abstract background: cultural values are invisible and relatively constant in societies. the purpose of the present study is to find diversities in cultural values of iranian and malaysian nursing students. materials and methods: convenience sampling method was used for this comparative-descriptive study to gather the data from full-time undergraduate degree nursing students in iran and malaysi...

Critical thinking and argumentation skills are crucial for developing responsible citizens active participants in society. Indeed, reasoning known to be exercised differently distinctive cultures. Historical, cultural institutional contexts shape the way people a society think, communicate act. In this regard, predominant Western assumption that should detachable from emotion may not necessaril...

since the beginning of the arab spring, scholars in different fields around the world have studied it, exploiting various approaches. one of these approaches is the cultural change in which survival and self-expression values are analysed. this approach is discussed in the present paper. given that collective actions in every country are in line with its cultural values and cultural changes, th...