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Adults' Knowledge of Child Development in Alberta, Canada: Comparing the Level of Knowledge of Adults in Two Samples in 2007 and 2013
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Pujadas Botey, Anna; Vinturache, Angela; Bayrampour, Hamideh; Breitkreuz, Rhonda; Bukutu, Cecilia; Gibbard, Ben; Tough, Suzanne – Child Care in Practice, 2017
Parents and non-parental adults who interact with children influence child development. This study evaluates the knowledge of child development in two large and diverse samples of adults from Alberta in 2007 and 2013. Telephone interviews were completed by two random samples (1,443 in 2007; 1,451 in 2013). Participants were asked when specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Knowledge Level, Familiarity
The Development of Concepts of Loneliness during the Early Years in School
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Liepins, Maureen; Cline, Tony – School Psychology International, 2011
Earlier research has confirmed that loneliness is a universal phenomenon, experienced by children and adults. Few reports have been published of investigations of experiences of loneliness among school children in the United Kingdom. The aim of this study was to investigate how the ideas about loneliness held by British children develop during the…
Descriptors: Interviews, Psychological Patterns, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity, Culture, and Immigration: Examining the Potential Mechanisms Underlying Mexican-Origin Adolescents' Organized Activity Participation
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Simpkins, Sandra D.; Delgado, Melissa Y.; Price, Chara D.; Quach, Alex; Starbuck, Elizabeth – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The integrative model for child development and ecodevelopmental theory suggest that macro factors, such as socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, and immigration influence the settings in which adolescents engage. The goal of this investigation was to use a combination of deductive and inductive qualitative analysis to describe the mechanisms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Familiarity, Adolescents, Values
Women Engineers and the Influence of Childhood Technologic Environment
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Mazdeh, Shahla – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This phenomenological multi-case study investigated the influence of women engineers' childhood exposure to engineering concepts on their preparation for an engineering profession. An ecologic model (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) was used as the conceptual framework of this research. Twelve professional women engineers from various age and…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Females, Professional Personnel, Engineering
What Do Children Aged Four to Seven Know about the Digestive System and the Respiratory System of the Human Being and of Other Animals?
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Garcia-Barros, Susana; Martinez-Losada, Cristina; Garrido, Maria – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
The object of this paper is to learn what little children know about the inside of their bodies before they have studied these particular aspects at school. The data for our project were collected by means of drawings made by 342 Spanish children aged four to seven. They were required to depict where the food, drink, and air which enter their…
Descriptors: Animals, Anatomy, Human Body, Metabolism
Children's Lived Experience and Their Sense of Coherence: Bodily Play in a Norwegian After-School Programme
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Londal, Knut – Child Care in Practice, 2010
This article is based on materials gathered from qualitative research interviews among eight-year-old and nine-year-old children participating in an after-school programme (ASP) in Oslo, and investigates how bodily play affects their sense of coherence (SOC). In line with Maurice Merleau-Ponty, children's lived experiences are regarded as layered…
Descriptors: Play, Negative Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Foreign Countries