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2. Speculative Futures on ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Collective Reflection from the Educational Landscape
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Bozkurt, Aras, Xiao, Junhong, Lambert, Sarah, Pazurek, Angelica, Crompton, Helen, Koseoglu, Suzan, Farrow, Robert, Bond, Melissa, Nerantzi, Chrissi, Honeychurch, Sarah, Bali, Maha, Dron, Jon, Mir, Kamran, Stewart, Bonnie, Costello, Eamon, Mason, Jon, Stracke, Christian M., Romero-Hall, Enilda, Koutropoulos, Apostolos, Toquero, Cathy Mae, Singh, Lenandlar, Tlili, Ahm, Lee, Kyungmee, Nichols, Mark, Ossiannilsson, Ebba, Brown, Mark, Irvine, Valerie, Raffaghelli, Juliana Elisa, Santos-Hermosa, Gema, Farrell, Orna, Adam, Taskeen, Thong, Ying Li, Sani-Bozkurt, Sunagul, Sharma, Ramesh C., Hrastinski, Stefan, and Jandric, Petar
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While ChatGPT has recently become very popular, AI has a long history and philosophy. This paper intends to explore the promises and pitfalls of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) AI and potentially future technologies by adopting a speculative methodology. Speculative future narratives with a specific focus on educational contexts are provided in an attempt to identify emerging themes and discuss their implications for education in the 21st century. Affordances of (using) AI in Education (AIEd) and possible adverse effects are identified and discussed which emerge from the narratives. It is argued that now is the best of times to define human vs AI contribution to education because AI can accomplish more and more educational activities that used to be the prerogative of human educators. Therefore, it is imperative to rethink the respective roles of technology and human educators in education with a future-oriented mindset.
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- 2023
3. A Causal-Comparison Study of Chinese Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Student-Centered Learning Practices for International Baccalaureate and Chinese State Schools
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John Stewart Clark
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The problem was the impacts of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum on Chinese teachers' self-efficacy and student-centered learning practices were unknown. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine the impacts of the International Baccalaureate curriculum on Chinese teachers' reports of self-efficacy and student-centered learning. Two research questions assessed the differences between Chinese IB and public-school teachers for self-efficacy and student-centered learning. The theoretical framework combined Hofstede's cultural dimensions and situated learning theories. Two groups were studied, the first comprised of Chinese public-school teachers who are Chinese nationals, licensed to teach in China, and teach between Grades 1 to 9; the second consisted of IB teachers who met these same criteria but also worked in an authorized IB school and attended at least one IB authorized training. The quota sample, not met for either population, was 385 and 63 respectively. Teacher self-efficacy and student-centered learning practices were measured using the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale, Bandura's Teacher Efficacy Scale, and the Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning Toolkit Instructional Staff Survey. A two-sample t-test determined there was a significant difference in self-efficacy levels between IB and public-school Chinese teachers. Post-hoc analysis indicated a medium effect size for self-efficacy regarding classroom management. A two-sample t-test determined there was no statistically significant difference in student-centered learning practice levels between IB and public-school Chinese teachers. The IB impacted Chinese teachers' self-efficacy but not student-centered learning. The IB and Chinese policymakers should further research the impacts of the IB curriculum on Chinese teachers. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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- 2023
4. The Hero's Journey: Understanding the Experiences and Motivations of International Secondary Students
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Sheehan, Helen and Riddle, Stewart
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This paper examines the utility of Campbell's narrative construction of 'the hero's journey' as a conceptual apparatus to understand how international students from Confucian heritage cultures navigate their experiences in Western schooling systems like Australia. The hero's journey framework was used to investigate the commonalities and differences in international students' beliefs and behaviours, which led to the development of three different students 'hero' models: the self-determined hero, the hesitant hero, and the wounded hero. These models were used to represent the students' beliefs, behaviours and perceptions of support and to describe the experiences and motivations of students in different contexts during their secondary schooling in Australia. The hero's journey provides a potentially useful framework from which to engage schools, systems, and policymakers in productive dialogue regarding the support and engagement of international students.
