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Cross-National Differences in Social Background Effects on Educational Attainment and Achievement: Absolute vs. Relative Inequalities and the Role of Education Systems
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Heisig, Jan Paul; Elbers, Benjamin; Solga, Heike – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
We use PIAAC data to study the relationship between parental education and educational success among adults from 23 advanced economies. We consider educational success in terms of both educational "attainment" (formal qualifications) and educational "achievement" (competencies) and in both "absolute" and…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Background, Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Equal Education
Towards a Global Political Science. A Report on the World Congress of the Political Science Association (14th, Washington, D.C., 1988) with Comments, Some Selected Papers and Abstracts.
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van der Dussen, Michael, Ed.; Hooghoff, Hans, Ed. – 1989
A discussion of the 1988 conference of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) along with a report on the meaning of the IPSA for the Dutch National Institute for Curriculum Development (SLO) are presented in this document. Part 1 includes: general information on the aims, structure, and activities of the IPSA; a description of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Persisting Barriers: Changes in Educational Opportunities in Thirteen Countries. EUI Working Paper.
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Blossfeld, Hans-Peter; Shavit, Yossi – 1991
This study is a comparative analysis that addresses the question: to what extent has the relationship between parental socioeconomic characteristics and educational opportunities changed over time and why? The document suggests six hypotheses regarding change in the effects of social origins on education transitions: (1) modernization hypothesis:…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Change, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education
Education of the Gifted in World Perspective.
Passow, A. Harry – 1984
Various approaches to educating the gifted and talented around the world are illustrated through descriptive reviews of gifted education in selected countries, including: Australia; Poland; England, Scotland, and Wales; and Israel. Following these reviews is an examination of several issues in gifted education around the world. This examination…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Educational Policy, Educational Practices
The Forms, Methods and Techniques of Vocational and Educational Guidance: International Case Studies.
Hoxter, H. Z., Ed. – 1981
Guidance in education is the presentation of knowledge, information, and/or advice to individuals or groups in a structured way so as to provide sufficient material upon which they may base choices or decisions. Counseling in education may be described as the interaction developing through the relationship between a counselor and a person in a…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance