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de Bellaigue, Christina – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2004
This article develops a comparative analysis of lay boarding schools for girls in France and England in the first part of the nineteenth century, demonstrating that the character of school life in the two countries differed markedly. Contemporary observers such as Matthew Arnold, Henry Montucci and Jacques Demogeot visited boys' schools on either…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Females
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Hank, Karsten; Buber, Isabella – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
Introducing findings from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), this research complements the large number of recent U.S. studies on the role of grandparents in caring for their grandchildren. For 10 continental European countries, the authors investigate cross-national variations in grandparent-provided child care…
Descriptors: Retirement, Family Programs, Grandchildren, Grandparents
Esperet, Eric; Guibourg, Veronique – 1987
A study attempted to determine dimensions of maternal adaptation of language to the level of their young children's speech, and whether patterns of maternal adaptation can be described as interactive maternal styles. Links were sought between aspects of maternal language adaptation and child language level. Participating were 6 mother-child dyads…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Coordination, Foreign Countries, Language Styles
Ueberschlag, Roger – Francais dans le Monde, 1996
Presents a controversy over the preparatory schooling of two-year-old children. The article argues that small children who attended "maternal schools" at age two years had achievements superior to those of children starting school at three years. (CK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Games
Richardson, Gail – 1994
This report presents findings of a study tour organized by the French-American Foundation, for 13 United States' health care professionals to examine and interpret the nearly 50-year-old French maternal and child health care system, Protection maternelle et infantile (PMI). Chapter 1 describes the operation of PMI and the possibility of similar…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Prevention
Wakai, Kunio, Ed.; Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed. – 1996
This annual report discusses several topics related to the work of the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development. Seven topics are covered in the report. The articles are: (1) "Fathers' Participation in the Lives of Their 4-Month-Old Infants: The United States and Japan" (Marguerite Stevenson Barratt, Koichi Negayama and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Cultural Differences