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Ryan, Kevin William – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2012
The article takes as its starting point a new wave of researchers who use concepts such as "hybridity" and "multiplicity" in a bid to move the study of childhood beyond the strictures of what Lee and Motzkau call "bio-social dualism", whereby the division between the "natural child" of developmental psychology and the "social child" of…
Descriptors: Children, Behavioral Science Research, Social Science Research, Developmental Psychology
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Roberts, Alice – School Science Review, 2014
This article presents the transcript of the Presidential Address delivered to the Association for Science Education Annual Conference held at the University of Birmingham in January 2014. In her address, Alice Roberts traces the evolution of various features that are often thought to make humans different from other animals. Examples such as…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teacher Associations, Intellectual History, Science Education History
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Ivinson, Gabrielle – Educational Research, 2014
Background: The paper plots some shifts in educational policy between 1988 and 2009 in England that launched the rhetoric of a "gender gap" as a key political and social concern. The rhetoric was fuelled by a rise in the importance of quantification in technologies of accountability and global comparisons of achievement. A focus on boys…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Rhetoric, Gender Differences
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Ungar, Michael; Ghazinour, Mehdi; Richter, Jorg – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: The development of Bronfenbrenner's bio-social-ecological systems model of human development parallels advances made to the theory of resilience that progressively moved from a more individual (micro) focus on traits to a multisystemic understanding of person-environment reciprocal processes. Methods: This review uses…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Individual Development, Holistic Approach, Children
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Lindahl, Mats Gunnar; Linder, Cedric – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
The conflicts between nature and nurture are brought to the fore and challenges socio-scientific decision-making in science education. The multitude of meanings of these concepts and their roles in societal discourses can impede students' development of understanding for different perspectives, e.g. on gene technology. This study problematizes…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Nature Nurture Controversy, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Burt, S. Alexandra; Klahr, Ashlea M.; Neale, Michael C.; Klump, Kelly L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Prior studies exploring gene-environment interactions (GxE) in the development of youth conduct problems (CP) have focused almost exclusively on single-risk experiences, despite research indicating that the presence of other risk factors and or the absence of protective factors can accentuate the influence of a given risk factor on CP.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Twins, Affective Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
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Kretschmer, Tina; Sentse, Miranda; Dijkstra, Jan Kornelius; Veenstra, Rene´ – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2014
Gene-environment studies on adolescents' peer contexts are important for understanding the interplay between biological and social antecedents of adolescent psychopathology. To this end, this study examined the roles of serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and preadolescent and early adolescent peer rejection and acceptance, as well as the interaction…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Rejection (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Genetics
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Vaillancourt, Tracy; Hymel, Shelley; McDougall, Patricia – Theory Into Practice, 2013
Recent research in the areas of neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, and genetics is reviewed providing convincing evidence for why and how the effects of bullying can last a lifetime. Specifically, the research reviewed herein indicates that (a) the brain experiences peer victimization in a similar way to physical pain, (b) peer victimization is…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Neurosciences, Genetics
McKinney, Kelly – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2012
As a child the author had the ability to roam and adventure in green space. Every day as a child she had the ability to lead herself in the 700 hectares of forest that was her backyard. The ability to explore in nature alone is not a common activity for children today. A telling study from Sheffield, England (Derbyshire, 2007) highlights the way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Educational Environment
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Elam, Kit K.; Harold, Gordon T.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Reiss, David; Shaw, Daniel S.; Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Gaysina, Darya; Barrett, Doug; Leve, Leslie D. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Socially disruptive behavior during peer interactions in early childhood is detrimental to children's social, emotional, and academic development. Few studies have investigated the developmental underpinnings of children's socially disruptive behavior using genetically sensitive research designs that allow examination of parent-on-child and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Child Behavior
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Lewkowicz, David J. – Infancy, 2011
Since the time of the Greeks, philosophers and scientists have wondered about the origins of structure and function. Plato proposed that the origins of structure and function lie in the organism's nature whereas Aristotle proposed that they lie in its nurture. This nature-nurture dichotomy and the emphasis on the origins question has had a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Infants, Nature Nurture Controversy, Biology
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Murray, Judson B. – Journal of Moral Education, 2012
This study examines early Chinese moral education--its curriculum, objectives and the philosophical assumptions underlying them--in its classical Confucian expression. It analyzes early Confucian debates on moral psychology, the Confucian moral curriculum consisting of model emulation, cultural practices and canonical instruction, and the methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Educational Philosophy
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Weigel, Emily G.; DeNieu, Michael; Gall, Andrew J. – American Biology Teacher, 2014
This lesson is designed to teach students that behavior is a trait shaped by both genes and the environment. Students will read a scientific paper, discuss and generate predictions based on the ideas and data therein, and model the relationships between genes, the environment, and behavior. The lesson is targeted to meet the educational goals of…
Descriptors: Genetics, Nature Nurture Controversy, Behavior, Ecology
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Winkler, Daniel L.; Jolly, Jennifer L. – Gifted Child Today, 2012
When explaining why some are gifted and others are not, nature and nurture are invariably mentioned. Is Jason gifted because of his inherited genes, his home environment, or a combination of the two? Researchers and laypersons have debated this for decades. They have conducted research, created tests, written editorials, influenced legislation,…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Gifted, Psychologists, Family Environment
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Halsey, A. H. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
This article is a brief personal reflection on the state of research into the relation between education and social mobility. Quantitative methods are both essential and advancing in this field. Sociologists seek scientific solutions but achieve ethical neutrality only with difficulty because all are tempted to bias from social and political…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Mobility, Statistical Analysis, Ethics
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