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ERIC Number: EJ584659
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Cross-Cultural Education: A Cognitive Explanation of a Cultural Phenomenon.
Aikenhead, Glen S.; Jegede, Olugbemiro J.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v36 n3 p269-87 Mar 1999
Synthesizes the concept of "cultural border crossing" with "collateral learning," its cognitive explanation. Examines and advocates the efficacy of reanalyzing previously published interpretive data in light of this conceptual synthesis. Contains 59 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Training, Culture, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Schemata (Cognition), Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science for All Programs