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- 2022
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5. Connections 2016: Kettering's Multinational Research
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Kettering Foundation, Gilmore, Melinda, Stewart, Philip, and Thomas, Maxine
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The Kettering Foundation is a nonprofit, operating foundation rooted in the American tradition of cooperative research. Kettering's research is distinctive because it is conducted from the perspective of citizens and focuses on what people can do collectively to address problems affecting their lives, their communities, and their nation. The foundation collaborates with an extensive network of community groups, professional associations, researchers, scholars, and citizens around the world as it seeks to identify and address the challenges to making democracy work as it should through interrelated program areas that focus on citizens, communities, and institutions. The theme of this issue of "Connections" is Kettering's Multinational Research, and focuses on the foundation's year long review of it's multinational research. Following an introduction, by Ruby Quantson, individual articles include the following: (1) Citizens in a Global Society (David Matthews); (2) Deliberation: Touching Lives across National Boundaries (Maura Casey); (3) From Skepticism to Engagement: Building Deliberative Faith among Israeli College Students (Idit Manosevitch); (4) The Mediated Town Halls of the Eastern Cape (Rod Amner); (5) The Library as a Community Center (Svetlana Gorokhova); (6) Learning with the Citizens' Accord Forum: Building a Shared Society in a Sustainable Democracy in Israel (Phillip D. Lurie); (7) A Comparative Study of Coastal Communities in Cuba and the United States (Paloma Dallas with Penny Dendy, Terry Jack, Esther Velis, and Virginia York); (8) The Kettering Foundation and China-US Relations (Wang Jisi); (9) The International Residents Network: A Self-Sustaining Instrument for Learning and Sharing (Ruby Quantson); (10) Meeting the Challenges of a World Divided: Engaging Whole Bodies Politic (Harold H. Saunders); and (11) Searching for Balance: America's Role in the World (Robert J. Kingston).
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- 2016
6. Interventions to Improve the Labour Market Situation of Adults with Physical and/or Sensory Disabilties in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews 2015:20
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Campbell Collaboration, Tripney, Janice, Roulstone, Alan, Vigurs, Carol, Hogrebe, Nina, Schmidt, Elena, and Stewart, Ruth
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In the past, the lack of data on people with disabilities living in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) has contributed to the invisibility of disability as a development priority. This is beginning to be addressed. While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did not specifically mention disability, it is increasingly being recognised that the new post-MDG development agenda will be impossible to achieve without inclusion of people with disabilities. This systematic review examines the current evidence on the effectiveness of different interventions to improve the labour market participation of adults with disabilities in LMICs. The review scope covered a wide range of intervention strategies, populations, settings, and evaluation designs. 14 eligible impact evaluations published across the 20-year period 1992-2012 were identified. The type of evaluation design was quasi-experimental design with concurrent comparison group (five studies) or single-group pre-test/post-test (nine studies). Two studies used statistical methods to adjust for potentially confounding effects. Studies were conducted in a limited range of LMICs (five countries in Asia, three in Africa, and one in Latin America: three were low-income economies (Bangladesh, Kenya, and Zimbabwe), four were lower-middle income (India, Nigeria, Philippines, and Vietnam), and two were upper-middle income (Brazil and China). Populations with all impairment types were represented in the impact assessments, although most were focused on persons with physical disabilities. In all 14 studies the direction of effect was positive for the outcome variables measured. An appendix contains additional tables. [Sightsavers International provided additional funding for this report.]
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- 2015
7. 'Gamifying' Online American National Government: Lessons Learned from the First Year of Developing 'Citizenship Quest'
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Stewart, Patrick A., Terrell, Elaine, Kareev, Alex M., Ellison, Blake Tylar, and Urteaga, Charini I.
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This article considers the development of an ongoing team-based project to incorporate a game into an online American National Government class. We start by suggesting that play, and the games that provide for play to occur, is the most natural way for individuals to learn. Technologies offered by online education provide the opportunity to introduce unique game-playing elements into introductory classes such as American National Government. We consider the goals established for this course and how we endeavored to achieve them through a fully self-contained and integrated game--"Citizenship Quest"--making use of the class learning management system. We then consider surveys of students' learning outcomes and feedback concerning the game during the first two semesters, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018. We conclude by considering development issues dealt with by the instructor and the instructional design team in how "Citizenship Quest"--a simulation of the citizenship process--was embedded into this class. [This work was presented at 45th Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Political Science Association, Jonesboro, Arkansas, March 2-3, 2018; at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 5-8, 2018; and at the Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 16, 2018.]
