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Implementation of Local Culture Curriculum in an English Scenario Classroom on Taiwanese Sixth Graders' Environmental and Vocabulary Knowledge
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Lu, Hsin-Yun; Chien, Chin-Wen – Education 3-13, 2023
The study investigated the influence of the implementation of the local culture curriculum in an English Scenario Classroom on twenty Taiwanese sixth graders' environmental and vocabulary knowledge. The analysis of quantitative data (environmental and vocabulary knowledge pre- and posttests) and qualitative data (interviews and teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grade 6
Labor Markets, Industrial Structure, and Poverty: A Theoretical Discussion and Empirical Example.
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Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald – Rural Sociology, 1987
Proposes social structural view of poverty rates as a function of local opportunity instead of individual-level focus on who is poor. Defines poverty rates as a function of industrial structure and relative power of labor in a locality. Confirms theoretical model with data from 46 South Carolina counties. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Definitions, Economic Opportunities, Employment Patterns
School and the Workplace: The Need for Stronger Links. A CEA Report.
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1983
Following a brief introduction, chapter 1 of this study seeks to establish a framework for building stronger links between school and the workplace by calling attention to the need for (1) an ongoing analysis of the local economy in the context of the regional, national, and global economy; (2) a standing representative community consultation,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Problems