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The Learning Environments of Early Childhood in Asia: Research Perspectives and Changing Programmes.
Download full textUnited Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1988
Highlights of a workshop (held in Bangkok, December 1986) on research perspectives and prospects concerning the learning environment of early childhood are discussed. Researchers and early childhood educators from seven Asian and Pacific nations and resource persons from four continents attended. Participants were asked to explore the home and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Community Characteristics, Developmental Continuity, Educational Environment
Direct linkRodriguez, Alberto J. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2008
This paper provides a critical review essay of Ajay Sharma's "Portrait of a science teacher as a bricoleur: A case study from India." The main focus is two fold. First, arguments are presented to draw attention to how little advances in science teaching and science learning research have impacted teachers' practice and student…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Researchers, Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship
Basu, Sreyashi Jhumki – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2008
In this paper, in response to Ajay Sharma's paper titled "Portrait of a science teacher as a bricoleur: A case study from India" and associated reviews, I address the value of bridging two narrative styles for describing teacher development, discuss questions of over-essentializing an Indian school context, propose that teacher and…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Role, Research Methodology, Teacher Education
Sharma, Ajay – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2008
In this response to commentaries by Ali Sammel, Jhumki Basu and Alberto Rodriguez, I present my perspective on three important issues raised by the commentators. These issues relate to the role of a researcher in her field settings and society, the critique of science and science education as oppressive dominant discourses, and co-opting…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Researchers
Peer reviewedMal, Suraj; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Investigated influence of prolonged deprivation on responses to uncontrollable outcome among 104 Indian students in the tenth grade. Finds high-deprived and female students displayed greater helplessness than did their low-deprived and male counterparts. Females and high-deprives students attributed uncontrollable outcome more to internal, stable,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Theories, Disadvantaged Environment, Females
Peer reviewedWalberg, Herbert J.; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Analysis of achievement test scores of 439 tenth-grade students found the hypothesized variables of IQ, socioeconomic status (SES), self-rated motivation, peer-rated studiousness, peer-group status, and parent-rated home environment contributed uniquely to achievement variance; SES, sex, and language medium of instruction were superfluous in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Peer reviewedBowonder, B. – Environmentalist, 1987
Describes how environmental problems in developing countries partly arise out of lack of development. Emphasizes that environmental education is critical under these conditions. Argues for the systematic integration of economic and environmental plans for various regions. (TW)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedAzad, Nandini – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Illustrates how poor women were able to move out of poverty and dehumanization through a process of mobilization and organization. The process was catalyzed by the intervention of a non-governmental organization, the Working Women's Forum. Outlines the Forum's program of economic, social, and technological empowerment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development