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- 2020
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8. Made in China: Challenge and Innovation in China's Vocational Education and Training System. International Comparative Study of Leading Vocational Education Systems
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National Center on Education and the Economy and Stewart, Vivien
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China has the largest population and largest labor force in the world. It has been highly successful in rapidly expanding both secondary and higher education to a significant fraction of the youth cohort. However, educational opportunities and standards across China are highly uneven. China has abundant labor power, but it will need a far more skilled and productive labor force to meet its goals of developing an advanced, high-income economy and society. China is therefore now designing a new approach to human capital, including a major focus on developing a modern vocational education and training (VET) system. This report is part of an international comparative study of vocational and technical education systems undertaken by the Center on International Education Benchmarking (CIEB) of the U.S.-based National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE). It builds on NCEE's long track record of analyzing the critical connections between education and economic growth. According to human capital theory, knowledge and skills have become the most important force driving modern economies. Therefore, countries are investing increasing amounts of their GDP in education. Many countries have focused on expanding higher education to increasing segments of the age cohort while vocational education and training, often associated with an older industrial era, has been relatively neglected. But slow economic growth, high unemployment, including among college graduates, and rising inequality has made developing a modern VET system--as a vehicle for meaningful career preparation for a more demanding labor market--an issue of increasing urgency around the globe. This CIEB international study, which also includes case studies of Australia, Denmark, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States as well as China, is an effort to assess what are the world's best practices in vocational and technical education in the 21st century. This case study of China is the result of several visits to China in 2013 and 2014 by the study team of Marc Tucker, Vivien Stewart, Betsy Brown Ruzzi and Nancy Hoffman. This study examines the success of China's unique dual-track, export-led economy from 1978 until 2009 and explains where the skills came from to build this economic juggernaut. It describes the turning point it now faces and the reasons China's economic model going forward will require far higher levels of skill and productivity. This is the context in which China is trying to develop a modern VET system. The author compares China's current vocational education and training system to the best practices of the world's most advanced systems to which it aspires. While it is found that the VET system is lacking in many respects, China's recent history has shown that when it decides to tackle a problem, it has the determination and drive to accomplish it.
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- 2015
9. How Teachers around the World Learn
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Stewart, Vivien
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In many countries, just as in the United States, the pressure is on to raise the quality of the teaching force; the bar is being raised for what teachers should be able to do. Drawing on her experiences organizing the International Summit on the Teaching Profession and leading delegations of educators to various nations, Stewart describes how some countries (China, Estonia, Finland and others) are creating structures for teacher-led PD to improve their teaching force.
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- 2018
10. International Business Competencies Needed by Business Graduates in the United States and Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Yuche, Jerry Wang and Stewart, Bob R.
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The international business competencies needed by business graduates in the United States and Taiwan were identified through a literature review and a modified Delphi technique. Thirty-three experts, including policymakers, business educators, and international business practitioners, rated the importance of 42 statements compiled from reviews of international business competencies by the National Business Education Association and Fortune's Global 500 firms. Panel members added an additional nine competencies to the Delphi instrument. After three Delphi rounds, the panel members rated 39 of the 51 competencies as important or very important international business competencies. The following conclusions were reached: (1) the basic international business-related competencies identified from studies in the United States were also judged to be important in Taiwan; (2) for Taiwan to secure its economic competitiveness, it is important that business graduates of four-year colleges/universities be equipped with top foreign language skills, especially English; (3) it is vital for international business students to possess skills to cope with and manage advanced information technology in an increasingly global and competitive environment; (4) more knowledge of legal responsibilities in international business should be developed in business graduates; and (5) Taiwan's business graduates should learn more about China in general and about how businesses in China are managed. (Contains 31 references.) (MN)
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- 2001
11. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
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Stewart, Lydia A. and Lee, Li-Ching
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This review contributes to the growing body of global autism spectrum disorder literature by examining the use of screening instruments in low- and middle-income countries with respect to study design and methodology, instrument adaptation and performance, and collaboration with community stakeholders in research. A systematic review was conducted to understand the use of autism spectrum disorder screening instruments in low- and middle-income countries from studies published between 1992 and 2015. This review found that 18 different autism spectrum disorder screeners have been used in low- and middle-income settings with wide ranges of sensitivities and specificities. The significant variation in study design, screening methodology, and population characteristics limits the ability of this review to make robust recommendations about optimal screening tool selection. Clinical-based screening for autism spectrum disorder was the most widely reported method. However, community-based screening was shown to be an effective method for identifying autism spectrum disorder in communities with limited clinical resources. Only a few studies included in this review reported cultural adaptation of screening tools and collaboration with local stakeholders. Establishing guidelines for the reporting of cultural adaptation and community collaboration procedures as well as screening instrument psychometrics and screening methodology will enable the field to develop best practices for autism spectrum disorder screening in low-resource settings.
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- 2017
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12. Factorial Congruence of Adolescent Perceptions of Social Networks across Three Cultures.
