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Göransson, Kristina; Kang, Yoonhee; Kim, Yeonjin – Ethnography and Education, 2022
Today parents are faced with increasing expectations to attend to their young children's learning and cognitive development. South Korea and Singapore are well-known for their competitive education systems and for consistently topping international student assessment tests. They also share an inflated private tuition industry, fuelled by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Preschool Children, Young Children
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Cohen-Mimran, Ravit; Reznik-Nevet, Liron; Korona-Gaon, Sharon – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of a small-group intervention based on the naturalistic approach on 220 children from 3-5 years of age. All kindergarten children received weekly sessions delivered by a SLP in collaboration with the kindergarten teacher. These sessions included various book related activities. Two…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Middle Class, Low Income Students, Socioeconomic Status
Natale, Jo Anna – American School Board Journal, 2001
Although most people believe that schools exist to help children learn and achieve, some wonder why children's instruction must be hurried and why kindergarten is becoming so academic. Full-day programs, which accommodate parents' work schedules, are now commonplace; they may benefit some disadvantaged kids more than their affluent counterparts.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disadvantaged Youth, Discovery Learning
Hemmings, Annette B. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
This book takes readers into the lives of urban and suburban adolescents for a close-up look at how they navigate the conflicting discourses and disciplinary practices of American cultural crosscurrents that flow through economic, kinship, religious, and political domains of American life. The book is distinctive in how it combines classic…
Descriptors: Middle Class, High Schools, Educational Anthropology, African American Children