abstract the present study investigates the relationship between multiple intelligences and teaching styles of eng-lish as foreign language (efl) learners and teachers. the participants of the study included 106 efl teachers and 400 efl learners. teachers were invited to complete a multiple intelligences inventory for efl teachers, developed by christison (1998) and a thinking styles inventory ...

I n her compelling case for liberal education, Martha Nussbaum emphasizes the nuances of the examined life and in particular how essential the narrative imagination is to " cultivating humanity " (9–11). While Nussbaum is advocating for liberal education in general terms, her call is particularly suited to the mission of honors education and its mandate for " broader, deeper, and more complex "...

This paper’s aim is to study the leadership styles practiced in Catalan SMEs during COVID-19 pandemic. The research focuses on three (autocratic/transactional, democratic/transformational and laissez-faire/liberal) how these are influenced by Hofeste’s cultural dimension other variables such as SMEs’ maturity level respondents’ gender.

When people see patterns in the world, they often assume that there is some type of centralised control, even when it does not exist. This ‘centralised mindset’ could act as a braking function on the spread of organic networks — if people are not able to think about and understand the decentralised interactions that underlie organic networks, they will not be able to conceive, design, implement...

There are two styles of learning and thinking: ability based and personality based. The former are assessed by maximum-performance tests, and the latter are assessed by typical-performance tests. We argue that both kinds of styles matter for instruction and assessment in school. In particular, shaping lessons based on an awareness that people learn and think in different ways can lead to improv...

Six studies examine the consequences of engaging in culturally mismatched thinking styles, such as encountering ads that require one to think in a way that is inconsistent with one’s culturally dominant thinking style. Our findings suggest that these enriching cross-cultural experiences come with self-regulatory consequences: less ability to control one’s intentions, a greater likelihood of giv...

Cultural differences in questionnaire response styles have been reported in a number of studies. Compared to those of European-heritage, responses from individuals of East-Asian heritage tend to be more ambivalent and moderate. These stylistic differences warrant attention because they may contaminate substantive conclusions about cultural differences. One possible source of these stylistic dif...

It has been well documented in educational literature that effective learning takes place if the whole brain is involved in learning. This paper introduces a model for understanding thinking styles and the important role that it has in teaching and learning. Cognitive functions are accommodated when teaching activities are constructed to comply with a learner’s preferred mode of thinking. Inter...

In this era of globalization, businesses pursue strategic advantage by shifting from being multinational to being transnational organizations. The idea of globalization represents an ever changing process that brings people and societies together into a common market of not only goods and services but also knowledge. Business curricula must also change to face this new and changed world. Arguab...