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Stewart, Robert
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Many cross-cultural studies have been criticized for imposing instruments on peoples of other cultures as if the constructed measure were universal. This study attempts to establish a cross-cultural equivalence of measurement and construct validity in an examination of the functions of social networks in Zimbabwean, Chinese, and American societies. A sample of adolescents from each country completed assessments describing their perceptions of their familial and extra-familial social networks. The dimensions underlying adolescents' perceptions of their parents were quite similar not only when comparing mothers and fathers within a culture, but also when comparing the roles of parents across the three cultures. African mothers and fathers were least similar to a pan-cultural model, while Chinese and American parents were considered to be closer to the model. Other parental similarities and differences within a given culture or between cultures were also found. (MDM)
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- 1993
13. The World War II Era and Human Rights Education
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Waters, Stewart and Russell, William B., III
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International revulsion at the violation of human rights during World War II helped spark a global movement to define and protect individual human rights. Starting with the creation of war crimes tribunals after the war, this newfound awareness stimulated a concerted international effort to establish human rights for all, both in periods of war and peace. These endeavors resulted in a historic milestone when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The effects of World War II on international understanding and protection of human rights have been far-reaching, yet this dimension of World War II is often neglected or marginalized in the classroom. The atrocities of the period are sometimes taught only as events that happened during the war, without an evaluation of their long-term effects on the world's conception of human rights. The purpose of this article is to provide teachers with an approach to integrating the teaching of human rights and their violation into the world history curriculum through a historical analysis of events during the World War II era. (Contains 11 notes.)
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- 2012
14. Factors Associated with the Utilization and Quality of Prenatal Care in Western Rural Regions of China
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Dongxu, Wang, Yuhui, Shi, Stewart, Donald, Chun, Chang, and Chaoyang, Li
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Purpose: The paper seeks to identify key features of prenatal care utilization and quality in western regions of China and to determine the factors affecting the quality of prenatal care. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted. The instrument for the study was a 10-stem respondent-administered, structured questionnaire, designed in Chinese, composed of two segments: general information on infants who were under two years old; and their mothers. The authors determined the quality (both amount and content) of prenatal care using recommendations made by UNICEF and the Chinese Ministry of Health (MOH) jointly for rural areas of China. Findings: The median number of prenatal visits was three and rate of first trimester visits was 53.6 per cent (n=1,474). Over three quarters (75.3 per cent) of respondents had fewer than five prenatal visits, with this proportion highest in Gansu (95.8 per cent) and lowest in Shanxi (55.4 per cent) provinces. The percentage of women who received qualitatively adequate prenatal care services was only 1.8 per cent. No respondents in Gansu received a completely correct prenatal test, while this rate was 4.0 per cent in Shanxi and 0.2 per cent in Sichuan. Mothers' age (p=0.05), level of educational attainment (p=0.07) and place of prenatal care (p=0.01) were related to the quality of care. Originality/value: The prenatal care utilization among women in western regions of China is not adequate. Those women who have received prenatal care seldom receive qualitatively adequate prenatal care services, according to national standards. This situation clearly requires urgent attention and improvement. (Contains 3 tables.)
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- 2012
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15. Raising Teacher Quality around the World
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Stewart, Vivien
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Contrary to what many people assume, writes Stewart, a high-quality teacher workforce is not the simple result of some traditional cultural respect for teachers that exists in some countries. Rather, it requires deliberate policy choices. In a tour of seven countries that traditionally score high on international tests of student performance (Singapore, China, Japan, U.K., Finland, Canada, and Australia), Stewart describes many ways in which policymakers support effective teaching. Examples include recruiting the most able candidate into the teaching profession; providing time and structure for meaningful professional development; modernizing teacher preparation programs; and improving teacher evaluation and compensation.
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- 2011
16. Learning from World-Class Schools
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Schleicher, Andreas and Stewart, Vivien
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Educators and governments are paying increasing attention to international comparisons as they seek to develop effective policies to improve the performance of their education systems. Data from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are useful in revealing best practices across the world. Current data show that the United States is falling behind member OECD nations in both secondary and postsecondary graduation rates. The United States also scores average or below average on the PISA assessment in math, science, and reading. To ensure excellence in their schools, high-performing nations focus on four drivers: high universal standards, accountability and autonomy, strong professional development, and personalized learning. Although the United States has much to offer in discussions about educational excellence, it also has much to learn from other countries in which educational excellence is more systemic. (Contains 2 figures and 1 endnote.)
