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Senemaud, B. – Children in the Tropics, 1988
This report describes the relationship between maternal malnutrition and child development. The report is divided into three sections. The first section, which describes child development, focuses on brain, mental, and psychomotor development. The second section describes the methodological difficulties of measuring effects of malnutrition on the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Dietetics, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Childhood Education
Phisalaphong, Wanpen; And Others – 1984
Studies of child-rearing practices among Thai, Indonesian, and Indian families are reported in two abstracts and one full paper. The Indonesian study (by Siti Rahayu Haditono) explored achievement motivation, parents' educational level, and child-rearing practices among members of four Javanese occupational groups: farmers, traders, civil…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Environment
Mitchell, Bruce M. – 1975
A profile of the attitudes and environment of the child from an impoverished family is drawn, illustrating the factors that inhibit such a child in developing creative problem-solving skills. The attitudes and atmosphere of the poverty home and culture are outlined. It is pointed out that limited vocabulary and low motivation are typical of such…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Culture Conflict, Disadvantaged Environment, Family Characteristics
Download full textRamey, Craig T.; Mills, Pamela J. – 1975
This study examined the effect of a day care program on mother-child interaction patterns and attachment behaviors, and compared these patterns of behavior with those obtained from a matched sample of more advantaged home-reared infants. Subjects were 60 infants, ranging in age from 3 1/2 to 9 1/2 months, and their mothers. There were three groups…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Disadvantaged Environment
Chess, Stella, Ed.; Thomas, Alexander, Ed. – 1969
This book, the second in an annual series, contains 38 articles published during the past year in the field of child psychiatry and child development. The editors attempted to compile articles "of most value to workers in this field both for immediate information and for long-term reference." Accordingly, the articles are of two types: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Books, Child Development, Child Psychology
Stanbury, Harry Douglas – 1965
This study aimed at describing: the forced attachment of two suburban districts and the extension of adult education opportunities to a disadvantaged community, the process and actions involved in establishing the Carver School Adult Education Program, and the attempt to provide educational opportunities for the adults of the Carver School area.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged Environment, Doctoral Dissertations
Matthias, Ruth – 1972
The paper discusses the aspiration problems that rural students confront each day. By exploring their background and family life styles, it is hoped that some sort of understanding of their aspiration problems could aid the school counselors. The paper is divided into 4 main discussions: (1) characteristics of rural life, (2) problems of rural…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Role, Disadvantaged Environment
Emmons, Karen – 1971
The experimental branch library described in this report was located in the multicultural, economically depressed downtown area of Richmond, California. The library's three and a half years of operation are described including: (1) the criteria for the selection of material, (2) programs aimed at attracting teen-agers and younger children to the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Branch Libraries, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
KAUFMAN, JACOB J. – 1966
A COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM WAS INITIATED AND DEVELOPED IN THE MON-YOUGH REGION OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. TO CORRECT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE ADULT TRAINING, RETRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS. THE MON-YOUGH COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE WAS FORMED THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Action, Community Problems, Community Services
Peer reviewedPoppleton, Pam; And Others – Comparative Education, 1987
Reports results of teacher interviews designed to explore the satisfaction and stress of teaching in areas of economic and social disadvantage and to compare the views of teachers in similar schools in Michigan and South Yorkshire (England). Includes verbatim responses to questions about communities, schools, the classroom experience, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedBrown, Antoinette B.; Partridge, William L. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1987
Reports on the impact on malnutrition of Mexico's Sistema de Alementacion Mexicana (SAM) program, which tried to make the country self-sufficient in basic foods. Concludes that the food problem in Mexico is not so much one of production as it is a problem of distribution and consumption. (PS)
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Disadvantaged Environment, Financial Policy
Ashbrook, Richard M. – Instructional Innovator, 1984
Considers the impact of the lack of computer literacy and computer-assisted instruction on the socially and economically disadvantaged in terms of basic living skills as well as vocational and educational opportunities, and makes four recommendations for ensuring that all segments of society will share equally in the benefits of computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Disadvantaged Environment
Direct linkWilliams, Richard; Pritchard, Colin – Open University Press, 2006
In this groundbreaking book, the authors show how the cycle of educational alienation can be broken, to enable parents and schools to work together to contribute to children's educational, social and emotional well-being. They illustrate this by exploring a highly successful initiative in a school with severe socioeconomic disadvantages, which, in…
Descriptors: Social Work, Disadvantaged Youth, Children, Educationally Disadvantaged
Meyers, Marcia K.; Teitler, Julien O. – 2001
The New York City Social Indicators Survey examines New York City's social climate, surveying a representative sample of families regarding their perceptions of life in the city and indicators of their quality of life and experiences of hardship. The 1999 survey examined the period between 1997-1999, a time of strong economic performance and…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Family Life, Housing
Ghate, Deborah; Hazel, Neal – 2002
With a unique focus on the effects of poverty on parenting in Britain, this book explores what professionals and policy makers can do to support families living in poverty. The book details findings and conclusions of a large national study of parents living in poverty conducted by the Policy Research Bureau between 1997 and 1999. The study…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged
