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Nieuwelink, Hessel; ten Dam, Geert; Dekker, Paul – Research Papers in Education, 2019
Studies show adults' attitudes towards citizenship to be related to their educational level. It has been claimed that higher educated people more often possess 'good' citizenship values. However, only limited insight exists into how differences in citizenship attitudes between adolescents from various educational tracks develop over time. In this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Political Socialization, Adolescent Attitudes
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Fortuin, Janna; van Geel, Mitch; Vedder, Paul – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The present study was conducted to analyze whether in-class friends influence each other's grades, and whether adolescents tend to select friends that are similar to them in terms of academic achievement. During 1 academic year, 542 eighth-grade students (M age = 13.3 years) reported on 3 different occasions on their in-class friendship networks.…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Socialization
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Stuij, Mirjam – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
According to Bourdieu, habitus is an important, and class-specific, foundation for behaviour. However, he hardly explained how the habitus is acquired. Based on Bernstein's elaboration on the various contexts in which group-specific behavioural principles are acquired, this article demonstrates how young children of two divergent social classes…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Case Studies, Socialization
Evertson, Carolyn M., Ed.; Weinstein, Carol S., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
Classroom management is a topic of enduring concern for teachers, administrators, and the public. It consistently ranks as the first or second most serious educational problem in the eyes of the general public, and beginning teachers consistently rank it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Management problems continue…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Classroom Communication, Critical Theory