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- 2008
17. Where in the World Is School Psychology?: Examining Evidence of School Psychology around the Globe
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Jimerson, Shane R., Skokut, Mary, Cardenas, Santiago, Malone, Heather, and Stewart, Kaitlyn
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This study examined each of the 192 Member States of the United Nations to address three important questions: (1) how many countries have professionals who provide school psychology services; (2) which countries do and do not have school psychologists; (3) what evidence of school psychology is available in each country. Of the 192 Member States of the United Nations there was evidence of school psychology in 83. Furthermore, this study revealed evidence of: regulations that require school psychologists to be licensed, registered or credentialed in 29 countries; professional associations specifically for school psychologists in 39 countries; university preparation programs for school psychologists in 56 countries and doctoral preparation programs in school psychology in 19 countries. This study advances our knowledge of the profession of school psychology as of 2007. (Contains 2 tables.)
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- 2008
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18. Conversational Argumentation in Decision Making: Chinese and U.S. Participants in Face-to-Face and Instant-Messaging Interactions
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Stewart, Craig O., Setlock, Leslie D., and Fussell, Susan R.
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This study investigates cultural and communication medium effects on conversational argumentation in a decision-making context. Chinese and U.S. participants worked in pairs on two decision-making tasks via face-to-face (FtF) and instant messaging (IM). The analyses showed that Chinese participants tended to engage in potentially more complex argumentation, whereas U.S. participants tended to utilize proportionally more statements of claims and statements of convergence (agreements, acknowledgments, and concessions). Argumentation in IM tended to be more direct than in FtF interactions. There were no interaction effects between culture and communication medium on argumentation behavior. In addition, statements of convergence were found to be negatively related to measures of persuasion, indicating that such statements do not necessarily indicate true agreements or shifts in opinion. The results are discussed in terms of structuration theory and the socioegocentric model of communication. (Contains 3 footnotes and 3 tables.)
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- 2007
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19. The Educational Rights of Students: International Perspectives on Demystifying the Legal Issues
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Association of School Business Officials, Chicago, IL., Russo, Charles J., Stewart, Douglas J., De Groof, Jan, Russo, Charles J., Stewart, Douglas J., De Groof, Jan, and Association of School Business Officials, Chicago, IL.
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Education law has emerged as an important concern to educators in many countries around the world. While there are similarities in the range of rights that students in various countries have, there are also many differences. This book provides a comprehensive examination the status of the legal rights of students in 13 international communities. After an introduction by Douglas J. Stewart, Charles J. Russo, and Jan De Groof, this book is divided into the following 14 sections: (1) Australia (Douglas J. Stewart); (2) Belgium (Jan De Groof); (3) China (Ran Zhang); (4) Germany (Ingo Richter); (5) England (Neville Harris); (6) Malaysia (Tie Fat Hee); (7) Netherlands (Ben P. Vermeulen and C. (Niels) W. Noorlander); (8) New Zealand (Paul Rishworth); (9) Northern Ireland (Laura Lundy); (10) Portugal (Antonio Pedro Barbas Homem); (11) The Russian Federation (Igor Rozjkov and Jan De Groof); (12) South Africa (Rassie Malherbe); (13) United States (Charles J. Russo and Ralph D. Mawdsley); and (14) Analysis and Reflections (Jan De Groof, Charles J. Russo, and Douglas J. Stewart).
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- 2006
20. Cultural Influences on Sharer and Recipient Behavior: Sharing in Chinese and Indian Preschool Children.
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Rao, Nirmala and Stewart, Sunita Mahtani
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Grouped 72 Chinese and Indian 4-year olds with a friend and an acquaintance to study cultural influences on sharing resources. Findings from these representatives of two collectivist cultures highlight the importance of cultural beliefs on young children's behaviors and the interaction between sharers and recipients. (SLD)
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- 1999
21. China-Vietnam: Notes on Population and the Development of School Programmes for Population Education.
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Fraser, Stewart E.
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Examines and compares the demographic realities in China and Vietnam and the population education strategies used in curriculum materials for population education programs in both countries. (SB)
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- 1984
22. Family Planning and Sex Education: The Chinese Approach
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Fraser, Stewart E.
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- 1977
23. Notes on Policy Formulation Process in China and Differential Levels of Educational Responsibility
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Fraser, Stewart E.
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- 1975
24. China-Vietnam: Notes on Population and the Development of School Programs for Population Education.
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Fraser, Stewart E.
