scholarly journals How should we teach diverse students? Cross-cultural comparison of diversity issues in K-12 schools in Japan and the US

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fuyu Shimomura
Keyword(s):  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
The Us ◽  
Diversity Issues ◽  
K 12

Increasing student diversity in K-12 schools has gained attention in Japan and the US. In the US, racial diversity has historically shaped inequity in educational access and teacher quality. In Japan, regardless of its reputation for cultural homogeneity among its residents, issues surrounding student diversity have gained attention because of the increasing number of returnees—Japanese students raised overseas because of their parents’ expatriation.  This paper compares and contrasts the diversity issues in K-12 school settings in both countries, and explores potential approaches to improve the accommodation of diversity in K-12 schools.      

A New Visual Aesthetic Sensitivity Test (VAST): II. Cross-Cultural Comparison between England and Japan

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 859-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Iwawaki ◽  
H. J. Eysenck ◽  
K. O. Götz
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Sensitivity Test ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Aesthetic Appreciation ◽  
Japanese Children ◽  
Two Cultures ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
The Two Cultures ◽  
English Students

A comparison was made of the scores of 171 Japanese boys and 156 Japanese girls, and of 204 English boys and 165 English girls, on the Visual Aesthetic Sensitivity Test. Also compared were 145 male and 163 female Japanese students, with 38 male and 73 female English students. Japanese children had scores significantly higher than English children, while Japanese students had scores significantly lower than English students. There was little evidence of age increments in score for either group of children. Difficulty levels of the 42 item-pairs were very similar in the two cultures, as were internal (split-half) reliabilities. It is concluded that cultural differences between the two countries, as far as visual aesthetic appreciation is concerned, seem at best minimal.

Perceptions of Travel Importance, Benefits, and Constraints in Predicting Travel Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Leisure Travel

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Chun-Chu Chen ◽  
Yao-Chin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Leisure Travel ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
The Us ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Travel Constraints ◽  
Leisure Travelers

This research conducts a cross-cultural examination of leisure traveler's perceptions of travel importance, benefits, and constraints as predictors of travel behavior. Results from the both the US (n = 559) and Taiwanese (n = 500) samples indicate, as expected, that leisure travelers who perceive travel as more beneficial and important travel more frequently. Additionally, it was found that when people perceive a higher level of travel constraints, they naturally tend to consider leisure travel as less beneficial and important, which serves to reduce leisure travel. Whereas these relationships were both significant across both samples, the Taiwanese sample was shown to have a more favorable view of leisure travel and, therefore, tended to travel more frequently. These findings would appear to have meaningful theoretical and managerial implications for the tourism and lodging industries.

Friendships of Indonesian and United States youth

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doran C. French ◽  
Sri Pidada ◽  
Andrea Victor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
The Us ◽  
Approaches To Study

Issues in the study of friendship across cultures were explored by reviewing a set of studies focusing on the friendships of Indonesian and United States youth. Four topics are considered: similarity of friendships across cultures, dimensions of friendships that vary across cultures, the utility of the individualism/collectivism dimension for explaining cultural differences in friendship, and methodological issues in the study of culture and friendship. Two studies are presented that address some of these issues. Although friendships of US and Indonesian youth are similar across many dimensions, the friendships of Indonesian youth appear somewhat less close, more centred on instrumental aid, less focused on enhancement of worth, and more extensive and less exclusive than those of US youth. These patterns are opposite to those that have emerged in the comparison of those in the US and other collectivist cultures, suggesting the need to modify models of collectivism and friendship. Finally, the authors advocate the use of multimethod and multiagent assessments, addressing issues of social class in cross-cultural comparison, and using a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches to study culture and friendship.

Distributive justice in Northern Mexico and the US: a cross‐cultural comparison

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Fadil ◽  
Sharon L. Segrest‐Purkiss ◽  
Amy E. Hurley‐Hanson ◽  
Mike Knudstrup ◽  
Lee Stepina
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
The Us
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