context: An Autoethnographic Journey of the Self Across Cultures

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Nziba Pindi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Third Space ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Identity Performance ◽  
Ways Of Being

In this autoethnographic article, I am interested in theorizing about how hybridity illuminates my lived experience of identity performed across cultures, and more specifically in diasporic context, at the intersections of various facets of my selfhood: Black, female, postcolonial, African, bi-tribal, diasporic, immigrant, nonnative English Speaker, “French native speaker,” and so on. I use personal narrative as a locus of subjectivity to recount critical moments of my lived experience as a hybrid subject navigating at the borderlands of two cultural worldviews: Congolese and American. My cross-cultural journey reveals a series of challenging and triumphant episodes from my childhood back home to my life in the United States, a journey during which I have experienced both privilege and oppression. My process of identity construction results in the creation of a third space that celebrates difference through new ways of being, encompassing cultural values from both the United States and the Congo. This process is articulated through different ways of being/not being “American” and/or “African” and just being “different.”

The African Continent During and the Corona (COVID-19) Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 108-120
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
The United States ◽  
African Continent ◽  
New Era ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Game Plan ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hearts And Minds ◽  
Diplomatic Relationship

There have been a lot of changes during this COVID-19 pandemic that will affect the relationship between PRC and the African continent. Some of these changes have been in the interpersonal relationship between ordinary Chinese and individuals of African descent. These changes have affected the diplomatic relationship and its effects on healthcare developmental projects. These projects have been affected by images on social media on how the Chinese mistreat Africans in China. Social media has been an important tool to affect the dynamic in these relationships. These social media outlets have been instrumental in the availability of mistreated Africans in the PRC. The United States of America, The People's Republic of China, and the African continent will be in a new era in a diplomatic relationship after the corona (COVID-19) pandemic. Whoever has the best game plan will win the hearts and minds of Africans.

The Role of Moral Intensity and Personal Moral Philosophies in the Ethical Decision Making of Marketers: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of China and the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jatinder J. Singh ◽  
Scott J. Vitell ◽  
Jamal Al-Khatib ◽  
Irvine Clark
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
The United States ◽  
Moral Intensity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Ethical Judgments ◽  
Moral Philosophies ◽  
The Relationship

This study uses cross-cultural samples from the United States and China to replicate previous empirical findings regarding the relationship among moral philosophies, moral intensity, and ethical decision making. The authors use a two-step structural equations modeling approach to analyze the measurement and structural models. The findings partially replicate those from previous studies and provide evidence that the measurement model is somewhat invariant across the two groups studied but the structural model is not. In addition, there is evidence that the relationship between personal moral philosophies (mainly relativism) and moral intensity varies across the two cultures. That is, whereas relativism is a significant predictor of moral intensity for the Chinese sample, it is not for the U.S. sample. However, idealism is a significant predictor of perceived moral intensity for both samples of marketing practitioners. Finally, perceived moral intensity is a significant, direct predictor of ethical judgments, and ethical judgments are a significant, direct predictor of behavioral intentions in both instances.

Relationships between Type a Behavior, Narcissism, and Maternal Closeness for College Students in Japan, the United States of America, and the People's Republic of China

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 939-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Fukunishi ◽  
Takayuki Nakagawa ◽  
Hiroshi Nakamura ◽  
Ke Li ◽  
Zhang Qiu Hua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Type A ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China

The authors examined the relationships between Type A behavior and narcissism based on scores of college students in Japan, the United States of America, and the People's Republic of China. The scores on narcissism and Type A behavior differed significantly across the groups, being highest among the Chinese. In all three groups, the Type A scores were significantly and positively correlated with the scores on narcissism, and the latter were significantly and negatively correlated with the scores of mother's care. We refer in this study to cross-cultural comparisons from viewpoints of sociocultural and psychological family structure.

