Culture and Personal Epistemology: U.S. and Middle Eastern Students’ beliefs about Scientific Knowledge and Knowing
dc.contributor.author | Moosa, Samira | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Karabenick, Stuart A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T13:52:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T13:52:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Karabenick, Stuart A.; Moosa, Samira; (2005). "Culture and Personal Epistemology: U.S. and Middle Eastern Students’ beliefs about Scientific Knowledge and Knowing." Social Psychology of Education 8(4): 375-393. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43812> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1381-2890 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-1928 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43812 | |
dc.description.abstract | Middle Eastern (Omani) and Western (U.S.) students’ beliefs about knowledge and knowing in the sciences were compared on four dimensions of personal epistemology proposed by Hofer and Pintrich ( Review of Educational Research (1997), 67 , 88–140). As predicted, given their experiences with comparatively traditional political and religious institutions, Omani more so than U.S. college students were more likely to accept scientific authorities as the basis of scientific truth. Furthermore, Omani men were more accepting of authorities than were Omani women, but there was no gender difference among U.S. students. Omani more than U.S. students also believed that knowledge in the sciences was simpler and more certain, which is consistent with comparisons between U.S. and Asian students (e.g., Qian & Pan, 2002, A comparision of epistemological beliefs and learning from science text between American and Chinese high school students. In B. K. Hofer & P. R. Pintrich (Eds.), Personal epistomology: The psychology of beliefs about knowledge and knowing (pp. 365–385), Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum). Students in the two countries did not differ, however, in whether their beliefs were based on personal opinions versus systematic evidence. Suggestions for further research included directly assessing experiences with, and attitudes toward, authorities in academic and other areas of students’ lives. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Education | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Personality & Social Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Education (General) | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Education & Society | en_US |
dc.title | Culture and Personal Epistemology: U.S. and Middle Eastern Students’ beliefs about Scientific Knowledge and Knowing | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Combined Program in Education and Psychology, 1400D School of Education Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43812/1/11218_2005_Article_1826.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11218-005-1826-3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Social Psychology of Education | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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