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Sylva, Kathy – Oxford Review of Education, 2014
In the first volume of the "Oxford Review of Education" Jerome Bruner (1975) showed how the upbringing of the very young is influenced by poverty, and how different kinds of upbringing shape human development. He called the paper "Poverty and childhood" and baldly stated "With respect to virtually any criterion of equal…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Family Role, Educationally Disadvantaged
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Baker, Will; Sammons, Pam; Siraj-Blatchford, Iram; Sylva, Kathy; Melhuish, Edward C.; Taggart, Brenda – Oxford Review of Education, 2014
Educational and occupational aspirations have become an important reference point in policy debates about educational inequality. Low aspirations are presented as a major barrier to closing educational attainment gaps and increasing levels of social mobility. Our paper contributes to this on-going debate by presenting data on the educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Foreign Countries, Occupational Aspiration, Equal Education