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China and Vietnam currently face excessively high population growth rates. Both countries have recently introduced population education programs, but, for a variety of internal reasons, they are at different stages of development. Since 1980, the Chinese have made progress in experimenting with and implementing new programs, but the Vietnamese are still at the planning stage and population education has not yet received a priority rating in curriculum innovation. Nonetheless, like China, Vietnam has received extensive grants from the United Nations Fund for Population Activities to foster demographic studies, census and statistical activities, and the development of contraceptive strategies and medical research for family planning programs. In Vietnam, there is little support for the introduction of a discreet new course in population at the high school level, but exploration is underway to develop a thematic approach incorporating demography into already existing courses. In 1982, Hanoi established the Commission on Popular Education to generate policy recommendations and to administer development and implementation. In China, population education was introduced to selected high school and middle school students in the 1980s. The Beijing Institute of Education has designed a textbook, "Population Education" which rigorously promotes the concept of the One Child Family as the social and national ideal and is intended to be discussed and read eventually by the general public. (KH)
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- 1983
25. China at School and Play
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Fraser, Stewart
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- 1975
26. Chinese Education and Society: A Bibliographic Guide. The Cultural Revolution and its Aftermath.
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Fraser, Stewart E. and Hsu, Kuang-liang
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Annotated citations of articles from Chinese journals, newspapers, and collections of articles published in book form, dating from 1966 to 1971, are included in this bibliography, which provides references to significant Chinese studies. Although the materials are derived from English and Chinese language sources, as well as from Japanese, Franch, German and Italian publications, the majority of references are available in English-language publications. Works are included on bibliography, reference, documentation, general survey and background, and Proletarian Cultural Revolution, elementary, secondary, higher, and teacher education, agricultural and rural education, student affairs, international relations in education, ideology and education, educational development, and Mao Tse-tung's educational thought. Author entries are arranged alphabetically within each section. Cross-references are provided. (SJM)
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- 1972
27. China's International, Cultural, and Educational Relations: With Selected Bibliography
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Fraser, Stewart E.
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- 1969
28. Reforms for Rural Primary and Middle Schools
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Fraser, Stewart E.
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- 1971
29. Sino-Soviet Educational Relations
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Fraser, Stewart E.
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A look at the educational developments in China, particularly at the international educational and cultural exchange programs between U.S.S.R. and China that have been terminated. (RB)
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- 1972
30. Chinese Education: Revolution & Development
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Fraser, Stewart E. and Hawkins, John N.
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A detailed study of changes that have taken place in Chinese education since the Communists came to power there. (Author)
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- 1972
31. Cognitive-Neural Effects of Brush Writing of Chinese Characters: Cortical Excitation of Theta Rhythm.
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Min Xu, Kao, Henry S. R., Manlin Zhang, Lam, Stewart P. W., and Wei Wang
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ANALYSIS of variance ,ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,HEART beat ,LANGUAGE & languages ,T-test (Statistics) ,VISUAL perception ,WRITING ,REPEATED measures design ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
Chinese calligraphy has been scientifically investigated within the contexts and principles of psychology, cognitive science, and the cognitive neuroscience. On the basis of vast amount of research in the last 30 years, we have developed a cybernetic theory of handwriting and calligraphy to account for the intricate interactions of several psychological dimensions involved in the dynamic act of graphic production. Central to this system of writing are the role of sensory, bio-, cognitive, and neurofeedback mechanisms for the initiation, guidance, and regulation of the writing motions vis-a-vis visual-geometric variations of Chinese characters. This experiment provided the first evidence of cortical excitation in EEG theta wave as a neural hub that integrates information coming from changes in the practitioner's body, emotions, and cognition. In addition, it has also confirmed neurofeedback as an essential component of the cybernetic theory of handwriting and calligraphy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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32. Chapter 4: Hong Kong.
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MacPherson, Stewart
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POVERTY ,INTERNATIONAL economic assistance ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,SOCIAL security - Abstract
The article focuses on poverty and social assistance in Hong Kong. The six million people of tiny Hong Kong have the fourth highest gross domestic product per capita in the world. But despite Hong Kong's economic achievements over the past three decades, poverty remains an important issue. Hong Kong has been transformed from a city of poor migrants in the 1960s into one of the most affluent and influential cities of the world in the 1990s. The migration of poor workers and their families is a major issue for all cities in poor countries. Hong Kong's affluence points up the severity of its poverty. The discussion in this article examines the issue from two perspectives. The first is in terms of the nature and extent of poverty in Hong Kong. The second is in relation to the government's social assistance scheme--Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA). While Hong Kong has achieved great wealth and continuing high rates of economic growth, the rights of the poorest are neglected. In recent years, the gap between the rich and the poor has grown wider, while the size of the poor population has increased rapidly.
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- 1998
33. Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women.
