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Direct linkTsz-lok Lee, Trevor – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2023
This article explores single-mothers' experiences regarding the schooling of their children. Because most research on home-school relations has been derived from samples of two-parent families, little is known about single parents' perspectives on their children's education. Drawing on in-depth interviews with eight single mothers in Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, One Parent Family, Mothers, Empowerment
Yung, Kevin Wai Ho – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
Access to private tutoring, or shadow education, significantly contributes to the increasing disparities in the attainment of language learners from different family backgrounds worldwide. In ESL/EFL contexts, many students subscribe to English private tutoring (EPT) in hopes of getting good English results in high-stakes examinations to secure a…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Tutoring, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Leung, Cynthia; Tsang, Sandra; Lo, Cyrus – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study examined the efficacy of the Parent and Child Enhancement (PACE) program on child learning, child behavior problems, and parental stress, using randomized controlled trial design, in social services centers. Methods: Eligibility criteria were (1) children aged 2 years at program commencement, (2) low-income, new immigrant, or…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Family Programs, Learning, Child Behavior
Wang, Miao; Ngai, Steven Sek-Yum – Child & Youth Services, 2011
Using data collected by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's Program for International Student Assessment in 2003, this study examines the gap in the educational aspirations of children from single-parent families and two-parent families in the United Kingdom (UK) and Hong Kong. Consistent with previous research on the…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Parents
Download full textPracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2015, taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 2 to 4 of May. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Achievement
Kwan, Ying-Keung – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Relationships between family structure and perceived life satisfaction in overall life and five domains of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale, family life, friendships, school experience, myself, and where I live were examined among 4,502 Chinese adolescent secondary school students in Hong Kong. Bivariate analyses showed…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Life Satisfaction, One Parent Family, Risk
Park, Hyunjoon – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007
Using the data from Program for International Student Assessment, I examine the gap in reading performance between 15-year-old students in single-parent and intact families in 5 Asian countries in comparison to the United States. The ordinary least square regression analyses show negligible disadvantages of students with a single parent in Hong…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Family Influence, Reading Achievement, Adolescents
Chiu, Ming Ming; Ho, Esther Sui Chu – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2006
We examine the effects of family structures and processes on student achievement in Hong Kong. Specifically, we show that the negative effects of single parenthood in past studies are not universal. In Hong Kong, 4,405 15-year-old students completed a questionnaire, and tests in reading, mathematics and science. We analysed the data using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Family Structure
Ho, Esther Sui-Chu – School Community Journal, 2006
Using data from Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), this study examines the social disparity of family involvement. A total of 4,405 students from 140 Hong Kong secondary schools participated in the first cycle of PISA study identifying four types of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Parent School Relationship
Choy, Winnie C. W.; Moneta, Giovanni B. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2002
The mediating effects of autonomy and relatedness on the relationship between self-esteem and life satisfaction were investigated among 49 single mothers. Among all tested variables in the dimension of relatedness, only network orientation (propensity to utilize one's available social support) was a mediator of the positive relationship between…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Mothers, Life Satisfaction, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHo, Mary K. W.; Tam, Tony S. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Surveyed the social workers responsible for 877 children in Hong Kong who had been placed in residential care and interviewed 205 parents of these children to determine the reasons for institutionalization. Found that most children were placed in residential care because the parents lacked the tangible resources necessary for them to bring up the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Family Financial Resources, Foreign Countries
Kanwar, Asha S., Ed.; Taplin, Margaret, Ed. – 2001
This document consists of case studies documenting how distance education (DE) changed the lives of 23 women from the following locations: China; Hong Kong; India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; and Bangladesh. The case studies illustrate that participating in DE can benefit not only a woman herself but also her husband, children, other family members, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Caregivers, Case Studies
