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Title: | A cross-cultural study investigating the relative effects of using piagetian based objectives and an advance organizer with structered learning material on the acquisition of scientific concepts by adolescents in Britain and India | ||||
Author: | Soman, D. V. |
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0000 0001 3470 5007
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Awarding Body: | University of Birmingham | ||||
Current Institution: | University of Birmingham | ||||
Date of Award: | 1979 | ||||
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In recent years a great deal of attention has been
given to the range of problems involved in adapting curriculum
materials designed in the Western World for use in developing
countries. This study investigates the interaction between
factors arising from differences in cultural background and
technological growth with different approaches to the
structuring of learning materials. Three groups of pupils,
two in India and one in Britain, were chosen as representative
samples for this purpose. The two Indian groups one from a
rural and the other from an urban area display marked
differences in cultural factors and their exposure to technological
advances. The rural children in particular live in a
society which lays great stress on the preservation of
traditional sources of authority and many of the parents show
scant concern for their children's schooling even in terms of
basic literacy and numeracy. The technological explosion and
changes in social attitudes which have occurred in other parts
of the world have had little direct impact on their lives.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.473391 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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