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Mayes, Andrew E., Murray, Peter G., Gunn, David A., Tomlin, Cyrena C., Catt, Sharon D., Wen, Yi B., Zhou, Li P., Wang, Hong Q., Catt, Michael, and Granger, Stewart P.
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AGING ,FACE ,BIOMARKERS ,COGNITIVE ability ,CAUCASIAN race ,PHOTOGRAPHS ,MULTIVARIATE analysis - Abstract
Perceived facial age has been proposed as a biomarker of ageing with 'looking young for one's age' linked to physical and cognitive functioning and to increased survival for Caucasians. We have investigated the environmental and lifestyle factors associated with perceived facial ageing in Chinese women. Facial photographs were collected from 250 Chinese women, aged 25-70 years in Shanghai, China. Perceived facial age was determined and related to chronological age for each participant. Lifestyle and health information was collected by questionnaire. Bivariate analyses (controlling for chronological age) identified and quantified lifestyle variables associated with perceived facial age. Independent predictors of perceived age were identified by multivariate modelling. Factors which significantly associated with looking younger for one's chronological age included greater years of education (p,0.001), fewer household members (p = 0.027), menopausal status (p = 0.020), frequency of visiting one's doctor (p = 0.013), working indoors (p,0.001), spending less time in the sun (p = 0.015), moderate levels of physical activity (p = 0.004), higher frequency of teeth cleaning (p,0.001) and more frequent use of facial care products: cleanser (p,0.001); moisturiser (p = 0.016) or night cream (p = 0.016). Overall, 36.5% of the variation in the difference between perceived and chronological age could be explained by a combination of chronological age and 6 independent lifestyle variables. We have thus identified and quantified a number of factors associated with younger appearance in Chinese women. Presentation of these factors in the context of facial appearance could provide significant motivation for the adoption of a range of healthy behaviours at the level of both individuals and populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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34. Combined unsteady denudation and climatic gradient factors constrain carbonate landscape evolution: New insights from in situ cosmogenic 36Cl.
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Yang, Ye, Lang, Yun-Chao, Xu, Sheng, Liu, Cong-Qiang, Cui, Li-Feng, Freeman, Stewart P.H.T., and Wilcken, Klaus M.
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CLIMATIC zones ,CARBONATES ,COSMOGENIC nuclides ,ARID regions ,DEPTH profiling ,CARBONATE minerals ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
In situ cosmogenic nuclides are widely employed to quantify topographic and geomorphic landscape evolution. However, few studies are devoted to investigating possibly unsteady denudation. In this work the denudation rates of five surface bedrock and one depth profile are measured using in situ cosmogenic
36 Cl in different climate zones in China; cosmogenic36 Cl is a powerful proxy for the surface denudation processes of carbonate landscapes in different climatic gradients since carbonates are more sensitive to climate change than silicates. Compiling previous worldwide surface denudation studies in different gradients, we find that: (I) denudation rate increases systematically with mean annual precipitation (MAP) in arid climatic zones (MAP lower than ~700 mm yr−1 ) and is dominated by long-term climatic gradients; (II) humid climatic zone (MAP greater than ~700 mm yr−1 ) denudation rates are about constrained to 34.1 ± 11.7 mm kyr−1 by carbonate dissolution kinetics; and (III) denudation rate is also influenced by short-term physical erosion or abrupt erosive events. Accordingly, the reconstructed evolutionary history of the Guizhou depth profile results from either a relatively high denudation rate (55.5 –4.4+ 5.6 mm kyr−1 ) and long duration exposure (274 –147+ 120 ka), or an alternative a low denudation rate (0.8 –0.8+ 13.3 mm kyr−1 ) and a recent abrupt erosive event (13.0 –1.6+ 1.9 ka). These two possible solutions suggest that assumed long-term averaged denudation rate can conceal episodic erosion events. Given tectonic quiescence we propose that climate change might mainly control an erosive event during the last glacial termination (~14 ka), which also implies that caution should be taken when determining the denudation rate of a landscape where climate change and/or tectonic activity plays an important role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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35. Admiral: ASW expertise drops as sub threat grows.
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Stewart, Joshua
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ANTI-submarine warfare ,ORION (Patrol aircraft) ,ANTISUBMARINE aircraft - Abstract
The article reports a drop in the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities of the U.S. Navy's P-3 Orion crews after a decade of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is noted that the decline in capabilities coincided with the increase in the submarine fleets of China and Iran. The article also cites the advantages of the U.S. Navy over Chinese and Iranian submarine fleets.
