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A Cultural-Historical Model to Understand and Facilitate Children's Development
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Wong, Pui Ling – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Parents and educators strive to help their children to develop optimally. Given the diversity of values and practices among dynamic modern populations it is important to understand all the dimensions that affect the development of children in their communities. A cultural-historical lens facilitates such a holistic understanding. Taking this lens,…
Descriptors: Models, Child Development, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
Illicit Drug Exposure and Family Factors in Early Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
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Mak, Kwok Kei; Day, Jeffrey R. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2012
A total of 4,746 Hong Kong students, aged 14-15, participated in the 2000-2001 Health Related Behavior Survey. Results produced by the logistic regression models revealed that non-private housing was significantly associated with ever-use of ecstasy in boys. Moreover, girls in non-private housing were significantly more likely to have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Models, Substance Abuse
Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Define Success as Work + Family in a Culture of Gender
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Cheung, Fanny M.; Halpern, Diane F. – American Psychologist, 2010
How do women rise to the top of their professions when they also have significant family care responsibilities? This critical question has not been addressed by existing models of leadership. In a review of recent research, we explore an alternative model to the usual notion of a Western male as the prototypical leader. The model includes (a)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Models, Females