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Direct linkPower, Martin – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2008
This article critically appraises the success of the Back To Education Allowance (BTEA) in removing barriers to participation in 3rd level education for welfare recipients in Ireland. The paper is based on empirical data from focus group and in-depth qualitative interviews with 3rd level students on the BTEA. This study argues that it is…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Welfare Recipients, Policy Analysis
Peer reviewedTurner, Ralph R. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
The development of locus of control was compared in rural Appalachian Follow Through participants and in lower and middle-class comparison groups. Participation in Follow Through did not enhance internality. A social class by sex interaction was found, and correlations between locus of control and achievement differed for social classes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Locus of Control
Taylor, Elizabeth; And Others – 1981
Students' understandings of the concept of social class before and after taking the Social Science Foundation course (D101) at Great Britain's Open University were investigated in 1980. Among the students' conceptions before the course was that people are middle class or working class according to their job. Other conceptions were that social…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Objectives, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
