Describing digital technologies as tool, tutor, environment or resource in pedagogical contexts is common, and this paper examines the metaphorical nature of these descriptions and their implications for digitally-based teaching and learning practices. To compare the metaphors, the paper first develops a model of pedagogy derived from Activity Theory. It explores the implications of these metap...

This paper examines differences in educational attainment between natives and children of immigrants to Canada. We introduce two definitions of secondgeneration immigrants: The first considers all children with at least one immigrant parent to be second-generation immigrants, while the second definition requires that both parents were foreign-born. In the data, regardless of which definition we...

Antipoverty policies in developing countries often assume that targeting poor households will be reasonably effective in reaching poor individuals. We question this assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread quite widely across the distribution of household wealth and consumption. While the expected positive househol...

This paper explores the interrelation between health changes and employment transitions among the elderly in rural China. Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we examine how changes in health are associated with two different state transitions: continued employment and labor market re-entry. Our results suggest that adverse changes in self-reported health status and disabil...

The change of learning approach due to Covid 19 from face online distance or blended required knowing technology tools in the education. Distance is a technique giving instruction using and technology. depends on information communication technologies distribute course materials engage with students. main goal remote delivery promote between students, allowing for interaction knowledge sharing ...

This paper describes the performance of cognitive outcomes attainment undergraduate diploma in civil engineering students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Johor Branch, Pasir Gudang Campus. Specifically, this study examined different attained among population from before until during implementation Movement Control Order (MCO) starting March 2020 semester. The utilised data Programme Outcom...

Empowerment is a complex societal process aimed at enabling individuals to gain control over their lives. This involves enhancing social status and granting them authority inherent rights, including those that pertain the community society. Moreover, empowerment consequence of being engaged in decision-making. Women's empowerment, specifically, pertains journey through which women attain equal ...

Early numeracy is related to preschoolers’ acquisition of skills such as understanding and operating with quantities. Consequently, early has substantial impact on first Graders’ attainments in typical mathematics. Meta-analysis was conducted address the extent which interventions are effective. Twenty studies were analyzed, including 3.080 young low-performing children (Ncontrol = 1.815, Ntrea...