Underlying Their Gang Involvement: A Comparative Study in Three Chinese Metropolitan Cities* Ngan-pun Ngai‚ Ph.D.‚ Chau-kiu Cheung‚ Ph.D. ABSTRACT Marginal youth tend to form stronger subcultural values when they engage more frequently in gang activity‚ which also make a difference in their delinquent involvement. The subculture would in turn bolster their subsequent gang participation. Different subcultural values appear to arise differently from gang involvement in Hong Kong‚ Guangzhou
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Parent Involvement in School Conceptualizing Multiple Dimensions and Their Relations with Family and Demographic Risk Factors Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group Parent Involvement (PI) in school is associated with more positive academic performance and social competence in children. However‚ there are inadequacies in curriculum measures of PI and a need for a better understanding of predictors of PI. In this study‚ measures were obtained from a normative sample of 387 children in kindergarten
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Parental involvement is key to motivation and academic achievement of all academic levels including secondary. It is widely recognized that if pupils are to maximize their potential from schooling they will need the full support of their parents. Attempts to enhance parental involvement in education occupy‚ administrators‚ educators and parents organizations globally. It is anticipated that parents should play a role not only in the promotion of their own children’s achievements but more broadly
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I believe parent involvement is the key to changing our communities in the years to come. The more we as parents become involved and show our children that we care‚ the better off our world will be. The country will benefit as a whole giving every child the opportunity to succeed in such a competitive country. I see a bigger push for parent involvement in charter schools than I see in the traditional schools‚ but I think this is quickly changing and will catch on quickly in the years to come. As
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contact with in the social world has a role‚ however minor‚ in helping to shape our individual identities. However‚ the question has been posed‚ is it culture and socialisation which are more influential as a social process in developing our identity or is it the social structures which are the main shapers in developing our identity? The culture we are raised in and the people that we come into contact with on a daily basis as a young child are the first encounters we have with socialisation. As
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Executive Summary The purpose of our research was to gauge the reasons why people do and do not get involved with Slippery Rock School of Business organizations. We wanted to compare many factors within our collected data to try and get a better understanding of the personal feelings and characteristics of those people both involved and not involved in organizations. The data collected for just those not involved in organizations‚ shows that out of 71 students only 43 of them have ever thought
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International Involvement Several significant events took place from 1890-1905 that involved the United States‚ particularly the United States becoming more involved in international affairs. The United States has been a major player in world affairs over the last two centuries. In the years following its War of Independence‚ its policies tended to be isolationist‚ but over the centuries it has transformed‚ mainly by trade and economic imperatives‚ into a superpower that exerts military‚ economic
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of American higher education’s history. What once were literary and debating societies are now social and service-oriented organizations that are a traditional part of the American collegiate culture. As interconnected as Greek-letter organizations and higher education may be‚ continued cases of hazing‚ high-risk drinking‚ social prejudices‚ and other related issues have caused many to question the outcomes of fraternity and sorority membership and if they support those of the academy. Furthermore
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between ’Flow’ ‚ ’Situational involvement’ and ’Enduring involvement’ is often mentioned. Flow is one of the most suitable and ideal experience (Adam‚ 2009)‚ according to the theory of motivation mentioned that ’flow’ is a kind of appropriate state of mind with pleasant when a person feels that things are under control‚ or I am proficient in something. Thereby‚ they can feel happy and to enjoy this scene of satisfaction (Csikszentmihalyi‚ 1990). Study shows enduring involvement will lead to intrinsic motivation
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Je Assignment One: Family Involvement Jessica Cunha Anna Koloszyc CLD 364 Monday‚ February 7th‚ 2011 Families are involved in their children’s learning through many different means. Parents are greeted by the kindergarten teachers at morning drop off and at the end of the day for dismissal and if any information needs to be disclosed or discussed the teachers and parents will take that opportunity to communicate with each other. Communication to families is also done through letters that
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