De la nécessité d’une observation didactique pour accéder à l’épistémologie pratique des professeurs by Chantal Amade-Escot

“…Over the last years, teachers’ knowledge, beliefs and know-how have been the focus of various research paradigms on teaching and became a substantial area of inquiry. …”
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Die eerste dekade van Interkulturele Kommunikasie by H.J. Groenewald

“…The books are discussed in terms of the following issues: delimitation of the field and level of analysis: participating parties and symbol systems; perception; attitudes, values and beliefs; theoretical contributions, such as dialogue and cultural criticism; intercultural research; and applications. …”
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Contextualisation of the gospel among Muslims by M. Coleman, P. Verster

“…There are still divergent views ranging from total rejection of any aspect of the Muslim culture and beliefs to full acceptance of the Muslim religious culture. …”
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Concepción de partida y prácticas profesionales de atención a la discapacidad en Bolivia by Marta García-Domingo, Virginia Fuentes, Maria Carmen Martín-Cano, Yolanda De-la-Fuente

“…Prevalence social and institutional isolation towards functional diversity is also identified, based on prejudices, myths and wrong beliefs not yet overcome. Then, medical and social care models coexist, as well as an intervention based on assistance and promotion.…”
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Spiritual well-being in the 21st century: It is time to review the current WHO’s health definition by Francesco Chirico

“…Moreover, spirituality, personal beliefs and religiousness are not synonymous. Spirituality has received much interest in health care services; it can improve strategies for managing stress and can positively influence immune, cardiovascular (heart and blood vessels), hormonal, and nervous systems. …”
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La formation des enseignant·e·s en prise avec les réformes : un rapport au travail (dés)ajusté pour les formateur·trice·s ? by Thérèse Perez-Roux, Christine Françoise, Frédéric Torterat

“…The results of uni- and bivariate analyses highlight a (dis)adjusted relationship to work and a heightened conflict between theory and practice, between trainers’ beliefs or values and institutional logic. Depending on the trainer’s employment status, the outcomes of the study reveal diverse strategies for (re)giving meaning to action.…”
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Encouraging Landscape Water Conservation Behaviors Series Overview #7: Personal and Social Norms of Florida Residents Who Use Irrigation in the Home Landscape by Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Laura A. Warner, Alexa Lamm, Joy N. Rumble, Randall Cantrell

“…Extension educators create programs to encourage good irrigation practices and water conservation activities based on personal and social normative beliefs. To help in this goal, the authors examine personal and social norms of Florida residents who use irrigation in the home landscape and describe how Extension educators can capitalize on these positive norms to motivate Floridians to learn and use best water conservation practices. …”
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Encouraging Landscape Water Conservation Behaviors Series Overview #7: Personal and Social Norms of Florida Residents Who Use Irrigation in the Home Landscape by Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Laura A. Warner, Alexa Lamm, Joy N. Rumble, Randall Cantrell

“…Extension educators create programs to encourage good irrigation practices and water conservation activities based on personal and social normative beliefs. To help in this goal, the authors examine personal and social norms of Florida residents who use irrigation in the home landscape and describe how Extension educators can capitalize on these positive norms to motivate Floridians to learn and use best water conservation practices. …”
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The Relationship among Iranian EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity, Self-Efficacy and Critical Thinking Skills by Negar Moslemi, Parya Habibi

“…Teachers’ beliefs, attitudes, and identities have been considered as the main factors in improving their performance to enhance students’ learning. …”
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The students’ attitude on teachers’ code-switching in teaching english at islamic middle school by Maratus Shalihah, Hamzah Hamzah

“…Attitude is committed by someone’s beliefs about attributes or outcomes of performing such as affective behavior and cognitive weighted by evaluations of those outcomes or attributes. …”
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“What if a Person Gets the Vaccine and Turns into an Alligator?”: A Study of the Effect of Ideological Polarization on Purchase Intention by Eduardo Mesquita, Evandro Luiz Lopes, Eliane Herrero

“…A survey encouraged 206 participants to think that a significant brand would support a political candidate antagonistic to their personal beliefs. We identified the political ideology declared and then measured the hatred generated in this situation, in addition to the regulatory focus (preventive versus promotional), and PI in relation to the brand. …”
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“TO BE MACHO OR NOT TO BE MACHO, THAT IS THE QUESTION”: HOW MACHISMO IS RELEVANT TO DISCRIMINATION IN THE ROMANIAN AND SERBIAN HEALTH SECTORS by Ekrem TUFAN

“…As a result, it has been observed that there is no racism, however discrimination against atheist doctors in every country exists regarding religious beliefs. A further discovery is that survey participants from all countries favored the macho or the most beautiful doctor. …”
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The Relationship among Iranian EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity, Self-Efficacy and Critical Thinking Skills by Negar Moslemi, Parya Habibi

“…Teachers’ beliefs, attitudes, and identities have been considered as the main factors in improving their performance to enhance students’ learning. …”
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Limited opportunities: the implications of schoolgirl dropout in Irepodun, Nigeria by Kafilah Lola Gold

“…The study’s outcome indicates a significant relationship between the sociocultural background of female students, parental attitudes toward education, religious beliefs, government policy on education, and dropout among girls. …”
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“You wished the ground would open and swallow you up”: Expert opinions on shame, the collective, and other cultural considerations for suicide prevention among Asian American and P... by Evan R. Polzer, Carly M. Rohs, Christe’An D. Iglesias, Joseph Mignogna, Lauren S. Krishnamurti, Ryan Holliday, Lindsey L. Monteith

“…Suicide risk among AAPI Veterans was viewed as being shaped by shame and the centrality of the family-collective, with family conferring both protection against and risk for suicide. Cultural norms and beliefs regarding suicide were considered pertinent to suicide among AAPI Veterans and included beliefs about perseverance in coping with distress to permittance of suicide in specific circumstances. …”
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A qualitative study of community perceptions and practices relating to blood donation in Cameroon by Solange Dabou, Wilfred Ngwa, Ngo Valery Ngo, Constantine T Asahngwa, Ghyslaine Bruna Djeunang Dongho, Regina Sinsai, Evrard Kepgang, Odette D Kibu, Ronald Mbua Gobina, Denis Alemka Foretia

“…Some people do not want to donate blood due to: (1) fear of needles, donor-site pain or possible ritualistic use of donated blood, (2) certain religious beliefs, such as those held by Jehovah’s Witnesses, (3) local and cultural beliefs, (4) the perception that blood donation is a commercial activity for many health personnel and (5) lack of transparency from health personnel. …”
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Interacciones docente-estudiantes y maltrato infantil: análisis microgenético desde la perspectiva sociocultural/ Teacher-Student Interactions and Child Abuse: Microgenetic Analysi... by María Natalia Rodríguez, Julian David Torres, Mónica Roncancio

“…The analysis of the results shows that the meanings and beliefs that emerge in her pedagogical practice are influenced by a cultural system, especially her religious beliefs, which are rooted in the Catholic religion. …”
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Patient education materials for non-specific low back pain and sciatica: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Amanda Hall, Michelle Swab, Bradley Furlong, Andrea Pike, Holly Etchegary, Georgia Darmonkow

“…Patients commonly present with negative beliefs about low back pain and this can have detrimental effects on their health outcomes. …”
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Stigmatization of people with mental illness – a matter of milieu-specific worldviews? Results from a population-based survey in Germany by Jenny Spahlholz, Eva Baumann, Sven Speerforck, Sven Speerforck, Christian Sander, Christian Sander, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Georg Schomerus, Georg Schomerus

“…Descriptive analyses and one-way ANOVAs with post-hoc pairwise contrasts between milieu groups were used to evaluate agreement on stereotypes and the desire for social distance towards people with depression or schizophrenia.ResultsNegative stereotypes about people with a depression (i.e., beliefs about being weak-willed) and schizophrenia (i.e., beliefs about dangerousness) tended to be more common in milieu groups leaning more toward the authoritarian pole. …”
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The Impact of Intercultural Perspectives on Environmental Ethics by Molotokienė Ernesta

“…Intercultural environmental ethics seeks to identify the existing different cultural, value beliefs, to define universal environmental ethical principles. …”
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