Results 51 to 60 of about 1,053 (250)
Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
wiley +1 more source
Structural Features and Individual Initiatives in Shaping Contemporary Grandparenting
SenectusArber, S., & Timonen, V. (Eds.). (2012). Contemporary grandparenting: Changing family relationships in global contexts. The Policy Press.
Hayriye Sena Çelik
doaj +1 more source
Osservazioni su Bambini e Anziani: tra continuità storiche e inedite prospettive educative
Studi sulla Formazione, 2018 The article deals both with Childhood and Seniority. In particular, it examines the current considerations about these two different life’s seasons, analyzing the most important pedagogical studies about them and the latest international documents and ...
Elena Di Sandro
doaj +1 more source
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
wiley +1 more source
Family Impacts on Self-Esteem in Chinese College Freshmen
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2017 This study examined the impact of family function and family-related factors, such as being an only child, grandparenting, income, and family relationship on the self-esteem in college students who are in the transitional period from late adolescence to ...
Jingyu Shi +6 more
doaj +1 more source
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Finding effective ways to support people aged > 50 years to develop adequate levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior is necessary as these behaviors are positively related to the maintenance of functional independence and health ...
Marie Vermote +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
wiley +1 more source
Behavioral SciencesThe family care of left-behind children often combines in-person grandparental caregiving with parental remote parenting; yet, how these two forms of care jointly relate to children’s mental health remains underexplored. Drawing on family systems theory,
Yean Wang, Wenjie Li, Yifan Du, Yixin Wu
doaj +1 more source
Konsep Diri dan Keterbukaan Diri Remaja Broken Home yang Diasuh Nenek
Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan, 2018 : The aim of our study was to find out the children of divorced couples’s self-concept and self-disclosure who raised by their grandmother (grand parenting). This study used a qualitative approach - a case study. Subjects were two adolescents who live in
Luthfita Cahya Irani +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Caring Flexibly? Working Conditions and the Supply of Adult Care
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although flexible employment policies can help employed individuals balance caregiving and paid work, limited evidence has been devoted to examining the effect of working flexibly on the supply of care to older adults. In this paper, we study the impact of flexible working conditions on the supply of informal adult care and mental health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Wanying Wang
wiley +1 more source