Cross-National Estimates of the Effects of Family Background on Student Achievement: A Sensitivity Analysis   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Yuko Nonoyama-Tarumi 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2008,54(1):57-82

This article uses the data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 to examine whether the influence of family background on educational achievement is sensitive to different measures of the family’s socio-economic status (SES). The study finds that, when a multidimensional measure of SES is used, the family background has a stronger influence on achievement across countries than if the simpler measure of SES is used. The new measure, which incorporated aspects of parental occupation, education and cultural resources, was not biased towards more wealthy nations, Western nations, or urban population. However, when a proxy of wealth was included in the measure of SES, this reduced the other measured effects of family background on achievement in many countries.  相似文献   

Foreword     

Koïchiro Matsuura 《Prospects》2008,38(1):1-3

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Attachment relationships and adolescents' life satisfaction: Some relationships matter more to girls than boys     

Claudia Q. Ma  E. Scott Huebner 《Psychology in the schools》2008,45(2):177-190

This study examined the extent to which the quality of parent and peer attachments related to early adolescents' life satisfaction (LS), whether peer attachment served as a mediator between parent attachment and LS, and potential gender differences. A total of 587 middle school students in grades 6 through 8 participated. Although both parent and peer attachment positively related to LS, parent attachment was the stronger unique predictor. There was no significant difference between males and females in levels of parent attachment; however, females reported higher levels of attachment to peers. This study also found that early adolescents were more attached to their mothers than their fathers. Finally, peer attachment partially mediated the relationship between parent attachment and LS, but only for females. Implications for gender‐specific intervention programs are discussed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

Legacies of Brown versus Board: An Introduction to the Special Issue     

George W. Noblit  Jason C. Mendez 《The Urban Review》2008,40(1):1-4

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Creating a web of support: an important leadership strategy for advancing campus diversity     

Adrianna Kezar  Peter Eckel  Melissa Contreras-McGavin  Stephen John Quaye 《Higher Education》2008,55(1):69-92

Research demonstrates that leadership, particularly among presidents, is important for moving a diversity agenda forward and make appreciable progress on it. The research questions pursued here are: What is the role of the college president in advancing a diversity agenda? What strategies do presidents identify as important to facilitating a diversity agenda? There were three main findings: (1) strategies are deployed in a non-linear way best represented through a web metaphor, (2) six sets of actors that serve as key nodes on the web and specific strategies were crucial to enhancing and deepening the web-developing an internal network, hiring, mentoring, partnering with faculty on the curriculum, supporting student affairs staff, working directly with and learning from students, and establishing external networks; and, (3) strategies within the human resource frame are noted by presidents as particularly important to moving a diversity agenda forward.  相似文献   

Making Connections: Learning and Teaching Chemistry in Context     

Donna King  Alberto Bellocchi  Stephen M. Ritchie 《Research in Science Education》2008,38(3):365-384

Even though several studies have reported positive attitudinal outcomes from context-based chemistry programs, methodological obstacles have prevented researchers from comparing satisfactorily the chemistry-learning outcomes between students who experience a context-based program with those who experience a content-driven program. In this narrative inquiry we are able to address the question: how do the recalled experiences of a student and her teacher in context-based and concept-based chemistry programs compare? From the student’s unique perspective of experiencing both programs with the same teacher, we have constructed our collective account around four themes; namely, the extent to which the student makes connections between chemistry concepts and real-world contexts, developing research independence through engaging in extended experimental investigations related to contexts, learning chemistry concepts through contexts, and conceptual sequencing in a context-based program. The student reported real-world connections between chemistry concepts and contexts, found her engagement in the context-driven tasks interesting and productive, and identified connected sequences of concepts across the contexts studied. Despite difficulties for teachers who are required to shift pedagogies, the student’s lived experiences and outcomes from a context-based program provide some encouragement in working through these issues.  相似文献   

Revisiting the Conceptualisation of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK): PCK as a Conceptual Tool to Understand Teachers as Professionals   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Soonhye Park  J. Steve Oliver 《Research in Science Education》2008,38(3):261-284

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Informing Culturally Competent Practice Through Cross-Racial Friendships     

Jane E. Atieno Okech  Julia Champe 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2008,30(2):104-115

International and interdisciplinary literature on cross-racial friendships is critically reviewed as a source of relevant and provocative data for counselling professionals dedicated to multiculturalism. The authors discuss the dynamics of cross-racial friendships and implications for counsellors. Using practical examples grounded by interdisciplinary literature, the authors expand discussions about racism within the counselling profession.  相似文献   

Assessing the counselling needs of high school students in Kenya     

Pius N. Nyutu  Norman C. Gysbers 《International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance》2008,8(2):83-94

The Student Counselling Needs Scale (SCNS) was administered to 867 participants recruited from high schools in Kenya. The data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis yielding five factors: human relationships, career development, self development, social values, and learning skills were assessed. The findings highlighted the importance of using assessment instruments to identify students’ counselling needs in Kenya.  相似文献   

Archetypal narratives in career counselling: a chaos theory application     

Robert G. L. Pryor  Jim E. H. Bright 《International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance》2008,8(2):71-82

This paper seeks to extend previous work on narrative career counselling by considering the role of plot within clients’ narratives. Seven archetypal narratives derived from the work of Booker (2004) are introduced that represent systems of meaning to provide insight into how individuals interpret their experience. These plots can be understood within the Chaos Theory of Careers (CTC) in terms of the attractors contained within the client narratives. Identifying the plots provides new insights into the nature of career development difficulties and how client stories may be reformulated.  相似文献