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Kevin A. Gee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Prior evidence shows that early childhood education (ECE) can serve as a protective factor that boosts maltreated children's school readiness outcomes. Yet, less is known about ECE's relationship to other developmental domains critical to their wellbeing including their adaptive behaviors and cognitive development. Focusing on a broader range of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Behavior, National Surveys, Children
Sikora, Joanna; Pokropek, Artur – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2011
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of adolescent career plans reported in PISA 2006. Its main focus is on the differences in the status and area of employment expected by girls and boys in high school. In almost all countries, girls lead boys in their interest in non-manual, high status professional occupations. This can be seen as a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Females, Foreign Countries
Wilkinson, Charles B.; And Others
This report outlines a research study conducted to evaluate black female-headed families with a female adolescent in order to obtain data regarding socialization practices by mothers, and community participation and choice patterns by adolescent girls. Data were collected through interviews with 175 black adolescent girls and their mothers.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Mothers, Blacks, Child Rearing