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Direct linkLipps, Oliver – Field Methods, 2016
I analyze the effects of household sociodemography, interviewer performance in the current survey, and fieldwork characteristics on cooperation in a central telephone survey, where households with no publicly listed landline number receive face-to-face visits. Using the 2013 refreshment sample of the Swiss Household Panel, I employ…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Surveys, Telephone Surveys, Comparative Analysis
Jecker-Parvex, Maurice; Breitenbach, Nancy – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Despite a long-standing tradition of institutional placement in Switzerland, many older adults with intellectual disabilities continue to be supported by aging parents and siblings. For various reasons, these carers and the adults concerned have been overlooked up to now. To find out how many such families are providing housing and care of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caregivers, Older Adults, Mental Retardation
Chevalier, Sarah – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2013
The situation once described by Hoffmann (1985), in which children grow up exposed to three languages from an early age, is a reality for an increasing number of families. In Europe--as elsewhere--greater mobility is leading to greater numbers of mixed-language couples (Piller 2002), and, by extension, multilingual families. For such families,…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Multilingualism, Family Relationship, Language Acquisition
Lindemann-Matthies, Petra; Knecht, Sarah – Journal of Environmental Education, 2011
This article investigates benefits and challenges of forest education in view of 257 Swiss elementary school teachers (1st-3rd grade), by means of a written questionnaire and 15 in-depth interviews. Two thirds of the teachers carried out forest education during normal lesson hours (mean visits = eight per year). Forests were clearly considered as…
Descriptors: Forestry, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes
Bruggen, Susanne – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2010
In this article the author presents results from an ongoing study about a special education programme in Switzerland for students with behavior disorders. The study explores careers and identities of adolescent students, who were referred to so-called "Timeout-classes" because of behavior disorders (e.g disengagement, disruptive and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
Download full textGauthier, Claude, Ed.; Jeanneret, Therese, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquee, 2000
The articles in this volume are based on a survey of language learners carried out at five Swiss universities. The surveys (done through interviews and questionnaires) concern the ways that students encounter their second language (French) outside the classroom, and which of those practices are the most effective in improving their French. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
