Immigrant children's educational achievement in western countries: origin, destination, and community effects on mathematical performance

M Levels, J Dronkers… - American Sociological …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores the extent to which macro-level characteristics of destination countries,
origin countries, and immigrant communities help explain differences in immigrant children's …

Modern traditions? British Muslim women and academic achievement

F Ahmad - Gender and education, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Participation rates in higher education for British South Asian Muslim women are steadily
increasing. The aim of this article, therefore, is to explore motivations and influences for …

The Turkish and Moroccan Second Generation in the Netherlands: Divergent Trends between and Polarization within the Two Groups1

M Crul, J Doomernik - International Migration Review, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines the socioeconomic and sociocultural status of the second‐generation
Turkish young people in the Netherlands, comparing them to their Moroccan counterparts …

[图书][B] Educating everybody's children: Diverse teaching strategies for diverse learners, revised and expanded

RWCW Cole - 2008 - books.google.com
Designed to promote reflection, discussion, and action among the entire learning
community, Educating Everybody's Children encapsulates what research has revealed …

Promoting academic success among immigrant students: Is acculturation the issue?

MA Gibson - Educational policy, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
Although there is increasing public debate about how best to educate immigrant children,
much of the discussion proceeds with scant attention to research findings on immigrant …

Ethnicity and educational performance in the United Kingdom: Racism, ethnicity, and variability in achievement

D Gillborn - Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines recent research on the variability of educational performance in
Britain. The composition of Britain's minority population is reviewed, followed by a …

Contributions from qualitative research

P Davies - What works?, 2000 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
The relationship between qualitative and quantitative research has challenged social
scientists and public policy researchers for most of the past two centuries. The survey …

[PDF][PDF] FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENTS'DECISIONS IN CHOOSING PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: A STRUCTURAL …

OM Zain, MT Jan, AB Ibrahim - Asian Academy of Management …, 2013 - researchgate.net
There are almost 500 institutions of private higher education currently in operation in
Malaysia, these include colleges, university colleges and universities. These institutions are …

[图书][B] Education of British South Asians

T Abbas - 2004 - researchgate.net
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division
of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered …

Culture, ethnicity and class among Punjabi Sikh women in 1990s Britain

P Bhachu - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
A substantial majority of British Sikh women are, in the 1990s, either born or raised in Britain.
This article proposes a more complex conceptualisation of their economic and cultural …