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Direct linkBrowne, Dillon T.; Wade, Mark; Prime, Heather; Jenkins, Jennifer M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
There is an ongoing need for literature that identifies the effects of broad contextual risk on school readiness outcomes via family mediating mechanisms. This is especially true amongst diverse and urban samples characterized by variability in immigration history. To address this limitation, family profiles of sociodemographic and contextual risk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Urban Areas, Family Characteristics
Goldstein, Tara – Teaching Education, 2014
While the call for teacher education students to learn about their students' family and community lives remains urgent and compelling, educating teachers about the Other is tricky business. In this article I discuss the use of two performed ethnographies, "Harriet's House" and "Ana's Shadow," to provide opportunities for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Ethnography
Lotherington, Heather; Eamer, Allyson – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2008
This paper discusses a case study of a small cluster of 10- and 11-year-old multilingual children, all first- or second-generation Canadians living in suburban Toronto, who collaboratively wrote an elaborate adventure book in English as a Grade 5 enrichment activity. We explore the language worlds of these gifted young writers to trace their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Immigrants, Collaborative Writing
PDF pending restorationStuhr, C. A.; Wright, E. N. – 1968
This is the second of two reports dealing with the residential mobility patterns of children attending an urban elementary public school in Toronto, Canada. The present study aimed to discover whether a significant relationship exists between residential mobility and academic achievement. Children of the 158 parents interviewed for the study were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Ethnic Groups, Family Environment
Download full textSchroder, Carole A.; And Others – 1971
In order to assess the effects of home backgrounds upon a child's performance in school, data were collected from 518 students and their mothers. Interviews with mothers covered topics such as: family background and parental expectations and aspirations; parental contact with the school; use of communication media; child management and personal…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Children, Elementary School Students
Pelletier, Janette; Corter, Carl – Multicultural Education, 2005
The focus of this article is a research and development project underway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The project is Toronto First Duty, reflecting that the "first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well-housed, clothed, fed, and educated, till it attain years of discretion," according to 19th century…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Kindergarten, Child Rearing
