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Most parents know, instinctively, that spending more time with their children and being actively involved in their … education will give their children a good head-start in life. But as many parents have to juggle competing demands at work and … at home, there never seems to be enough time. Often, too, parents are reluctant to offer to help their children with …
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This report explores the educational performance and attitudes of males and females during childhood and adolescence. It opens with a general summary of gender differences measured outside of the PISA assessment programme and then considers the knowledge gained about gender-related issues from...
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-selective and comprehensive school systems that seek to provide all students with similar opportunities, leaving it to individual … schools and teachers to meet the particular needs of every student. Other countries group students, whether in different … schools or in different classes within schools, with the aim of serving students according to their particular academic …
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Today’s global policy climate underlines the importance of better addressing non-economic dimensions of well-being and social progress such as health, social engagement, political interest and crime. Education plays an important role in shaping indicators of progress. However, we understand...
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organisational features (how students are sorted into grades, schools, and programmes, school autonomy, etc.) of schools and systems …
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internationally comparative knowledge base of students’ knowledge about the environment and environment-related issues. Green at … Fifteen? presents an analysis of this knowledge base, including information on the sources of students’ awareness of …
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The results of PISA 2000, OECD's groundbreaking comparison of the educational outcomes of 15-year-olds, shook the belief of Danes that theirs was the best education system in the world. In this report, a team of examiners determines why Denmark did worse than expected and recommends a series of...
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This Test Guideline for developmental toxicity testing is designed to provide general information concerning the effects of prenatal exposure on the pregnant test animal and on the developing organism. The test substance is normally administered to pregnant animals at least from implantation to...
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used to prevent exclusion. However, changing social realities are leaving young children and students more exposed than …. Improving the quality of education and the standards attained by students to improve employability is one of the tools being … seamless support to meet the holistic needs of students and their families is now becoming more accepted. Such an approach …
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