Nirmala Rao

TL;DR: The outstanding performance of Chinese students in cross-national studies of mathematics achievement has attracted international attention and explanations put forward to account for this have included interdependent factors such as parental beliefs and behaviors, motivation and self-regulation of learning, the Chinese educational system and teacher beliefs and practices.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the effects of digital competence on the risk of gaming addiction among children and adolescents and found that digital competence was associated with less gaming addiction and could potentially lead to better mental wellbeing by reducing the risks of game addiction and cyberbullying.

TL;DR: Effective government policies have to be context sensitive and these examples illustrate strategies that have enhanced both teacher quantity and quality in different parts of the world.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify a deeper commonality underlying nationally distinct approaches to participation is disenchantment with the institutions and processes of representative government, and propose a new approach to encourage more popular participation in decisions affecting communities.

TL;DR: In this article, where Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar stand in terms SDG Target Indicator 4.2, national data sets were used to assess equitable access to early childhood education and policy documents were analyzed to determine how countries address the quality dimension.