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Pustulka, Paula; Slusarczyk, Magdalena – European Education, 2016
The article elaborates on the recollections of schooling under the communist rule in Poland as presented in biographical interviews with contemporary Polish migrants living in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway. An analysis of childhood and schooling nexus is elicited on two platforms, specifically as (1) interviewees' first-hand experiences…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Foreign Countries, Interviews, Immigrants
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Brown, Alan; Bimrose, Jenny; Barnes, Sally-Anne; Hughes, Deirdre – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
Career adaptability is mediated by personality factors and socio-psychological processes, with learning playing an important role. Using a five-fold career adapt-abilities competency framework (defined here as control, curiosity, commitment, confidence and concern), which was developed from the international quantitative study that is the focus of…
Descriptors: Career Change, Vocational Adjustment, Personality Traits, Biographies
Brody, David – Trentham Books, 2014
Few men around the world work in daycare settings, nursery schools or kindergartens. Yet wherever they are found, men who are perceived to have crossed the gender boundary in their choice of profession are widely acclaimed as gifted educators and excellent caregivers. Policy makers who care about providing quality education for young children need…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Gender Issues, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)