Culture and Education
The cultural ideals that an individual develops during childhood remain as he/she grows into an adult, influencing basic functions, like communication, relational styles, and thinking processes, as well as conflict resolution. Therefore, these may have different impacts with regard to education for female and male graduates.
The influence of culture on education in graduate females and males is found through multivariate statistical analysis. Study participants come from twelve online graduate-level courses where females (n = 162) outnumbered male students (n = 31).
Culture and Education
The key cultural proficiency concept is to get a grasp of how far the culture pervades our lives. The cultural ideals that an individual develops during childhood remain as he/she grows into an adult, influencing basic functions, like communication, relational styles, and thinking processes, as well as conflict resolution. However, this awareness will not guarantee application of this knowledge by educators. Mindful practice is required before cultural proficiency principles can be applied. Hence, professional development which endeavors to aid educators in becoming culturally proficient should take place with time; also, it must be closely connected with educators' practical work (Guerra & Nelson, 2011).
0. Purpose of the study
It has been proved that culture influences education; this influence may vary with gender. Thus, this study attempts to determine cultural influence on graduate-level students and difference of its impact on females and males (Guerra & Nelson, 2011; Frazzetto, 2011).
0. Research question
What effect does culture have on educational value between female and male graduates?
1.3. Hypothesis
H1: A statistically significant disparity exists on education value between female and male graduates.
H0: No statistically significant disparity exists on education value between female and male graduates.
2. Review of literature
Multiple researches (Rovai & Baker, 2005; Ostrosky-Sol's & Lozano, 2006; Frazzetto, 2011) from diverse theoretical angles (like,...
A majority of such studies, however, have been conducted in Western nations. Frazzetto, in a 2011 work, voiced concerns with regard to absence of education-centered research in non-Western nations. They sponsored small- and large- scale researches, which delved into cultural and group differences for students in their educational tasks and decision-making. It would certainly be interesting to determine how cultural backgrounds shape educational conceptions of graduates, and the disparities between female and male graduates.
On account of education's globalization in the past decades, the topic of education-related cultural issues has garnered increasing interest. This interest has arisen partly because of concerns pertaining to learners with a non-Western cultural context, which is not part of mainstream Western educational and technological development and partly because of growing interest in works related to teachers' capacity in addressing cultural elements of learning (Ostrosky-Sol's & Lozano, 2006; Guerra & Nelson, 2011).
Furthermore, cultural sensitivity is required in cases where a curriculum is being taught that is not natively grounded and in multicultural classes (Rovai & Baker, 2005). Though there are some studies based on non-Western nations, they are closely linked to English or American research and fail to address how participant decision-making is impacted by their culture (Greer & Mukhopadhyay, 2005), which is surprising; statistics educators are capable of handling such studies.
The element of gender, specifically, is worth giving extra consideration, particularly because evidence has been found regarding the fact that education impacts members of different gender groups in different ways (Ostrosky-Sol's & Lozano, 2006). Widespread academic literature proves gender-based differences in communication (Nuzhat, Salem, Hamdan & Ashour, 2013)
2.1. Theoretical framework
This study will be guided by the I-E-O (Input--Environment -- Outcome) college impact model of Astin (1991). This model postulates causal relations between three kinds…
