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The Effectiveness of Alternative Education: A Comparison between Primary Dalton Schools and Traditional Schools on Outcomes of Schooling
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Sins, Patrick H. M.; van der Zee, Symen; Schuitema, Jaap A. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2022
With approximately 800 schools, alternative education is a substantial part of primary education in the Netherlands. With nearly 400 schools, Dalton education is the largest form of alternative education in the Netherlands. Given the size and popularity of Dalton education, it is rather remarkable that the effects of these schools have hardly been…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
Measuring Parental Literacy Beliefs in a Socio-Economically, Linguistically and Ethnically Diverse Sample
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Krijnen, E.; Van Steensel, R.; Meeuwisse, M.; Severiens, S. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: The current study examined the use of a newly developed instrument for measuring parental literacy beliefs in a highly diverse urban Dutch sample of 35 parents, participating in a family literacy program. The instrument was used to explore a new conceptualization of parental literacy beliefs and associations between beliefs and…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Young Children, Kindergarten