Although formal educational institutions in the UK, and particularly in Higher Education (HE), have begun to include aspects of dance music and Hip-hop styles of music in their curricula, there is still a notable lack of research into the relationship between popular electronic music-making practices, such as performance, and formal education. This study explores some of the experiences, percep...

Objective—Limited formal education is associated with poor cognitive function. This could explain sex diVerences in cognitive function in the oldest old. Whether limited formal education explains diVerences in cognitive function between elderly women and men was explored. Methods—The Leiden 85-plus Study is a population based study investigating all 85 year old inhabitants of Leiden with an ove...

Using 1996 surveyed data of 1,023 employees in Shenzhen, China, this study estimated the effects of three forms of human capital on employee salary, namely formal education, on-the-job training provided by employers, and adult education pursued by employees. Using a hierarchical linear model, the analysis estimated employee monthly salary growth over a maximum of six years due to (a) such tempo...

The role of education in development is widely recognized in many countries. However, the value placed on formal education differs from one community to the next. In this paper I argue that among the Borana pastoralists of Marsabit District, Kenya, the value of formal education is based on wage-labor opportunities. High value placed on women’s household labor and low accessibility to non-househ...

Pre-primary education has become popular strategy to protection drop-out from formal education of children all over the world. Early Childhood Development (ECD) and pre-primary education are widely recognized as having a significant impact on the performance of children in basic education programmes. Pre-primary education would ensure a smooth transition to the primary education and lay the fou...

The purpose of this exploratory literature review on games and education is trifold: First, it serves as the final project report for Social Informatics 668 and presents research which indicates a social dimension of learning (while being engaged with a game), which in consequence directly relates to this class and requirements of this report. Second, it introduces gaming and Gamification withi...