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The Family and Schooling in Asian and Pacific Countries

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International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region

Part of the book series: Springer International Handbooks of Education ((SIHE,volume 11))

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One of the persistent challenges confronting societies is how to reduce inequalities in the educational attainment of students from different socioeconomic, ethnic and race group backgrounds. Such inequalities are typically intensified between females and males, and for students from different residential and geographic locations. It is generally agreed that if parents are involved positively in activities associated with children’s learning, then the school outcomes of those children are likely to be enhanced.

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  1. University of Adelaide, Australia

    Kevin Marjoribanks

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  1. Flinders University Institute of International Education, Australia

    John P. Keeves

  2. National Institute for Educational Policy Research of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

    Ryo Watanabe

  3. UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Education, Bonn, Germany

    Rupert Maclean

  4. Griffith University, Southport, Australia

    Peter D. Renshaw

  5. University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

    Colin N. Power

  6. New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington, New Zealand

    Robyn Baker

  7. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    S. Gopinathan  & Ho Wah Kam  & 

  8. Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

    Yin Cheong Cheng

  9. Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, Sweden

    Albert C. Tuijnman

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Marjoribanks, K. (2003). The Family and Schooling in Asian and Pacific Countries. In: Keeves, J.P., et al. International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3368-7_4

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