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McInerney, Dennis M., Ed.; Van Etten, Shawn, Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers explores sociocultural influences on motivation and learning across a broad range of settings and content areas. There are 16 papers in five sections. "Introduction" includes: (1) "Modern Education Needs Cross-Cultural Psychology" (Harry Triandis). Part 1, "The Motivation Context," includes:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, American Indians, Child Rearing
McInerney, Dennis M., Ed.; Van Etten, Shawn, Ed. – 2002
This collection presents current thinking and research on the sociocultural influences in student motivation. After an introduction, "Bridging the Sociocultural Divide: An Encouragement for Researchers To Consider a Wheel of Research Perspective" (Shawn Van Etten and Dennis M. McInerney), the 14 papers include: (1) "The Self in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, American Indians, Black Students
McInerney, Dennis M., Ed.; Van Etten, Shawn, Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers describes exemplary programs in teacher education that attempt to address issues of diversity and the achievement gap between different groups of students. After "Introduction: Teacher Preparation for Diverse Settings," (Dennis M. McInerney and Shawn Van Etten), the 10 papers are: (1) "Can Teacher Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, American Indian Education, Computer Uses in Education
Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; McInerney, Dennis M.; Russel-Bowie, Deirdre – 1999
Australian university students attending a 3-year teacher education program (N=329) responded to self-concept items in four Creative Arts domains: music, visual art, dance, and drama. Their responses were then related to their attitudes toward teaching these subjects. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed that self-concept in each domain was…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creative Art, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries