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Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Chiang, Yi-Lin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
Scholars generally agree that financial deprivation negatively affects students' educational outcomes. However, while absolute levels of resources are important, individuals' perceived relative economic wellbeing also shape their educational outcomes. This article asks whether attending school with peers from comparably richer families is related…
Descriptors: Expectation, Academic Aspiration, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
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Çigdem Bozdag; Yasemin Karakasoglu – Global Studies of Childhood, 2024
Digital media provide easy access to media content in multiple languages from local, national, and transnational contexts. This accessibility of diverse content enables young people in the migration society to develop multilingual and transnational media repertoires: they have the option to continuously and strategically navigate between different…
Descriptors: Multilingual Materials, Foreign Countries, Media Education, Multimedia Materials
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Lumadi, Rudzani I. – Africa Education Review, 2019
The research study reported on was conducted to establish how the walls of quality education for disadvantaged communities can be rebuilt through classroom discipline. Social and economic instability, which has always existed, has been intensified by the recent widespread political unrests, which in turn has eroded discipline in the classroom…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Community Characteristics, Educational Quality, Discipline
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Magnussen, Rikke; Hamann, Villads Dalby; Stensgaard, Anne Gro – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2019
In this paper, we present the project, Community Drive, as well as the theoretical and empirical background on which the project is based. Through technical and humanistic collaboration, the project aims to create models that allow children and young people to participate in overcoming future challenges in cities by becoming active and…
Descriptors: Data Use, Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation
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Coker, David L., Jr.; Erwin, Eileen – Urban Education, 2011
In this case study, we examined the effects of two instructional methods, Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) and Collaborative Reasoning (CR), on students' written and oral arguments. Using an interview, we also explored students' understanding of academic arguments and their perceptions about the instruction. The students were 38 middle…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Teaching Methods
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Lee, Moosung; Madyun, Na'im – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009
Contextual analysis of the achievement gap has gained much momentum within the last few decades. This study furthers the discourse by examining the applicability of 2 sociological contextual development approaches on achievement. We analyzed 79 neighborhoods organized by the level of crime and poverty from both a social disorganization and social…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, White Students, Achievement Gap, Disadvantaged Environment