Education in Cross-Cultural Settings: Psychological Underpinnings of Achievement in Papua New Guinea

Authors

Genevieve F. Nelson, The Kokoda Track FoundationFollow
Jasmine Green, SELF Research Centre, University of Western Sydney
Dennis M. McInerney, SELF Research Centre, University of Western Sydney
Martin Dowson, SELF Research Centre, University of Western Sydney
Andrew C. Schauble, The Kokoda Track Foundation

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Education and achievement in Papua New Guinea has received minimal attention in the psychological and educational literature. Although student motivation and achievement have been investigated in a large variety of cultures throughout the world, this has not been substantially extended to the developing world. The current study investigated a selection of psychological processes that contribute to student achievement in the context of a majority, indigenous and developing culture. Motivational goal orientations, learning and self-regulatory processes of 359 students from Papua New Guinea (PNG) were investigated. Structural equation modeling investigated the relations between the psychological variables. Results are discussed in the context of McInerney’s (2007) model of student achievement in cross-cultural settings.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4087/LUVO3656

ScholarWorks Citation

Nelson, G. F., Green, J., McInerney, D. M., Dowson, M., & Schauble, A. C. (2009). Education in cross-cultural settings: Psychological underpinnings of achievement in Papua New Guinea. In G. Aikaterini & K. Mylonas (Eds.), Quod Erat Demonstrandum: From Herodotus’ ethnographic journeys to cross-cultural research: Proceedings from the 18th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.4087/LUVO3656