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Ikeda, Miyako – OECD Publishing, 2022
Many education systems aim to provide learning opportunities to all students regardless of their backgrounds in order for them to realise their potential. Education systems are expected to break down barriers to social mobility. However, too often, children are not given enough opportunities to succeed, to pursue their interests, or to develop…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Social Differences
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Smele, Sandra; Siew-Sarju, Rehanna; Chou, Elena; Breton, Patricia; Bernhardt, Nicole – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
At present there is a small, albeit growing, body of literature on pedagogical strategies and reflections which addresses the ways educators attempt to challenge the effects of neoliberalism on higher education. In this article, we reflect upon our pedagogical practices in higher education in this moment of neoliberal transformation wherein, as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Neoliberalism, Social Justice, Intervention
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Shoveller, Jean; Chabot, Cathy; Johnson, Joy L.; Prkachin, Ken – Youth & Society, 2011
Despite a general decline, early-age motherhood continues to manifest disproportionately among young women living in rural/remote Canada. Although public health interventions exist to ameliorate the negative impacts, key determinants of young mothers' well-being exist in sectors outside of health. Moreover, there is no clear understanding of how…
Descriptors: Mothers, Public Health, Ethnography, Early Parenthood
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Luciuk, Lobomyr Y. – International Migration Review, 1986
Allowed to immigrate to Canada partially because of lobbying efforts by voluntary agencies established by Ukrainian Canadians, the post-World War II Displaced Persons (DPs) soon began to conflict with their predecessors. The DPs' creation of several new organizations alienated the receiving Ukrainian society and hampered the latter's overseas…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Immigrants