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Ipe, Rebecca – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2016
This qualitative study used participatory visual research in order to develop an understanding of the educational experiences of urban poor adolescent girls in Kolkata and to elicit their capabilities. The sample comprised urban poor girls who were undergoing formal education at a religious, philanthropic primary school in Kolkata. Findings from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Females, Participatory Research
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Bonal, Xavier; Tarabini, Aina – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
This article explores how different ways of experiencing poverty affect the possibilities of poor children to make the most of their education. The study uses the concept of conditions of educability to reflect how the different dimensions of the experience of poverty facilitate or hinder the success of educational practices and the learning of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Educational Practices, Slums, Guidelines
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Montgomery, Heather – Journal of Moral Education, 2014
It has been claimed that there are universal goals of child-rearing, such as survival of the child or the promotion of their capacity to contribute to economic and social reproduction. Yet in certain circumstances parents appear to pursue child-rearing practices that actively harm children, threaten their survival and inhibit their ability to grow…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slums, Child Rearing, Sexuality
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Gyansah, Samuel Tieku; Soku, Rejoice; Esilfie, Gabriel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This research was conducted purposely to examine child delinquency on pupils' academic performance. Fumesua Municipal Assembly (M/A) primary school was used as the case study for the research. The specific objectives of the study are to find out the factors that contribute to child delinquent behavior, identify, if delinquent behavior influence…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Academic Achievement, Sampling, Interviews
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Cameron, Stuart James – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
This paper asks whether education is a viable route to better livelihoods and social inclusion for children living in poor urban areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It uses qualitative interviews with 36 students aged 11-16, living in slum and middle-class areas, and also draws on data from a larger, mixed-methods study to provide context. Many children…
Descriptors: Social Class, Social Integration, Foreign Countries, Poverty
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Byker, Erik J. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2014
In many schools across India, access to information and communication technology (ICT) is still a rare privilege. While the Annual Status of Education Report in India (2013) showed a marginal uptick in the amount of computers, the opportunities for children to use those computers have remained stagnant. The lack of access to ICT is especially…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Information Technology, Poverty
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Gulati, Sonia; Paterson, Margo; Medves, Jennifer; Luce-Kapler, Rebecca – Qualitative Report, 2011
Debate remains about how to effectively obtain information from adolescents with disabilities in marginalized areas and how to apply this knowledge to shape rehabilitation activities. This study explored how to empower adolescents in the urban slums of North India to assume greater control over their rehabilitation within the context of a local…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Programs, Ethnography, Disabilities, Adolescents