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Direct linkTrawick-Smith, Jeffrey – Pearson, 2022
"Early Childhood Development" celebrates the rich diversity of development among children in all neighborhoods in the United States and around the globe. It examines the physical, social, emotional, linguistic and intellectual characteristics of children from birth through age 8. Within each development domain, it considers the typical…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Diversity, Socioeconomic Background
Tsui, Amy Bik May, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2020
The spread of English is so much an integral part of globalization that it has become an essential global literacy skill. In Asia, this poses immense challenges to governments and English language teaching and teacher education professions as they attempt to meet this demand from students for a high level of English proficiency. This volume…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Barriers
Chung, Ji Eun – OECD Publishing, 2017
Equitable educational opportunities can help to promote long-lasting, inclusive economic growth and social cohesion. Successful education and skills policies can empower individuals reach their full potential and enjoy the fruits of their labour, regardless of their circumstances at birth. However, as this report shows, far too many children,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Educational Opportunities, Disadvantaged Youth
Cross, Tracy L., Ed.; Coleman, Laurence J., Ed.; Cross, Jennifer Riedl, Ed. – Prufrock Press Inc, 2012
The field associated with educating students with gifts and talents has grappled for years with issues associated with locating and appropriately serving diverse students. As our schools have become more diverse, educators have struggled to effectively deal with the diversity of student backgrounds. Consequently, diversity among the gifted child…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Asian American Students, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Mullen, Ann L. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
"Degrees of Inequality" reveals the powerful patterns of social inequality in American higher education by analyzing how the social background of students shapes nearly every facet of the college experience. Even as the most prestigious institutions claim to open their doors to students from diverse backgrounds, class disparities remain.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Graduates, Socioeconomic Background, Enrichment
OECD Publishing, 2013
This first "OECD Skills Outlook" presents the initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), which evaluates the skills of adults in 22 OECD member countries and two partner countries. The PIAAC survey was designed to provide insights into the availability of some key skills and how they are used at work and at home through the…
Descriptors: International Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Skill Analysis
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2011
"PISA 2009 at a Glance" is a companion publication to "PISA 2009 Results", the six-volume report on the 2009 survey conducted by the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA assesses the extent to which students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
In most PISA-participating countries and economies, the average socio-economic background of students who attend privately managed schools is more advantaged than that of those who attend public schools. Yet in some countries, there is little difference in the socio-economic profiles between public and private schools. Why? An analysis of PISA…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools
Cowie, Helen – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"From Birth to Sixteen" outlines children's physical, social, emotional and language development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application of research and its contribution to the assessment of child development, this text provides essential reading for those studying, or indeed practising, child development in the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Childrens Rights, Socioeconomic Background, Case Studies
Sealey, D. Bruce; Lussier, Antoine S. – 1975
The Metis appeared early on the pages of Canada's history, were a major determinant in the westward expansion of the nation, and are still a significant segment of modern Canadian society. This book (1) traces their origin and their slow evolution to nationhood; (2) examines the Golden Age; (3) describes the battles won and lost with the nation of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Culture Conflict, Ethnic Origins
Onushkin, Victor G., Ed. – 1975
These five case studies cover different aspects of university planning. Two case studies analyse university planning in two countries, the USSR and the German Democratic Republic, where overall national social and economic planning exists and where planning of higher education forms part of the developed planning system. The other three case…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Development, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Massey, Douglas S.; Charles, Camille Z.; Lundy, Garvey F.; Fischer, Mary J. – 2003
This study investigated the roots of minority underperformance in selected colleges and universities. Drawing on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen, the study developed a comprehensive analysis of the pathways by which students of differing backgrounds enter higher education in the United States. The chapters are: (1) "The…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Freshmen, Cultural Background, Ethnicity
Bartee, RoSusan D.; Brown, M. Christopher, II. – Peter Lang New York, 2007
There are four types of capital: economic, human, cultural, and social. The distribution of capital in home and school settings affects the types of educational outcomes and the quality of lifelong opportunities that individuals are able to enjoy. Resource availability and accessibility influence the success levels at which teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, African American Students, Social Capital, Human Capital
Sealey, Margaret, Ed.; Sealey, Bruce D., Ed. – 1974
During the summer of 1973, Opportunities for Youth funded 6 university students to conduct a study of 6 Metis communities. With the cooperation of the Manitoba Metis Federation, who assigned its Director of Communities to assist the students, and the Federation's South East Regional Office which supplied office space, the students began the study.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Cultural Background
Ladd, Everett Carll, Jr.; Lipset, Seymour Martin – 1975
College and university faculty, together with their students, have established a reputation as being among the most liberal-left political groups in the United States. The extent to which that reputation is deserved and reasons why political liberality is so dominant on the nation's campuses are the subjects of this document. The empirical…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
