Today's youth have lives dramatically different from the past and face an unpredictable future and challenging job market, thus being entrepreneurial is increasingly more important to cultivate (Ford, 2015). I aim to understand the state and development of being entrepreneurial and its implications for broadly educating young people, as one…

Socialization is the process of learning to be a human being that is born with the potential to be human. In this process, the person learns the basic values and norms of the society in which he lives, as well as the skills necessary to sustain his life. This learning takes place through parents, siblings, relatives, neighbors, peers, teachers,…

In Nahuatl-speaking villages located in the north of the state of Puebla, family and community educational practices adhere to the Learning by Observing and Pitching In to family and community endeavours model (LOPI). Attentive observation is encouraged as children's principal method of learning. Co-presence is favoured by the adult educators as a…

Studied the emphases of teachers on six educational goals reflecting different values such as achievement, personal development, and appropriate behavior. Findings from abut 40 Norwegian schools and samples of 144 and 157 teachers shows school-specific goal priorities when a profile approach was used to look at goals. (SLD)

Prevelance of self-reported victimization was found to be high, both while youth were in and out of school. Males and younger students reported higher rates of victimization. Males and 9th grade students were more likely to report engaging in delinquent behaviors. Students who report moderate/high levels of delinquency were more likely to report…

Developmental Science aims to generate a new body of knowledge that encompasses and integrates findings from various well-defined academic disciplines concerned with developmental processes of human and non-human organisms. Although all development related research traditions surely have their own distinct history, certain theoretical ideas…

In considering the question of whether education leads to better and more supportive human beings, a survey was conducted on how formal education and demographic variables, such as age, gender, and degree of urbanization, influence helping behavior and social attitudes. Data were collected from 588 Austrians, ages 14 to 89. Results of the survey…

Findings from two studies of middle to late adulthood indicate that elderly people are effective in maintaining a sense of control and a positive view of self and personal development. Argues that the resiliency of the elderly hinges on the interplay between activities that alleviate developmental losses and accommodative processes by which…