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Work Valence as a Predictor of Academic Achievement in the Family Context
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Porfeli, Erik; Ferrari, Lea; Nota, Laura – Journal of Career Development, 2013
This study asserts a theoretical model of academic and work socialization within the family setting. The presumed associations between parents' work valences, children's work valences and valence perceptions, and children's academic interest and achievement are tested. The results suggest that children's perceptions of parents mediate the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Academic Achievement, Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship
Reggio Tutta: A Guide to the City by the Children.
Davoli, Mara, Ed.; Ferri, Gino, Ed. – 2000
Three- to six-year-old children in the preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, worked on a project called "The City: Images, Ideas, and Theories," in which teachers investigated the children's ideas, hypotheses, and theories about cities in general and their own city in particular. Children's knowledge about the city was surveyed in…
Descriptors: Architecture, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Childrens Art
Attitudes of Parents toward War Play in Young Children.
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Costabile, Angela; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1992
A questionnaire on attitudes toward war play was given to 316 Italian and 84 English parents of children aged 2 to 6 years. In both cultures, boys were significantly more likely than girls to engage in solitary and social war play. Parental attitudes, television, and peers were the major sources of influence on war play. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries