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Srisermbhok, Amporn – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2016
This paper aims to demonstrate the impact of feminist writing as a new paradigm for education in the 21st Century to provoke awareness of gender inequity issues and to maintain justice and healthy living in society. It discusses the two selected works by prominent feminist authors: Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" and Amy Tan's…
Descriptors: Feminism, Novels, Gender Issues, Sex Fairness
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Olds, David L.; And Others – Pediatrics, 1984
Analyzed the influence of a comprehensive program of nurse home visitation on the intellectual functioning of children born to women who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy. Found that comprehensive home-visitation services before and after delivery can offset the impairment in intellectual functioning associated with substantial maternal smoking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Home Visits, Intellectual Development, Intervention
Chance, Paul – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
By the time many poor children enter school, the best educators can do is prepare them for nonexistent unskilled jobs. Remedial programs cannot compensate for deficiencies in early intellectual development. A study involving 42 families showed that well-educated mothers spoke more to their 3-year-olds, did more explaining, asked more questions,…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, Elementary Education, Influences