Teachers' ethnotheories of the 'ideal student' in five western cultures.

Autor/inn/en	Harkness, Sara; Blom, Marjolijn; Oliva, Alfredo
Titel	Teachers' ethnotheories of the 'ideal student' in five western cultures.
Quelle	In: Comparative education, 43 (2007) 1, S. 113-135Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068; 1360-0486
DOI	10.1080/03050060601162438
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Interview; Vorstellung (Psy); Kultureinfluss; Erzieher; Grundschule; Interview; Italien; Kind; Lehrer; Niederlande; Polen; Schüler; Spanien; USA; Internationaler Vergleich; Ideal; Konzeption; Kind; Grundschule; Lehrer; Schüler; Internationaler Vergleich; Ideal; Konzeption; Erzieher; Italien; Niederlande; Polen; Spanien; USA
Abstract	This paper explores teachers' ethnotheories of the 'ideal student' in five western societies: Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the US. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to derive culture-specific profiles of the 'ideal student' as described by kindergarten and primary school teachers in semi-structured interviews (sample n's = 12 to 21). Discriminant function analysis shows that teachers' descriptor profiles can be correctly assigned to their own cultural group in up to 94% of all cases. Qualitative analysis of the interviews suggests both shared themes (e.g. motivation, independence) and culturally specific understandings of their meaning and significance. Contrary to the prevalent focus on cognitive qualities emphasized by western educational assessment practices, teachers in all the samples talked more about the importance of social intelligence and self-regulation for success in school. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2008/1