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van Schaik, Saskia D. M.; Oudgenoeg-Paz, Ora; Atun-Einy, Osnat – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The present study explored cultural differences in parental beliefs about motor development across 2 Western cultures: Israel and the Netherlands. Can 2 cultural models be distinguished regarding infant motor development in Israel and the Netherlands or are parental beliefs about motor development similar across these cultures? Using a…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Infants, Child Development
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Stirrup, Julie; Duncombe, Rebecca; Sandford, Rachel – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Growing pressure on parents to equip their children with the skills required for future success, coupled with an increased focus on providing quality learning experiences in the early years, has contributed to an upsurge in the enrolment of young children in formal (often privatised) activities. Moreover, in response to growing societal concerns…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Parents, Parent Attitudes
Mashriqi, Khalida – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative, phenomenological study was conducted to explore the lived experiences of 12 Afghan women enrolled in higher education institutions in Afghanistan. The objective was to develop an understanding of the participants' perceptions of the factors that led to their enrollment in higher education and the factors that inhibit Afghan women…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Access to Education, Higher Education
McNamee, Rick – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This practitioner action research using qualitative techniques of gathering data looks at the experiences of students in a mostly white, upper-middle class suburb who enrolled in a class that integrated mathematics with social justice issues. The researcher designed the curriculum and co-taught the one semester course. The data were collected from…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods
Lewis, Andrea D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The intent of this study was to explore the perceptions of Black middle and upper class preservice teachers as they relate to teaching and learning in high poverty urban schools. Participants included 11 senior early childhood education preservice teachers at a historically Black college in the southeast region of the United States. The study was…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Middle Class, Social Class
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Jackson, Sue – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2006
Both lifelong learning and community are central to the mission of the National Federation of Women's Institutes (WI). Their website, for example, states that the WI aims to educate women to enable them to provide an effective role in the community, to expand their horizons and to develop and pass on important skills--key elements of lifelong…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Females, Focus Groups, Adult Education
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Karos, Leigh Karavasilis; Howe, Nina; Aquan-Assee, Jasmin – Infant and Child Development, 2007
Associations between reciprocal and complementary sibling interactions, sibling relationship quality, and children's socio-emotional problem solving were examined in 40 grade 5-6 children (M age = 11.5 years) from middle class, Caucasian, Canadian families using a multi-method approach (i.e. interviews, self-report questionnaires, daily diary…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Problem Solving
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Stein, James H.; Reiser, Lynn Whisnant – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1994
Questionnaire and interview findings from 36 white middle-class adolescent boys found that the first ejaculation was psychologically meaningful but socially invisible. Those who felt more prepared expressed more positive feelings and coped better. Psychosocial and developmental difficulties in sexual education for young males are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Coping, Individual Development
McKinnon, Jennifer; And Others – 1982
To determine whether preschool education benefits middle-class elementary school children, a study was conducted which compared the social, motor, and academic progress of kindergarten and elementary school children who had attended a Montessori preschool, another kind of preschool, or no preschool. The sample was chosen according to age,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary School Students, Family Influence, Foreign Countries