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Understanding teacher agency in the context of school‐based climate change and sustainability education: A case study of the experiences of teachers and school students in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on teacher agency as a conceptual framework, we explored the extent to which school teachers in secondary schools in England achieve agency in relation to teaching climate change and sustainability. This research provides a novel approach to understanding the relational and emergent qualities of teacher agency by bringing together ...
Nicola Walshe, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
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Leaving home, family support and intergenerational ties in Italy: Some regional differences [PDF]

In Italy conditions at leaving home are characterized by high age at exit, high proximity with parents and widespread intergenerational support, showing important regional differences.
Elisabetta Santarelli, Francesco Cottone
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Pareto-Improving Intergenerational Transfers [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
In the presence of endogenous growth intergenerational transfer from the young to the old reduce per capita income growth and harm future generations. On the other hand, competitive equilibria are inefficient if externalities sustain long-run growth. This paper shows that if individuals retire in the last period of their life, the inefficiency of the ...
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Is there space for dyslexia in high‐attainment educational environments? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study into attainment grouping in English primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Attainment grouping is an important policy issue and is increasingly practiced in UK primary schools, with researchers presenting contrasting stances on the impact to pupils' attainment and academic self‐concept. This original research statistically analyses the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) data (N = 3510) and explores: (i) whether dyslexic ...
Esther Alice Outram
wiley   +1 more source

What kind of pen do I need to use to write my culture and my language?

Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal, 2011
Through a form of narrative inquiry involving the use of vignettes and ruminations about present and past, the author examines the role(s) of orality, literacy, and aurality in the intergenerational transmission of his language and culture.
Satoru Nakagawa
doaj   +1 more source

Intergenerational justice of what: welfare, resources or capabilities? [PDF]

, 2007
An important aspect of intergenerational justice concerns the specification of a 'currency of advantage' that can be used to evaluate distributive outcomes across time.
Arrow K. J., Barry B., Barry B., Baxter B., Brighouse H., Chambers N., Dworkin R., Edward A. Page, Kaufman A., McCarthy J. J., McMichael A. J., Nussbaum M., Nussbaum M., Page T., Rawls J., Rawls J., Sen A., Sen A., Sen A., Silver L. M., Sumner L. W., Wackernagel M.   +21 more
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Intergenerational Transmission of Volunteering [PDF]

Acta Sociologica, 2007
In this article, I investigate the strength of intergenerational transmission of volunteering for non-profit associations in The Netherlands. Data from the Family Survey of the Dutch Population 2000 reveal that there are significant relations between current volunteering and parental volunteering in the past. While the transmission of volunteering for
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Mindfulness and resilience: The experiences of global majority students in a mindfulness intervention Programme at a UK university

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Wellbeing in higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom has been increasingly prioritised for many institutions, with a growing demand for student support requests. There are various determinants in life that can influence mental health. As such, protected characteristics, including race, can indicate that students who are Black or Asian ...
Amy Bywater, Helen Keane
wiley   +1 more source

Parenting with Style: Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission

Social Science Research Network, 2017
We develop a theory of parent-child relations that rationalizes the choice between alternative parenting styles (as set out in Baumrind 1967). Parents maximize an objective function that combines Beckerian altruism and paternalism towards children.
Fabrizio Zilibotti, Matthias Doepke
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
wiley   +1 more source