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Adebanji, Charles Adedayo. "Educational and socio-cultural challenges of immigrant students in a South African school." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24764.

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This research set out to explore the educational and socio-cultural experiences of DRC immigrant students in South African schools. Utilising a qualitative case study approach, the study attempted to provide a glimpse of the lived experiences of DRC immigrant students inside South African schools by exploring the following aspects: (1) academic performance, (2) schooling experiences, (3) linguistic disposition, (4) acculturation experiences and (5) how the students constructed their identities within South African society. The theoretical framework applied to this study was threefold in nature

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Tyldesley, Alison. "A socio-cultural approach to higher education students' experiences with academic literacies." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2013. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/7628/.

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The focus of this thesis is an exploration of students' engagement with academic literacies. The study is based on interview data, visual material and objects brought to these interviews by five students on an Education Studies undergraduate degree course. Drawing from the theoretical frame of New Literacy Studies, academic literacies are broadly defined as socially situated literacy practices. The focus is on how and where ‘academic literacies’ happen and how these literacies interact with personal histories and students' broader socio-cultural experience. Three themes: journeying, identity a

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Steinbach, Marilyn. "Socio-cultural factors affecting the language learning experiences of south Asian female immigrants." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0004/MQ43957.pdf.

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Pratt, David. "Academic, Linguistic, and Socio-Cultural Experiences in the Acculturation of Chinese International Graduate Students." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34476.

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An increasing number of graduate students are choosing to pursue their studies internationally and Canada is one of the principal host countries for these students, particularly students from China. The push by many Canadian universities to increase their foreign enrollment has led to new classroom dynamics. Chinese international students (CIS) are at the centre of this change. However, getting accepted into a Canadian graduate program does not necessarily mean that the challenges facing these students are over. Often, they encounter social, cultural, linguistic, and academic challenges that a

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Renner, Jasmine, and Arnold Nyarambi. ""Historical, Political, Cultural, Socio-Economic and Religious Forces Influencing Gender Equality Experiences in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone"." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8249.

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Lee, Heekyeong 1971. "A socio-cultural-historical analysis of six Korean students' experiences in L2 learning contexts : learner agency and symbolic power." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100643.

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This inquiry explores six Korean students' personal narratives about their living and learning experiences in their study abroad contexts. My goal is to examine the relationships between learner agency and symbolic power embedded in these six students' second language (L2) sociocultural contexts such as school, home and communities. The theoretical framework is derived primarily from Vygotskian sociocultural theory, Bakhtinian dialogic theory, and Bourdieuian critical approach to language practices. Drawing on an interpretive qualitative approach, I examine social, cultural, historical and pol

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Holland-Noronha, Neila. "Economic and socio cultural experiences of female entrepreneurs in Brazil and the United States : an exploratorial and empirical analysis." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/507.

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Over the last twenty years female entrepreneurs have been increasing in numbers in economies of developing and developed nations across the world. But although female entrepreneurship participation rates have increased worldwide, it appears that economic and socio cultural patterns still prescribe whether a female can become or want to become an entrepreneur in her society. Some reasons are obvious such as lack of employment and opportunities; other are disguised in patriarchal culture that deters female entrepreneurship. Against this backdrop it appears that in less developed countries necess

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Chien, Yu-Yi. "Adjustment of international students in a UK university : reasons for study abroad and subsequent academic and socio-cultural experiences." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15044.

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Research on international students contributes to our understanding of the internationalization of higher education. This study investigates the adjustment of first-year, full-time, postgraduate, international students at a southwestern UK university through a mixed methods research design. The main focus is on reasons for studying abroad, academic experience, and socio-cultural experience. Twenty-six students participated in the qualitative interviews. 250 students responded to a quantitative questionnaire survey. The results indicate that adjustment is a complex set of experiences and many f

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Hill, Patricia DiAna. "Addiction and Recovery Experiences of African American Women: A Phenomenological Study." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/729.

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Historically, substance abuse research has for the most part excluded African American women. The small body of existing substance abuse research regarding African American women does not examine gender and socio-cultural issues from African American women's perspectives. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to develop a deeper, contextual understanding of the experiences and perspectives of this marginalized population of women. The major goal of the study is to examine the perspectives of African American women about their substance abuse, treatment and recovery. The knowledge gaine

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Mhlongo, Maud Nombulelo. "Normality, resilience and agency : the experiences of young people living with HIV within the socio-cultural context of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2012. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/18059/.

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The availability of ART has transformed HIV infection from a terminal illness into a disease that is manageable. South Africa bears the greatest burden of the AIDS epidemic, having the highest proportion of adults and young people living with HIV in the world. Studies of the experience of living with HIV have largely been dominated by a medical approach which tends to ignore the subjective experience and meaning of living with HIV. This study uses constructivist grounded theory to explore the subjective experience of living with HIV for young people who live in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Qua

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Li, Wendy Wen. "Understanding Chinese international students' gambling experiences in New Zealand." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2409.

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ABSTRACT This research investigated Chinese international students' gambling experiences in New Zealand. It explored why some students become involved in gambling and how their gambling behaviour changes over time. Initial and follow-up interviews were conducted with nine male and three female students. Initial interviews focused on participants' gambling biographies in China and New Zealand. Cultural influences on their gambling experiences, and possible links between the development of gambling problems and their study experiences in New Zealand, were discussed. Follow-up interviews gathered

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Gutberlet, Manuela Verfasser], Carmella [Akademischer Betreuer] [Pfaffenbach, and Dieter [Akademischer Betreuer] Müller. "Searching for an oriental paradise? : Imaginaries, tourist experiences and socio-cultural impacts of mega-cruise tourism in the sultanate of Oman / Manuela Gutberlet ; Carmella Diana Pfaffenbach, Dieter Müller." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1162451173/34.

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Gutberlet, Manuela [Verfasser], Carmella [Akademischer Betreuer] Pfaffenbach, and Dieter [Akademischer Betreuer] Müller. "Searching for an oriental paradise? : Imaginaries, tourist experiences and socio-cultural impacts of mega-cruise tourism in the sultanate of Oman / Manuela Gutberlet ; Carmella Diana Pfaffenbach, Dieter Müller." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1162451173/34.

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Gregg, Rebecca A. "Delivery and engagement in public health nutrition : the use of ethnographic fiction to examine the socio-cultural experiences of food and health among mothers of young children in Skelmersdale, Lancashire." Thesis, University of Chester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/310904.

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Encouraging good nutrition is particularly important in the early years of life for the development of appropriate food habits and healthy adults in later life. These are governed by many contending and conflicting influences. Objective: This research examines the food choice influences for mothers of young children in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire (UK). Participants were recruited from a large community food intervention (clients) and were compared with those not involved in the initiative (non-clients). This enabled the reflection of the broader socio-cultural experiences of food and the inf

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Naidoo, David. "Institutional inclusion in Higher Education: an analysis of the experiences of access, belonging and participation of international/ foreign students at the University Of Cape Town." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33880.

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Despite the ongoing global conflicts, wars, disputes and crises which face the world, education is one of the forces enabling global unity. Cultural enrichment, through ‘semesters away,' student exchange programmes and the marketing of ‘ivy-league' education online, have resulted in an explosion in student migration. However, international student migration is not a new concept, dating back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in Europe, where foreign students formed communities at recognized universities. The value of global migration in the realm of academics, has gained increasing attent

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Johannesson, Eva. "Pedagogers erfarenheter av att arbeta med ett kartläggande verktyg : En studie från en gymnasiesärskola." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36998.

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The purpose of the studyfocuses onhow teachersatan uppersecondary school, studentsin the autismspectrum,describetheir experiencesof working withmappingtools, Nylander(2012).Inmy research questionsIstarted fromthe teachers’ descriptions of their experiences of mapping procedures, if the outcome ofthe mapping hasinfluenced theteachers'educational work and ifmappingcould contribute tothe visibilityandclarification of the student´s functioning in aschool context. As the study is based on five interviews in which teachers reflect on their experiences from the tool of mapping, the socio-cultural per

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Cvetanovski, Daniela. "Särskilt begåvade elevers och deras vårdnadshavares upplevelser av bemötande i den svenska grundskolan/ Gifted students and their guardians' experiences of treatment in Swedish elementary school." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27351.

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Syftet med uppsatsen var att bidra med kunskap om särskilt begåvade elevers skolsituation utifrån deras och vårdnadshavarnas upplevelser och erfarenheter av bemötandet under skoltiden. För att uppnå syftet valdes fyra elever som var bedömda som särskilt begåvade samt deras vårdnadshavare. Fokus var att hitta betydelsefulla erfarenheter från tidigare skolgång, från tiden innan eleverna hade bedömts som särskilt begåvade.Empirin speglas delvis utifrån sociokulturella perspektivet, kognitivistiska perspektivet samt relationella perspektivet. I sociokulturella perspektivet är psykologiska processe

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Bucht, Kerstin. "Lärande i verksamhetsförlagd utbildning : Sjuksköterskors upplevelser av lärande under Specialistutbildning inom Anestesisjukvård." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Education in Arts and Professions, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7995.

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<p>Studiens syfte var att få kunskap om hur sjuksköterskor under specialistutbildning inom akutsjukvård med inriktning mot anestesisjukvård upplever förväntningar, möjligheter och hinder för lärande under deras verksamhetsförlagda utbildning. I bakgrunden finns beskrivet specialistutbildningens uppläggning och mål. Några av anestesisjuksköterskans centrala arbetsuppgifter fokuseras: mötet med patienten inför anestesi och operation och den fria luftvägen. För studien användes en kvalitativ metod med intervjuer av tio studenter. Intervjuerna bearbetades och analyserades utifrån ett sociokulturel

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TEPEDINO, CRISTINA AZEREDO LOPES. "SCHOOL, SOCIO-CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION THE EXPERIENCE OF THE STELLA MARIS SCHOOL." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2007. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=10741@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>Inserida no contexto dos estudos sobre diversidade cultural e educação, esta pesquisa focaliza o processo de mudança que o Colégio Stella Maris passou nos últimos anos. Esta instituição de ensino, uma tradicional escola confessional da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, ao longo dos seus 65 anos atendeu às classes média e alta do Rio de Janeiro. No ano 2000, devido a diferentes circunstâncias e a uma opção da congregação religiosa responsável pela escola, passou a atender prioritariamente à população de seu entorno geográfico, os

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au, m. jennings@murdoch edu, and Mark Jennings. "Realms: A Phenomenological, Socio-Cultural and Theological-Religious Studies exploration of Musical Space." Murdoch University, 2009. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20100421.135501.

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This thesis sets out to explore the ways people use and interpret experience of music, the divine and interaction with other people within discrete musical spaces. This exploration takes place in two sites: a Pentecostal church in suburban Perth, Western Australia, and the West Coast Blues & Roots festival, a well known music festival held annually in Fremantle, Western Australia. I have nominated these two sites as realms because they are spaces set up for the performance and experience of music. My primary questions about these sites relate to how people interact with music, each other a

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Sarri, Grammati. "Socio-cultural factors and the experience of unmet dental needs on deprived adolescents." Thesis, University of London, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.515449.

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Ujitani, Eiko. "Intercultural relational development between Australian students and host Japanese students : a longitudinal study of students' socio-emotional experiences and interpretations /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2006. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070423.145945.

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Arellano, Torrejón Erick Edson. "Relación entre los factores socio-culturales de los padres con la experiencia de caries dental de sus hijos en la Institución Educativa estatal N° 107 “Daniel Alcides Carrión”, Santa Anita – 2014." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/4330.

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El propósito de este estudio fue determinar la relación de los factores socio-culturales de los padres de familia con la experiencia de caries dental de sus hijos de la Institución Educativa Estatal N° 107 “Daniel Alcides Carrión” del distrito de Santa Anita - 2014, teniendo en consideración los criterios y normas éticas establecidas; siendo un estudio de tipo de relación, transversal y descriptivo. La muestra estuvo constituida por padres de familia con sus hijos menores de 6 a 12 años de edad (N° 271). El tipo de muestreo estratificada simple. Se aplicó una encuesta estructurada a los p

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Silver, Judy. "Mediated learning experience in a community of practice : a case study." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/104496.

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This study describes the attempt to understand the quality of mediation between people within a community of practice. An innovative chefs’ apprenticeship in a dedicated restaurant provides a setting in which to explore what happens when a group of young people are learning to become fully accepted members of a community of practice. The setting, the social enterprise of Fifteen London, is founded on a passionate belief in the learning potential of all individuals, regardless of background. Conducted over a period of five years this ethnographic study tells the stories of the apprentices; the

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Sharma, Jyotsana. "Socio-cultural contexts in trauma recovery and post trauma growth in women who experienced intimate partner violence: A social constructivist lens." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91891.

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Trauma recovery and post trauma growth are two desirable outcomes of a traumatic event. Meaning-making and narrative development are two processes that support both trauma recovery and post trauma growth. The way in which we make meaning or develop stories about the events in our lives however, are governed by socio-cultural contexts. Social constructivism emphasizes that the way in which individuals think, feel, and act are engrained in her being early on by the social and cultural networks that surround her. Therefore, even though an individual may think that she is generating a thought or m

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Blomquist, Emma. "Revitalising urban public green space : Exploring lived experiences of teenage girls in socio-economically challenged neighbourhoods in Stockholm,Sweden, using Google Maps." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-46331.

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Urban public green space is a core contributor to cultural ecosystem services in cities, comprising the non-material benefits that people obtain from contact with nature. Due to the many benefits that have been ascribed to it, green space has become subject to debates on justice about its fair distribution and equal opportunities to use it. Teenage girls living in socio-economically challenged neighbourhoods appear to belong to a societal group that is restricted in accessing green space, as well as having less opportunities to influence the governance of such space. Attempting to bring furthe

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Johal, Sanjiev. "The sport of lions : the Punjabi-Sikh sporting experience : a study into the place of sport in the socio-cultural landscape of Punjabi-Sikhs in Britain." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2002. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2890/.

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By first detailing the religious, cultural and sporting heritage of Punjabi-Sikhs, the study focuses on how this sporting legacy of has been translated in Britain and how such translation has served to augment the perceived cultural traditions of British Punjabi-Sikhs. The inception of the Shaheedi Games tournaments and the proliferation of all-Punjabi-Sikh football teams are located within the wider phenomenon of post-war South Asian immigration to Britain. The first-hand oral testimonies of pioneering Punjabi-Sikh immigrants serve to script the narrative of the history and evolution of these

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Blomqvist, Klara, and Lisa Ludén. "“Hellre för hett än för kallt” : - En studie om sektionschefers uppfattningar av nödvändiga kompetenser för konflikthantering: exemplet statliga myndigheter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-244334.

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För att kunna hantera konflikter krävs olika kompetenser, vilka som krävs och hur vi behärskar dessa genom olika erfarenheter som vi skapat oss i olika sammanhang är en central fråga i denna studie. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vilka kompetenser sektionschefer inom statliga myndigheter upplever sig behöva för att hantera konflikter på arbetsplatsen mellan sina medarbetare. Vi vill också belysa under vilka omständigheter de samlat på sig dessa erfarenheter. För att besvara syftet tog vi hjälp av följande frågeställningar: “vilka kompetenser anser sektionschefer vara relevanta för att

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Thorell, Rebecka, and Katharina Ekman. "”Vad spelar det för roll om jag städar den här toaletten?” : En kvalitativ studie om betydelsen av tidigare arbetslivserfarenheter i yrkesvalet." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-252078.

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Denna studie ämnar att gå igenom lärande på arbetsplatsen och hur det situerade lärandet från en tjänst kan användas i andra tjänster. Syftet med uppsatsen är att ta reda på hur individer som arbetar inom HR, som jobbar med personalrelaterade frågor, upplever att tidigare arbetslivserfarenheter har betydelse för det arbete de har idag. Det teoretiska ramverket utgår från det sociokulturella perspektivet på lärande, där tänkandet och handlandet hos oss människor betraktas som situerat till sociala sammanhang. För att kunna belysa det lärandet ytterligare används begreppen redskap, mediering och

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Bringéus, Eva. "När känslorna får styra : om litteraturläsning i en mångkulturell gymnasieklass." Licentiate thesis, Malmö högskola, Kultur-språk-medier (KSM), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-7627.

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This licentiate thesis, When emotions are allowed to rule, a study on reading literature in a multicultural classroom in upper secondary school, attempts from a didactic perspective to understand literature reading in the school subject Swedish in the light of a multicultural and changing society. From a socio-cultural perspective, the study illustrates the teacher's choice of literature, the teacher's and the students' attitudes to literature, and the ways of reading that are being negotiated in the common reading and what opportunities for understanding and meaning making that are made avail

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Doolan, Martina A. "Using technology to support collaborative learning through assessment design." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/6055.

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This thesis offers an assessment design for collaborative learning, utilisation of blended learning support through current communication technologies and highlights the crucial role of the tutor. The thesis designed and tested a theoretical framework which encompassed an active learning environment and resulted in the development of the shamrock conceptual framework. To test the theoretical framework, clarify the role of the tutor and the impact on the learner experience two studies were undertaken using pedagogical models that combined the concepts of learner-centric, sociocultural and dialo

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Wickliffe, AnjolaOluwa TemilolaJesu. "Socio-cultural experiences of Nigerian immigrant families: maintenance of 'family togetherness' in Norway." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16758.

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Family, being considered the basic unit of the society, is vital in every human being’s life. Be it a family in contemporary terms or according to the ideal, traditional meaning, there is a need for all members of that family to be united which in return births a good society. However, one family’s experience cannot be used to determine another family’s experience, but some similarities can occur from which we may learn valuable ways among these families. Is with this knowledge and the dichotomous experiences of some Nigerian immigrants in Norway (in Stavanger particularly, where this re

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Mohamed, Hassan Ali. "The socio-cultural adaptation of Somali refugees in Toronto: An exploration of their integration experiences." 2001. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3027232.

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For the first time in recent history, Somali society has experienced the plight of a mass exodus. Millions have been displaced by civil war and have sought refuge in places thousands of miles away from their homelands. There are tens of thousands of Somali refugees in Canada; the majority settled in Metropolitan Toronto. Upon arrival, Somalis, still suffering from the trauma of war and uprooting, face the challenges of adapting to life in the post-modern Canadian society. Adaptation implies bridging the cultural differences between Somalia and Canada. This study, using ethnographic methods suc

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Evans, Katherine. "The Alice books - an imaginative testimony to a child's experiences of socio-cultural norms of the late Victorian age." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2598.

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Introduction: Alice in Wonderland is perhaps the most renowned fantasy book for children. Over and above this though, it has relevance for adults. People too often dismiss it as purely escapist reading, a means to escape from the monotony of everyday realism by delving into the realms of fantasy. Many critics propose that it operates on more than one level and I would have to agree - it is a pioneer of children's literature as well as a product and critique of the Victorian age. It is a story that has captured the world's imagination, with vivid characters and exciting adventures. The sequel,

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Recalde, Aranzazu. "'Are We Now Equal?' Recent experiences and perceptions of South American migrants in Argentina under MERCOSUR." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/9055.

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De manière générale, ma thèse examine les mécanismes des processus sociaux, économiques et politiques ayant contribué, souvent de manière contradictoire, à la (re)définition des critères d’adhésion au sein de la nation et de l’Etat. Elle le fait par le dialogue au sein de deux grands corps de littérature intimement liés, la citoyenneté et le transnationalisme, qui se sont penchés sur les questions d’appartenance, d’exclusion, de mobilité et d’accès aux droits chez les migrants transnationaux tout en soulignant la capacité accrue de l’Etat à réguler à la fois les déplacements de personnes et l

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Motha, Kholofelo Charlotte. "The relationship between education quality policies and lived experiences of orphaned learners." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28188.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of African orphaned learners in relation to their educational experiences with the view of establishing whether the type of education received and the inferred quality of that education correlate with official conceptions of quality education as articulated in government policies. The study interrogates policy intentions geared to improving the quality of education in South African schools and juxtaposes the intended policy with the lived experiences of orphaned learners. This is a qualitative case study focusing specifically on fo

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"Implementing a Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation System: Learning Experiences for Administrators in an Urban School District." Doctoral diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14542.

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abstract: Policymakers at the national level have recently initiated K-12 education reforms focused on teacher quality and teacher evaluation. Far-reaching legislation was subsequently enacted in the state of Arizona requiring schools to adopt standards-based teacher evaluation systems and link them to student outcomes. The end product is to result in annual summative measures of teacher effectiveness. Because of this, Arizona school administrators have become concerned about rapidly becoming experts in high-stakes teacher evaluation. Principals rarely have time to come together to talk about

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Smithen, Caitlin. "Development-induced displacement and resettlement : a narrative inquiry into the experiences of community members physically displaced from a farm to a town in Mpumalanga, South Africa." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15553.

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Although expected to be beneficial to society, development projects, such as dam construction and mining, often result in the physical displacement of marginalized groups. This is known as Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR) and often has far-reaching negative consequences for the affected peoples (APS). These include further marginalization, increased poverty, identity deprivation and socio-psychological stress. While decades of knowledge inform theory and practice on the mitigation of these consequences, the psycho-socio-cultural (PSC) impoverishment that may result from

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Bajracharya, Manika. "Nepalese women migrants in Portugal and their experience with socio-cultural integration." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/10346.

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This research is about socio-cultural integration of Nepalese women who migrated to Portugal either in search of job or to join their family members. The study population of this research is Nepalese women and the purpose of this study was to understand the Nepalese woman migrant’s experience of integration in Portuguese society as well as in Nepalese society in Portugal. This research also tries to understand the components that affect their integration especially in terms of cultural, interactive, structural and identification integration. It also identifies the support system of Nepalese wo

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Barratt, Joanne Frances. "The experience of caring for a child with cerebral palsy in Tonga, Mpumalanga : caregivers' stories." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/4946.

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Cerebral palsy is a condition primarily defined by damage to the developing brain primarily resulting in a physical impairment, although the affected individual may present with concomitant impairments. The number of children presenting with cerebral palsy appears to be increasing, and while the medical effects of this disability have been well documented in the literature, a paucity of knowledge exists on the parental experience of caring for a child with cerebral palsy, particularly in rural South Africa. This dissertation will report on a study conducted in Tonga, a rural area of Sout

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Brown, Madisen. "Violent encounters: mediatization, socio-medical legitimation, TBI, and CTE--lived experiences of NFL players, military veterans, and their caretakers." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/36265.

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Clinical Researchers recently identified NFL players and US military veterans as high-risk populations for sustaining repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and developing the neurodegenerative disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). American culture celebrates military veterans as national heroes, and NFL players as popular athletes and social icons. Both subcultures are constructed around hyper-masculine ideals embedded in tenants of violence and aggression, suffer repeated TBIs due to this nature, and are ultimately at high-risk for developing CTE. The TBI/CTE phenomenon also affec

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Thoo, S. A. (Sheila Audrey). "Individuation : experience in search of theory." Diss., 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16204.

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This study arose from the experience of difficulties in individuating incorporating tensions in the self-group, self-other, and self-self relational dimensions. This situation initiated the questions: What does individuation mean in collectivist cultures? Can selfexpression occur in a different way to opposing public opinion? Can one conceptualise experiential dialectics to facilitate their resolution in practice? The literature initiated the questions: How do Western theories on individuation incorporate 'culture'? Does a relationship between the socio-cultural context and the process o

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(Ms), Nomvula Dlamini. "The nature and dynamics of learning among caregivers in a National Certificate Training Programme." Thesis, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2876_1297414586.

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<p><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial">The study analyses the relationship between experience, participation and learning and seeks to establish how the experience of adult learners can be mobilised through active participation and how situational conditions can either facilitate or inhibit participation and learning amongst the learners. Another dimension of the study seeks to establish what caregivers learn and the processes through which they learn and how such learning contributes to changes in behaviour and relationships. In this study, the nature and dynamics

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Dlamini, Nomvula. "The nature and dynamics of learning among caregivers in a national certificate training programme." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3436.

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Magister Educationis - MEd<br>In this research study I investigate the nature and dynamics of learning amongst learners in a National Certificate Training Programme for community health workers who are caregivers in a home-based care prgoramme. The study analyses the relationship between experience, participation and learning and seeks to establish how the experience of adult learners can be mobilised through active participation and how situational conditions can either facilitate or inhibit participation and learning amongst the learners. Another dimension of the study seeks to establish wha

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