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Grindheim, Liv Torunn; Bakken, Yvonne; Hauge, Kjellrun Hiis; Heggen, Marianne Presthus – ECNU Review of Education, 2019
Purpose: The article investigates how to make a broader understanding of sustainability relevant for early childhood education (ECE) guided by the four dimensions suggested by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: ecological, economic and social/cultural sustainability, and good governance. Design/Approach/Methods:…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Education, Governance
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Sandvik, C.; Gjestad, R.; Samdal, O.; Brug, J.; Klepp, K. -I. – Health Education Research, 2010
This study tested whether socio-economic status (SES) moderated the association between the psychosocial constructs included in the attitude-social influence-self-efficacy (ASE) model and fruit intake in Norwegian schoolchildren. The sample consisted of 962 Norwegian sixth graders, mean age 11.3 years. They were split into three SES groups, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy
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Kravdal, Oystein; Rindfuss, Ronald R. – American Sociological Review, 2008
Education and fertility (including childrearing) are foundational processes in societal metabolism, and the relationship between them can have profound, long-term effects on a variety of institutions, including the labor market, the family (especially care for the elderly), and educational institutions themselves. In postindustrial countries,…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Attainment, Birth Rate, Labor Market
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Lines, Rune – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how the way change implemented effects organizational learning. More specifically, we study the relationships between the use of social accounts, participation and organizational learning in the context of strategic change. The use of social accounts and participation are often promoted during…
Descriptors: Management Development, Hypothesis Testing, Educational Change, Organizational Change
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Smidt, Jon – Written Communication, 2002
This article enters an ongoing discussion about the usefulness of different theories and different research designs in the analysis of classroom writing. Starting with questions about how students interpret the norms of writing and their own selves in school writing, it demonstrates the relevance of an ecological theory of writing,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, Writing Skills