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Edward G. J. Stevenson; Jil Molenaar; David-Paul Pertaub; Dessalegn Tekle – Field Methods, 2025
Is it possible to measure wealth and poverty across settings while being faithful to local understandings? The stages of progress method (SoP) attempts to do this by building ladders of wealth in locally relevant terms and using these in comparisons across groups. This approach is potentially useful among pastoralist populations where monetary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Social Mobility, Evaluation Methods
Hristo Kyuchukov; Jill de Villiers; Yanwan Zhu; Iris Zhong – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
The paper presents the first comprehensive look at the language development of Romani-speaking children from resource-poor Roma communities in several European countries. 250 participants aged 3- to 10-years participated. The experimental tasks assess knowledge in eight key areas of grammar and morphology, including fast mapping of novel items.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Minority Groups, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students
Hani Yousef Jarrah – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
The pandemic brought a massive shift in traditional education strategies. Educational literature is focusing on case studies for online-learning platforms. This research aims to break down the adaptations in teaching styles and curriculums across different countries due to the worldwide shift towards newer technology and learning mediums to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Faculty, College Students
Wijeakumar, Sobanawartiny; Kumar, Aarti; Delgado Reyes, Lourdes M.; Tiwari, Madhuri; Spencer, John P. – Developmental Science, 2019
There is a growing need to understand the global impact of poverty on early brain and behavioural development, particularly with regard to key cognitive processes that emerge in early development. Although the impact of adversity on brain development can trap children in an intergenerational cycle of poverty, the massive potential for brain…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Poverty, Correlation
Lucchini, Mario; Assi, Jenny – Social Indicators Research, 2013
The aim of this paper is to propose multidimensional measures of deprivation and wellbeing in contemporary Switzerland, in order to overcome the limitations of standard approaches. More precisely, we have developed self organising maps (SOM) using data drawn from the 2009 Swiss Household Panel wave, in order to identify highly homogeneous clusters…
Descriptors: Well Being, Topology, Foreign Countries, Maps
Figari, Francesco; Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra J.; Sutherland, Holly – Social Indicators Research, 2012
In this paper, we evaluate income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using two complementary approaches: a standard approach based on reported incomes in survey data, and a microsimulation approach, where taxes and benefits are simulated. These two approaches may be expected to generate slightly different…
Descriptors: Poverty, Income, Social Indicators, Foreign Countries
Ritchie, Jenny – Journal of Pedagogy, 2016
This paper offers an overview of complexities of the contexts for education in Aotearoa, which include the need to recognise and include Maori (Indigenous) perspectives, but also to extend this inclusion to the context of increasing ethnic diversity. These complexities include the situation of worsening disparities between rich and poor which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders, Poverty
Breen, Helen M. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
The purpose of this paper was to examine risk and protective factors associated with the consequences of card gambling and commercial gambling for Indigenous Australians in north Queensland. With Indigenous Elders' approval and using qualitative methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 60 Indigenous and 48 non-Indigenous…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Personality Traits, Role Models, Public Health
Tabucanon, Mario T.; Tanaka, Aurea Christine; Aipanjiguly, Sampreethi – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2011
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the founding of ProSPER.Net--the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research Network--members convened on 5-9 July 2010 in Shanghai, China, at a meeting hosted by Tongji University, a founding member. ProSPER.Net is an alliance of 21 higher education institutions in the Asia-Pacific…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
Cortese, Lauren; Crouch, Luis; Pinto, Nancy; Salgado, Vania; Schmidt, Caroline; Soman, Kouassi; Thiam, Mamadou; Chaluda, Ania; Omoeva, Carina – Global Partnership for Education, 2012
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) works with low-income countries around the world to help them provide basic education of good quality to all of their children. Countries develop education sector plans that set clear targets and commitments; their partners including donors, multilateral agencies, civil society and the private sector…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Quality, Program Evaluation, Partnerships in Education
Rosano, Aldo; Mancini, Federica; Solipaca, Alessandro – Social Indicators Research, 2009
People with disability are particularly exposed to poor living conditions: on one hand they have more difficulties in getting an income cause to their inabilities, on the other hand conditions of poverty increase the risk of disability. However, little rigorous quantitative research has been undertaken to measure the real impact of disability on…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Income, Disabilities, Statistical Analysis
Movement for Canadian Literacy, 2010
This issue of "literacy.ca EXPRESS" focuses on poverty. The articles included in this issue are: (1) Poverty Overview; (2) Tony's Story; (3) LAN (Learner Advisory Network) Member's Story (Dianne Smith); (4) Linking Adult Literacy to Poverty Reduction; (5) MCL (Movement for Canadian Literacy) Update; (6) Highlights from the LAN; (7) Good…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Poverty, Adult Literacy, Intervention
McMahon, Brenda J., Ed.; Portelli, John P., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The focus of this book extends the discourse on student engagement beyond prescriptive definitions and includes substantive ethical and political issues relating to this concept. As such, this collection includes voices of educational theorists, practitioners, and students. It provides a counter discourse to the current dialogue on student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Urban Schools, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Christoph, Bernhard – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Among the surprising results of research on the relation between a person's material circumstances and his or her subjective well-being was the finding that this relationship appears to be rather weak (throughout this paper the terms "(general) life satisfaction", "(subjective) satisfaction", "happiness" and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Income, Life Satisfaction
Camfield, Laura; Crivello, Gina; Woodhead, Martin – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The authors review the contribution of qualitative methods to exploring concepts and experiences of wellbeing among children and adults living in developing countries. They provide examples illustrating the potential of these methods for gaining a holistic and contextual understanding of people's perceptions and experiences. Some of these come…
Descriptors: Poverty, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries, Well Being
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