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Lo, Simon; Gidlow, Bob; Cushman, Grant – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
This article reports on research that demonstrates how parents in first-generation Chinese families in Vancouver, Canada, most of them from Hong Kong, control their children's involvement in local adventure education (AE) programs and in so doing minimize the likelihood of intergenerational culture conflict involving those children. The research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acculturation, Adventure Education, Intergenerational Programs
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Sikora, Joanna; Pokropek, Artur – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
Using data from 24 countries, which participated in the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), we examine the relationship between parental science employment and students' career expectations. In contrast to prior PISA-based studies, we find that the link between parental employment and adolescent plans to work in science is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Ideology, Daughters, Science Interests
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Jongsma, Kathleen Stumpf – Reading Teacher, 1990
Presents detailed descriptions of two intergenerational literacy programs currently functioning to meet family literacy needs. (MG)
Descriptors: Family Influence, Family Involvement, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs