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Direct linkBala, Shashi, Ed.; Singhal, Puja, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Technical and vocational education helps to empower marginalized sections of society by increasing their employability. However, access to skills training provided by formal technical and vocational institutions is often limited for these sections of society. Women from poor communities are especially disadvantaged in this regard due to community…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textNational Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2019
"Research Messages 2018" highlights the varied nature of the research activities undertaken by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in the past year. Research published during 2018 encompasses a range of themes and topics categorised according to three broad areas: (1) structures and systems for skilling and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Job Training, Job Skills
Garvis, Susanne, Ed.; Pendergast, Donna, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
The period from birth to twelve years is crucial in a child's development and can significantly impact future educational success, resilience and participation in society. "Health and Wellbeing in Childhood, 2nd Edition" provides readers with a comprehensive foundation in health and wellbeing education across key priority areas, covering…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Mental Health, Well Being, Children
Robinson, Sharon P., Ed.; Brown, M. Christopher, II, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2007
Even before the 2005 "Disaster in the Delta"--as the devastation and loss wrought by the category-three hurricane known as Katrina came to be known--statistics emerged about the aggressive educational neglect of Louisiana's African American schoolchildren. The harrowing data about the inadequacies being as racialized as the distribution…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Urban Schools, Educational Policy
McKinnon, Linda T.; And Others – 1980
This collection of fact sheets and mini reviews deals with various problem areas in Mexican American education. "Mexican Americans in Higher Education" identifies the major factors (primarily money and language) which affect low enrollment and high attrition of Mexican Americans in institutions of higher learning, and suggests that…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1992
This publication presents approaches to early childhood education conceived in universities and other educational institutions and implemented in schools under the Follow Through Program, a national school improvement effort offering low-income children comprehensive educational and social services. The following papers are provided:…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Stronge, James H., Ed. – 1992
One of the more enigmatic issues of contemporary homelessness is that of schooling. This collection highlights issues related to the provision of an education to homeless children and youths. Background information is offered, with an analysis of educational policy relating to homeless children. Practical strategies and a review of successful…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Strother, Deborah Burnett, Ed. – 1991
This study of students at risk was conducted to determine who is at risk, what puts students at risk, what schools are doing to help those students, and how effective these efforts are. Data were collected on about 49,000 students and almost 10,000 teachers in over 275 schools in 85 U.S. communities, and researchers conducted case studies of 65…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Donmoyer, Robert, Ed.; Kos, Raylene, Ed. – 1993
This book presents papers that address research methods, policies, and programs that can accommodate the considerable student diversity commonly found among at-risk students as well as portraits of particular at-risk students. The following papers and their authors are included: "At-Risk Students: Insights from/about Research" (Robert…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy
Cardenas, Jose A. – 1995
This publication is a collection of articles written by the author, sometimes in conjunction with others, over a 25-year period from 1968 to 1993. It is of historical interest in that it covers a remarkably active period in American education, one in which the educational needs of minority children began to be addressed. The anthology serves as an…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Means, Barbara, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book presents six instructional models for teaching at-risk students. Each chapter is followed by a commentary section by an educational expert. Chapter 1 contrasts compensatory education as it is today with the kind of curriculum and instruction that would emerge based on the principles espoused in later chapters. Chapter 2 describes an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth
National Coalition of Education Activists, Rosendale, NY. – 1992
This document includes a selection of materials from the National Coalition of Education Activists (NCEA) on tracking and ability grouping designed to be a tool for teachers who wish to organize their school or district against tracking. The packet contains a cover letter, a response/feedback form, and reproductions of the following articles: (1)…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Affirmative Action, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Discrimination
Means, Barbara, Ed.; Knapp, Michael S., Ed. – 1991
This document comprises six papers that discuss teaching advanced skills to educationally disadvantaged students. An introductory paper, "Models for Teaching Advanced Skills to Educationally Disadvantaged Children" (B. Means and M. S. Knapp), synthesizes the themes that characterize the collection of papers as a whole, and discusses general issues…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Advances in Education Research, 1993
Thirteen previously published articles from selected journals are presented, which concentrate on educationally disadvantaged children and youth, and are grouped under the four general themes or categories of children and youth, school practices, community involvement, and policy issues related to the Chapter 1 program. All the articles have been…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Children, Community Involvement
Reimers, Fernando, Ed. – 2000
This book aims to unveil some of the intricacies and paradoxes in the links among education, poverty, and inequality in the Americas by offering a current account of the status of educational opportunities for low-income groups. The goal is to offer various frameworks to conceptualize the dynamics of educational inequality at the micro-level and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Attainment
