In this part we will first address the cultural practices that, in our view, underpin and inform
child rearing practices. We will deal specifically with the social organization in the Moroccan …

The role of language in relation to identity formation has received relatively little attention
from geographers. Here, drawing on empirical research with Somali young people (aged 11 …

Portuguese schools in urban areas became multicultural during the 90s. Some students are
quite distanced from the school culture. Many repeat grades. The curriculum emerges as a …

This article compares the pre-migration and post-migration socialization practices of
Moroccan families in The Netherlands. Our main theoretical interest is in continuity and …

In this article, we examine the construction of word meaning by students during collaborative
activities in a multicultural classroom at a Dutch primary school. The analysis is based on …

Like many other European countries, Portugal has a growing number of foreigner and
minority culture communities that enter the educational system. Portugal has historically …

The ethnic diversity within schools is a major challenge for education in most European
countries. The diversity of cultural backgrounds of students and parents leads to new …

As Durkin and Shire (1991) underline,“Mathematics begins and proceeds in language, it
advances and stumbles because of language, and its outcomes are often assessed in …

This article concerns the relationship between social–educational goals and the school
context. We used a questionnaire to map the educational goals of teachers in pre-vocational …

In Portugal 40,000 teenagers drop out of school before completing the 9th grade, thus
becoming “potential candidates to enter the circle of unemployment, poverty, and social …