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Exploring children's experiences of schooling in Tanzania: How the ‘hidden curriculum’ undermines aspirations for sustainable development

Children &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract In the context of aspirations that firmly position education as the key to multiple global development goals, we raise concerns about how education is experienced by many children, particularly in low‐income, postcolonial contexts. Drawing from two, in‐depth qualitative studies in Tanzania, we demonstrate that existing pedagogical practices ...
Laela Adamson, Rhona Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Home-learning environment and cognitive and academic outcomes among children aged 4–8 years: A cross-sectional study from South India

Dialogues in Health
Purpose: Home-learning environment is critical for cognitive and academic outcomes; yet its impact during the 4–8 years' period remains underexplored, especially in the Global South.
Eunice Lobo, Debarati Mukherjee, Pradeep Kumar Choudhury, Giridhara Rathnaiah Babu, Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas, Onno C.P. van Schayck   +5 more
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World Health Organization Healthy Ageing model applied to adults with cerebral palsy: A systematic review of reported intrinsic capacity measures

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
This systematic review reports on quantitative measures of intrinsic capacity domains of the WHO Healthy Ageing model for adults with CP. Reports from 102 studies showed reduced locomotor, vitality andn possibly cognitive intrinsic capacity reserves for adults aged 30–45 years.
Woroud Alzaher, N. Susan Stott, Paul Hofman, Amy Hogan, Sian A Williams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

PIAAC Numeracy : A Conceptual Framework [PDF]

, 2009
Governments and other stakeholders have become increasingly interested in assessing the skills of their adult populations in order to monitor how well prepared they are to meet the challenges of the new information world.
PIAAC Numeracy Expert Group
core   +1 more source

Words Matter: Discourse and Numeracy [PDF]

, 2016
Here I discuss elements of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and their importance in relation to quantitative literacy (QL). Through an overview of theory, synthesis of research, and examples, I argue that the discursive nature of textbooks has a ...
Samuel L. Tunstall, Tunstall, Samuel L
core   +1 more source

Efficacy of an online positive parenting program: A randomized controlled trial

Family Relations, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI), a 6‐week culturally adapted online positive parenting program for Chinese parents of preschoolers. Background Academic‐oriented parenting in China may limit children's opportunities for play‐based learning and socioemotional ...
Minyi Li, Ni Zhang, Shiqi Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Twelve Years Revisited: Translanguaging as Relational Pedagogy for Sustaining Language Learning Motivation

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how foreign language teachers’ beliefs about the medium of instruction and translanguaging evolve over time by revisiting three in‐service teachers twelve years after their initial interviews. Using a qualitative longitudinal design, the study traces how translanguaging was initially framed as pedagogically deficient but ...
Danping Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Educationists’ Andragogical Strategies for Teaching Numeracy: A Case Study of the Kwazulu-Natal Adult Correctional Centre Classroom [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The paper sought to evaluate correctional centre educationists’ numeracy and andragogical practices. From the interpretivist epistemological stance, qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews and classroom observations to address ...
Siphelele Mbatha
doaj   +1 more source

How to Strengthen Children’s Numeracy from Home?

Social, Humanities, and Educational Studies (SHES): Conference Series
<p>Numerasi merupakan salah satu kemampuan paling esensial yang perlu dikembangkan pada anak usia dini sejak dari rumah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi strategi yang efektif dalam memperkuat kemampuan numerasi anak-anak dari lingkungan rumah.
Aisyah Senja Mustika, Riyadi Riyadi, Sandra Bayu Kurniawan   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Parents' views and experiences of the informal and formal home numeracy environment

Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 2017
Abstract At school entry, it is evident that children vary in their literacy and numeracy skills, suggesting that the home environment in which children live and grow may influence a child's learning and development. Semi-structured interviews with parents (N = 8), of children aged between 37 months and 59 months (M = 47.5 months), were used to ...
Abbie Cahoon, Tony Cassidy, Victoria Simms   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources