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Goastellec, Gaele – Peabody Journal of Education, 2008
Most of today's societies are confronted with an increasing necessity to legitimate the organization of their access to higher education. Commonly used as a yardstick to compare societies, the level of access to higher education is often presented as an indicator of the level of development and the capacity to produce knowledge, as well as a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, College Admission
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Ruberg, Willemijn – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2008
The letters Bishop Edward Synge (1691-1762) wrote to his daughter Alicia (1733-1807) in 1747-1752 are discussed to show how correspondence from a father to a daughter could be used to teach a teenage girl how to spell and write letters. Moreover, these letters are an excellent source to show how emotional behaviour was taught. Instructions on…
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Fathers, Daughters, Womens Education
Bernard van Leer Foundation Newsletter, 1995
This theme issue of the Bernard van Leer Foundation newsletter focuses on the problem of teenage pregnancy and teenage parenthood in developing and developed nations, and examines the problems that teenage mothers face in different societies. It explores societal norms and values related to teenage parenting; the effects of teenage parents on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Standards, Developed Nations, Developing Nations