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Sajan Virgi, Zainul; Mitchell, Claudia – International Education, 2011
Abject generational hardship is a systemic phenomenon which denies people a higher quality of life by limiting their access to basic life necessities. The article focuses on a group of ten girls between the ages of 10 and 14 living in a peri-urban community outside of Maputo. The first part outlines the importance of engaging girls through…
Descriptors: Creativity, Sanitation, Females, Quality of Life
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Prieto, Luis P.; Villagra-Sobrino, Sara; Jorrin-Abellan, Ivan M.; Martinez-Mones, Alejandra; Dimitriadis, Yannis – Computers & Education, 2011
The increasing presence of multiple Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the classroom does not guarantee an improvement of the learning experiences of students, unless it is also accompanied by pedagogically effective orchestration of those technologies. In order to help teachers in this endeavour, it can be useful to understand…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Teacher Workshops, Educational Technology
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Devine, Dympna – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2005
Much of the research in the area of ethnicity and schooling is conducted in countries with a long tradition of immigration. The rapidity of social change in Ireland at a time of unprecedented economic growth is such that many schools, while still "mainly white", are grappling with the particular challenges that are posed by new patterns…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Social Change, Foreign Countries, Immigration