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Skrzypiec, Grace; Alinsug, Earvin; Amri Nasiruddin, Ulil; Andreou, Eleni; Brighi, Antonella; Didaskalou, Eleni; Guarini, Annalisa; Heiman, Tali; Kang, Soon-Won; Kwon, Soonjung; Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit; Ortega-Ruiz, Rosario; Romera, Eva M.; Roussi-Vergou, Christina; Sandhu, Damanjit; Sikorska, Iwona; Wyra, Mirella; Xi, Juzhe; Yang, Chih-Chien – Journal of School Violence, 2021
Research is sparse on who targets whom in peer aggression. In this study, we investigated the harm associated with the type of relationship between aggressed and aggressor with an international sample of over 5,000 students aged 11-16, living in 12 nations. Best friends and individuals with whom the respondent had no relationship were the least…
Descriptors: Aggression, Peer Relationship, Friendship, International Studies
Elsevier, 2006
The "problem of the 21st century" is rapidly expanding diversity alongside stubbornly persistent status and power inequities by race, ethnicity, gender, class, language, citizenship and region. Extensive technological, economic, political and social changes, along with immigration, combine to produce a global community of great diversity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Higher Education, Student Diversity
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Subramaniam, Ganakumaran – International Education Studies, 2008
Researchers have theorized that cultural emphasis on education plays a major role in explaining Asian students' achievement. While Asian parents often view education as the main vehicle for upward social mobility, the social and cultural make-up of Asian societies and the context within which education is conducted in Asia often clash with the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Asian Culture, Social Influences, Barriers
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1999
This report is a summary of study visits plus workshops that took place in Bhutan, Nepal, and India in 1998 within the framework of UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL). Three educators each from China, Lao PDR, and Vietnam and educators from the host countries participated. The project aimed to promote literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education