Cultural Factors Relevant to Secondary School Students in Australia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia: Relative Differences and Congruencies

Autor/inn/en	Liem, Gregory Arief D.; Martin, Andrew J.; Nair, Elizabeth; Bernardo, Allan B. I.; Prasetya, Paulus Hidajat
Titel	Cultural Factors Relevant to Secondary School Students in Australia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia: Relative Differences and Congruencies
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 19 (2009) 2, S.161-178 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1037-2911
DOI	10.1375/ajgc.19.2.161
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Comparative Analysis; Factor Structure; Cultural Influences; Cultural Differences; Sex Fairness; Cooperation; Models; Congruence (Psychology); Prosocial Behavior; Social Attitudes; Power Structure; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Australia; Indonesia; Philippines; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Faktorenstruktur; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kultureller Unterschied; Sexualaufklärung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Analogiemodell; Congruence; Psychology; Kongruenz; Psychologie; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Lehrerrolle; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Australien; Indonesien; Philippinen; Singapur
Abstract	Waldrip and Fisher (2000) proposed seven culturally relevant factors that are salient in the educational setting (gender equity, collaboration, competition, deference, modelling, teacher authority, congruence). In relation to these factors, the present study examined differences and congruencies in factor structure (i.e., differences of kind) and mean scores (i.e., differences of degree) among secondary school students in Australia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. The Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire (CLEQ; Waldrip & Fisher, 2000) was administered to 920 students (n = 230 for each country, with boys and girls equally represented; mean age = 16 years). Factor analyses showed congruencies across the four samples on five factors. Interestingly, items pertaining to students' deference to and modelling of teachers and peers grouped into one factor for the Australian sample, but separated into two factors (peers and teacher) for the South-East Asian samples. In terms of mean scores on each factor, Australian students were higher than the Singaporean, Filipino and Indonesian students in their inclination to challenge or disagree with the teacher. On the other hand, the three groups of South-East Asian students scored higher than the Australian students in their preferences for collaboration and conformity in the classroom. Implications for counselling relevant to multicultural classroom and school contexts were discussed. (As Provided).
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