A Tortured Relic

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-367
Author(s):  
Brandon K. Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
North Korea ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Relationship

Drawing on national and local news stories, newly declassified documents, u.s. prisoner of war (pow) memoirs, and popular films, this article argues that the legacy of the Korean War in the United States from 1953 to 1962 dramatically shaped how Americans imagined the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (dprk). It specifically examines how media portrayals of North Korean atrocities, the alleged misconduct of u.s. captives, and the relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the dprk affected public perceptions of “North Korea” as a subjective construct. The painful legacy of the Korean War, particularly the experience of u.s.pows, encouraged Americans to think of North Korea as an inherently violent foe and as part of a broader “Oriental Communist” enemy in the Cold War. When the experiences of u.s. soldiers contradicted these narratives, media sources often made distinctions between “North Koreans,” a repugnant racial and ideological “other,” and “north Koreans,” potential u.s. friends and allies.

scholarly journals The One-China Policy and Implications of U.S. Invariable Support for Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
Sheriff G.I. ◽  
Chubado B.T. ◽  
Ahmet A.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
The United States ◽  
China Policy ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
To Come ◽  
The One ◽  
Trade Wars ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

This paper discusses the concept of the one-China policy and how the United States support of Taiwan poses a challenge to stability in the region. The paper adopted the library descriptive instrument from historical research to come up with the available data in the paper. Findings show that, since 1949, the struggle between the Nationalist Republic of China and the Communist party escalated into a civil war which resulted in the defeat of Kuomintang and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which took control of all mainland China. Only the island of Taiwan remained under the control of the ROC. Since then, both the ROC and the PRC have been claiming to represent all of "China", and both officially claim each other's territory. The paper concludes that China cannot forfeit the strait of Taiwan despite American support to the island. The deteriorating relationship between the U.S and China relationship has seen trade wars to accusations on the origins of the coronavirus to political buffering, to the sovereign of Taiwan and Hongkong, it just seems to be a manifestation of the Sino-American Cold War. The way things appear, the relationship between the U.S and China will further deteriorate largely because democracy and liberal order are being challenged by the political posture of China. The paper recommends that there is the need to maintain the non-interference principle by the two parties, the United States should know that Taiwan is China and therefore not meddle in the affairs of China and vice-versa.

The Future of U.S.-China Relations: Is Conflict Inevitable?

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron L. Friedberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Causal Mechanisms ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship

What is likely to be the future character of the relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China? Will it be marked by convergence toward deepening cooperation, stability, and peace or by deterioration that leads to increasingly open competition and perhaps even war? The answers to these questions are of enormous importance. They are also, at this point, unknown. Most analysts who write on U.S.-China relations deploy arguments derived from the three main camps in contemporary international relations theorizing: realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Those whose basic analytical premises place them in one of these three schools, however, do not necessarily have similar views regarding the speciac question of the future of U.S.-China relations. It is possible to identify realists who believe that the relationship will basically be stable and peaceful, liberals who expect confrontation and confict, and constructivists who think that things could go either way. The six basic positions in this debate all rest on claims about the importance of particular causal mechanisms or sets of similarly aligned causal forces. In reality, one set of forces may turn out to be so powerful as to overwhelm the rest. But it is also conceivable that the future will be shaped by a confuence of different forces, some mutually reinforcing and others opposed.

Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn E. Weisfeld ◽  
Nicole T. Nowak ◽  
Todd Lucas ◽  
Carol C. Weisfeld ◽  
E. Olcay Imamoğlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Alternative Possibilities ◽  
Social Credit ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractMiller has suggested that people seek humorousness in a mate because humor connotes intelligence, which would be valuable in a spouse. Since males tend to be the competing sex, men have been more strongly selected to be humorous. To test this notion, we explored the role of humor in marriage cross-culturally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey, and Russia. In the first four societies, husbands were perceived to make wives laugh more than the reverse, but wives were funnier in Russia. Spousal humorousness was associated with marital satisfaction in all cultures, especially the wife's satisfaction. Spousal humorousness was less consistently related to spousal intelligence than to some alternative possibilities: spousal kindness, dependability, and understanding. Furthermore, the relationship between these four variables and marital satisfaction was mediated by spousal humorousness. Humor is gratifying in other social contexts as well. Humorists may gain social credit by providing amusement, and may also use humor to gauge another's mood and to engender liking, perhaps especially in courtship and marriage. Spouses may also take humorousness as a sign of motivation to be amusing, kind, understanding, dependable — as a sign of commitment.

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