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Mikander, Pia; Holm, Gunilla – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2014
The population of the world is growing and moving. The overwhelming majority of people are on the move inside their own country and mostly towards cities while a minority moves from non-Western areas to the West. In Finnish geography, history and social science school textbooks, this mobility tends to be depicted differently depending on whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Population Trends, Migrants, Migration
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Roy, Amanda L.; McCoy, Dana Charles; Raver, C. Cybele – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Prior research has found that higher residential mobility is associated with increased risk for children's academic and behavioral difficulty. In contrast, evaluations of experimental housing mobility interventions have shown moving from high poverty to low poverty neighborhoods to be beneficial for children's outcomes. This study merges these…
Descriptors: Poverty, Mobility, Place of Residence, At Risk Persons
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Mand, Kanwal – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2010
This article explores the experiences of "home" for British-born Bangladeshi children who are active members of transnational families. The article illustrates that these children, who are mobile between Sylhet and London, play an active role in maintaining transnational linkages. The article critiques the omission of children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Family Life, Identification (Psychology)
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Hung, Pi-Hsia; Lin, Yu-Fen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
Ubiquitous computing and mobile technologies provide a new perspective for designing innovative outdoor learning experiences. The purpose of this study is to propose a formative assessment design for integrating PDAs into ecology observations. Three learning activities were conducted in this study. An action research approach was applied to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Action Research, Observation