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Development of Achievement Motivation
This book discusses research and theory on how motivation changes as children progress through school, gender differences in motivation, and motivational differences as an aspect …
Gender Differences in Aspirations and Attainment
What is the role of parents, peers and teachers in shaping school experiences and informing the career choice of males and females? Does the school context matter, and to what …
Handbook of Research on Schools, Schooling and Human Development
Children spend more time in school than in any social institution outside the home. And schools probably exert more influence on children’s development and life chances than any …
Organized Activities As Contexts of Development
School-aged children in the U.S. and other Western nations spend almost half of their waking hours in leisure activities. For some, out-of-school time is perceived as …
Managing to Make It
One of the myths about families in inner-city neighbourhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. The sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and …
Contextual Influences on Life Span/life Course
This special issue covers different aspects of life course development. The central argument of the first paper is that human development should be viewed as the product of the …