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Kidwai, Huma; Chen, Dandan – World Bank, 2016
This report presents the latest analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies that affect young children in the People's Republic of China and poses overall recommendations to move forward. Shanghai, being a model for several developmental issues in China, is used as an example to help elucidate viewpoints whenever…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Government Role, Child Development
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Huisman, Kimberly – Teaching Sociology, 2010
The author addresses the development and implementation of a service-learning project for an undergraduate course in which students interview immigrant women, incorporate the interviewees' experiences into an analytical paper, and present the findings at the end of the semester. Students are required to use C. Wright Mills's concepts of history…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Sociology, Service Learning, Student Research
Belenky, Mary Field; Bond, Lynne A.; Weinstock, Jacqueline S. – 1997
This book focuses on grassroots projects and organizations for people, especially women, who have been stigmatized as "Other." An introduction discusses the concept of "Other"; Listening Partners, a short-term project for bringing isolated mothers living in rural poverty into voice; and the leadership tradition. Chapter 1 considers dualism, such…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Empowerment
Joyner, Randy L., Ed. – 1995
These proceedings contain 13 papers: "A Study of the Impact of a Community-Based School to Work Program for High School Youth" (Adler et al.); "A Comparison of Workforce Preparation Policies in the United States and Finland" (Lasonen, Frantz, Jr.); "The Association of Social Position to Restructuring Ability and Symbolic Orientation" (Fritz);…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship