International Journal of Comparative Education and Development: Volume 21 Issue 3

International students in Kazakhstan: A narrative inquiry of human agency in the process of adaptation

Dinara Mukhamejanova

Kazakhstan has taken considerable steps to improve the incoming mobility of international students; however, despite these measures, the number of international students studying…

Constructing social networks and mobilizing social capital: Case studies of two Tibetan students in a Beijing inland boarding school

Donghui Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the life worlds of Tibetan students who participate in China’s inland boarding programs and seek to understand the social networks they…

Evaluating environmental behaviour of the general public in Taiwan: Implications for environmental education

Jane Lu Hsu, Chih-Hung Feng

The purpose of this paper is to examine factors influencing environmental behaviour of the general public and to develop educational implications that will enhance effectiveness…

Motivation to teach: The differences between faculty in schools of education and K-12 teachers

Nancy L. Leech, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Carolyn A. Haug

The purpose of this paper is to investigate higher education faculty’s motivation to teach and to validate the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice (FIT-Choice) survey with this…

Chinese writing development of Kindergarten students over 12 months: A longitudinal study based in Hong Kong

Lijuan Li, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Weidong Wu

The purpose of this paper is to examine the writing development of Hong Kong kindergarten students over 12 months. They attended 18 kindergartens territory-wide and were followed…

“Only English Counts”: the impact of English hegemony on South-Korean athletes

Clara Lee Brown, Natalia Ward, Benjamin H. Nam

While conceived to examine key factors affecting post-retirement career advancement of retired elite athletes in South Korea, the purpose of this paper is to report how English…