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- 2012
36. EDITORIAL: Don't blame Chinese buyers, BC's tax was long overdue.
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Beck, Stewart
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REAL property ,REAL property tax ,INDUSTRIAL management ,FOREIGN investments ,CHINESE politics & government - Published
- 2016
37. Chinese television team signs deals with Australian companies.
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Stewart, Chris
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INTERNATIONAL economic relations - Abstract
Reports on the visit to Australia by a delegation of senior broadcasting executives from the People's Republic of China. Members of the delegation; Signing of several business agreements; Importance of the Chinese television market.
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- 1995
38. WORLDS APART ON 3D.
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STEWART, ANDREW
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3-D films ,FILM box office revenue ,TICKETS ,DISCOUNT prices - Abstract
The article reports on the box office (B.O.) receipts of three dimensional (3D) films in the U.S. and overseas. It says that 3D's contribution to overall B.O. is down to roughly 45% in the U.S. in 2011, while overseas 3D returns achieve about 60-70%. It states that 3D upcharges was tempered with discount play periods. Moreover, it explores the average 3D upcharge and the price percent difference against two dimensional (2D) tickets of various countries including Mexico, China, and Japan.
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- 2011
39. Biz bets on int'l boom.
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Stewart, Andrew
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MOTION picture industry ,INTERNATIONAL competition - Abstract
The article offers views from several panelists at the International Day programs at CinemaCon concerning the growth of the movie business in China including Paramount Pictures International president Andrew Cripps, Warner Bros. International Cinemas Inc. president Millard Ochs and Fox International Productions president Sanford Panitch.
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- 2011
40. Cruising and Musings -- If Only I Was Rich.
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Stewart, John
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QUICK printing ,PRINTING industry ,TEAMS in the workplace - Abstract
The author reflects on several issues related to the quick printing industry. He offers an overview of the business size and the Heshan operations of the Chinese printing company Leo Paper Group in Guangdong, China. The author also offers tips on starting a peer group aimed at improving corporate profits. He argues that most peer groups take at least two meetings and sometimes three before they really start to jell.
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- 2007
41. ON A NEW MATH PATH.
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Stewart, Andrew
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FILM box office revenue - Abstract
The article reports that the box office (BO) revenue of the film "Looper" shown in China was lower than expected.
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- 2012
42. Imax living large in China and Japan.
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Stewart, Andrew
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MOTION picture theater design & construction - Abstract
The article focuses on Imax Corp.'s plans in its Asian expansion which include installing an additional three theater in China in 2012 and multiplex operator United Cinema, which plans to install five Imax digital theaters in Japan.
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- 2010
43. Mortality experience of haematite mine workers in China.
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Chen SY, Hayes RB, Liang SR, Li QG, Stewart PA, and Blair A
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- Adult, Aged, Cause of Death, China epidemiology, Cohort Studies, Humans, Male, Maximum Allowable Concentration, Middle Aged, Radon adverse effects, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Silicosis mortality, Silicotuberculosis mortality, Smoking adverse effects, Ferric Compounds adverse effects, Lung Neoplasms mortality, Mining, Occupational Diseases mortality
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The mortality risk of iron ore (haematite) miners between 1970 and 1982 was investigated in a retrospective cohort study of workers from two mines, Longyan and Taochong, in China. The cohort was limited to men and consisted of 5406 underground miners and 1038 unexposed surface workers. Among the 490 underground miners who died, 205 (42%) died of silicosis and silicotuberculosis and 98 (20%) of cancer, including 29 cases (5.9%) of lung cancer. The study found an excess risk of non-malignant respiratory disease and of lung cancer among haematite miners. The standardised mortality ratio for lung cancer compared with nationwide male population rates was significantly raised (SMR = 3.7), especially for those miners who were first employed underground before mechanical ventilation and wet drilling were introduced (SMR = 4.8); with jobs involving heavy exposure to dust, radon, and radon daughters (SMR = 4.2); with a history of silicosis (SMR = 5.3); and with silicotuberculosis (SMR = 6.6). No excess risk of lung cancer was observed in unexposed workers (SMR = 1.2). Among current smokers, the risk of lung cancer increased with the level of exposure to dust. The mortality from all cancer, stomach, liver, and oesophageal cancer was not raised among underground miners. An excess risk of lung cancer among underground mine workers which could not be attributed solely to tobacco use was associated with working conditions underground, especially with exposure to dust and radon gas and with the presence of non-malignant respiratory disease. Because of an overlap of exposures to dust and radon daughters, the independent effects of these factors could not be evaluated.
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- 1990
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