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Dekeyser, Graziela; Stevens, Gillian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
Whether children in migrant households maintain proficiency in their heritage language (HL) may affect their attachment to their cultural heritage, while the extent to which they acquire proficiency in the new language of their destination strongly conditions their success in the country's educational and occupational institutions. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Indo European Languages, Cultural Background, Language Proficiency
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Dewulf, Lisa; van Braak, Johan; Van Houtte, Mieke – British Educational Research Journal, 2017
This study aimed to investigate the relationship of classroom composition factors with reading and listening comprehension achievement and progress in socially and ethnically segregated primary schools in Flanders (Belgium). Specifically, using a three-level multivariate repeated measures analysis, it examined the association of reading and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Skills, Racial Composition, Elementary School Students
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Van Hove, Geert; De Schauwer, Elisabeth; Mortier, Kathleen; Bosteels, Sigrid; Desnerck, Greetje; Van Loon, Jos – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
Within this article we will introduce some metaphors as they were developed and used by mothers and fathers we worked with: the traveller, the warrior, the builder of bridges, the discoverer, the trainer/teacher, the in-between-er, the manager...We will position these metaphors as tools parents are using in their confrontation with normalising…
Descriptors: Mothers, Disabilities, Fathers, Figurative Language
Olmsted, Patricia P., Ed.; Weikart, David P., Ed. – 1994
This report presents Phase 1 of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) 3-phase Preprimary Project being conducted in 11 to 15 countries. The project spans the years 1987 through 1997. The Preprimary Project has been designed to be conducted in three interrelated phases: Phase 1, a household survey in each…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Van den Bergh, Bea – 1996
On the premise that considering children's point of view when examining the relationship between work and family can provide crucial information for many fields, this study examined the nature and quality of living conditions and the competence of 9- to 12-year-olds. Participating in the questionnaire study was a representative random sample of…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
When Canadian parents look back on their own lives and the lives of their parents, they see changes across a generation that have profoundly affected their parenting experience, compared to when they themselves were young children. Supports for today's parents must take into consideration these changes that affect the care and nurturing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Age Differences, Young Children