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How Do the Performance and Well-Being of Students with an Immigrant Background Compare across Countries? PISA in Focus. No. 82
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Borgonovi, Francesca – OECD Publishing, 2018
The ability of societies to preserve social cohesion in the presence of large migration flows depends on their capacity to integrate immigrants. Education can help immigrants acquire skills and contribute to the host-country economy; it can also foster immigrants' social and emotional well-being and sustain their motivation to participate in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Well Being, Immigrants, Comparative Analysis
The Inequality of Digital Learning among Students in Rich and Poor Countries
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Josef Ma – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Internet has become indispensable to education throughout the world. Despite the growing importance of the Internet, a gap in digital skills and usage according to socioeconomic status--known as the digital divide or digital learning inequality--exists in many countries. Comparative research has focused mainly on the digital divide among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Equal Education, Electronic Learning
What Makes Estonia and Singapore so Good?
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Boman, Björn – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2020
Considering high performance in PISA, a case study of Estonia and Singapore is required. Estonia's economy is not up to par with Singapore. On the other hand, Estonia is more democratic than Singapore. The national IQ levels are higher in Singapore (102) than in Estonia (99.4) but may explain a large portion of the attainment level in both…
Descriptors: Case Studies, High Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Social Systems
Students' Experiences of Social Integration in Schoolwide Activities--An Investigation in the Finnish Context
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Niemi, Pia-Maria – Education Inquiry, 2017
The question of how students' sense of membership and connectedness to their school can be supported through school practices concerns educational contexts internationally. According to the Programme of International Student Achievement test, students' experiences of school belonging have decreased and polarized in many of the participating…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Integration, Foreign Countries, Student School Relationship
Segregation and Socialization: Academic Segregation and Citizenship Attitudes of Adolescents in Comparative Perspective?
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Kavadias, Dimokritos; Hemmerechts, Kenneth; Spruyt, Bram – Journal of Social Science Education, 2017
Purpose: There is a tendency to assess educational systems in terms of their efficiency in gaining high scores on cognitive skills. Schools perform, however, also a socializing function. The whole policy debate tends to ignore the impact of educational systems on attitudes or democratic values. This contribution focuses on the impact of the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Scores
Abstract Book EDUSREF (Education, Society, and Reform Research) 2018: "Improving Education as a Social System in the Face of Future Challenges" (Ankara, Turkey, April 6-7, 2018)
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Ozmusul, Mustafa, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
These proceedings contain the abstracts of papers of EDUSREF 2018, which was held in Ankara, Turkey on 6-7 April 2018. Establishing in 2018 as a scientific initiative; Education, Society & Reform Research (EDUSREF-2018) is an International Conference that aims to bridge the knowledge gap, promote social research esteem, and produce democratic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Social Systems, Social Integration