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

Liem, Arief Darmanegara and Martin, Andrew J. and Nair, Elizabeth and Bernardo, Allan B.I. and Hidajat, Paulus (2009) Cultural Factors Relevant to Secondary School Students in Australia, Singapore, the Philippine and Indonesia: Relative Difference and Congruencies. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 19 (2). pp. 161-178.

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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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: multicultural education, multicultural counselling, cross-cultural, classroom interactions, secondary school
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Depositing User: Perpustakaan Maranatha
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2013 03:18
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2013 03:18
URI: http://repository.maranatha.edu/id/eprint/4464

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