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Ellison, Erin Rose; Langhout, Regina Day – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2016
We outline structures of whiteness and analyze how forms of dominance embedded and enacted in higher education structures have been made salient, through a self-reflexive account of the authors' anti-cuts organizing. The authors implicate themselves, reflexively incorporating positions as a white, female, working class-raised doctoral student and…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Whites, Advantaged, Organizational Culture
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Layne, Heidi; Alemanji, Amikeng A. – Power and Education, 2015
Learning materials have become significant determinants of quality learning environments for young children. This study presents an example of such learning material in the Finnish context -- a children's book entitled: "Bibi muuttaa Suomeen" (translated: "Bibi Moves to Finland") by Katja Kallio and Maggie Lindholm (2005). The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Stereotypes, Cultural Awareness, Immigrants
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Srivastava, Savita – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Cultural Heritage means to inherent and cultivate the cultural disinclinations from one generation to next generation. It is possible by education as well as following the traditional livelihood of ours; it is conducted formal/consciously or informal/unconsciously. One of the traits of education is to hand on the cultural values and behaviour…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Social Change, College Faculty, Indians
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Sotiris, Panagiotis – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2013
This article deals with questions relating to the role of education and especially Higher Education in the reproduction of class division in society. Social classes and how they are formed and reproduced has always been one of the greatest challenges for Marxism and social theory in general. The questions regarding the role of education, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Social Class, Social Structure
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Ueno, Koji; Wright, Eric R.; Gayman, Mathew D.; McCabe, Janice M. – Social Forces, 2012
Homophily promotes the development of social relationships within social groups and increases segregation across groups. Although prior research has demonstrated that network segregation operates in many dimensions such as race and gender, sexual orientation has received little attention. This study investigates what accounts for the segregation…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Friendship, Social Structure
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Maca, Mark – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2017
Public mass schooling was the major instrument used by the Americans in the performance of their mission to "civilize" Filipinos. Free primary education was implemented right after the islands' annexation in 1899 and was a critical component (alongside armed force) of the programme for their "pacification". For the elite,…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Educational Policy, Educational History, Public Education
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Yang, Diyi; Wen, Miaomiao; Kumar, Abhimanu; Xing, Eric P.; Rose, Carolyn Penstein – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
In this paper, we describe a novel methodology, grounded in techniques from the field of machine learning, for modeling emerging social structure as it develops in threaded discussion forums, with an eye towards application in the threaded discussions of massive open online courses (MOOCs). This modeling approach integrates two simpler, well…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Social Structure, Discussion Groups
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Croxford, Linda; Raffe, David – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper maps the main dimensions of differentiation among institutions and "faculties" (subject areas within institutions) of higher education in the United Kingdom. It does so through a principal components analysis based on the characteristics of applicants and entrants. A single status dimension accounts for a quarter of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Social Class, Educational Background
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Knight, Michelle G.; Roegman, Rachel; Edstrom, Lisa – Education and Urban Society, 2016
This article presents findings of a qualitative, interpretive case study of the experiences of 1.5- and 2nd-generation West African immigrants who self-identify as pursuing the American Dream, defined by them as academic attainment and career success. Employing structuration theory, the authors examine the interplay between structures and agency…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Educational Experience, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Jaeger, Elizabeth L. – Literacy, 2016
Educational standards documents worldwide include reading and writing of evidence-based argument as a major focus. In order to help students craft arguments that will be considered seriously by those with the power to make changes that affect them, educators need to cultivate within students their sociological imagination--that is, an…
Descriptors: Sociology, Imagination, Academic Standards, Evidence Based Practice
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Hua, Zhu; Wei, Li – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
Transnational and multilingual families have become commonplace in the twenty-first century. Yet relatively few attempts have been made from applied and socio-linguistic perspectives to understand what is going on "within" such families; how their transnational and multilingual experiences impact on the family dynamics and their everyday…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Family Relationship, Language Usage, Bilingualism
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Choi, Su-Jin – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2012
This paper discusses the cultural arbitrary of consumerism by focusing on a personal realm. That is, I discuss what consumerism appeals to and how it flourishes in relation to our minds. I argue that we need to unveil reality of the mind, be aware of ourselves in relation to the perpetuation of consumerism, in order to critically intervene in the…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Reflection, Self Concept, Cultural Influences
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Bell, P.; Tzou, C.; Bricker, L.; Baines, A. D. – Human Development, 2012
This paper outlines a theoretical framework intended to provide a more ecological and holistic accounting of how, why and where people learn in relation to constructs of human difference--race, class, disability designation, etc.--as learners circulate across places and associated operating value systems over multiple timescales. The framework for…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Science Education
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Beach, Dennis – European Educational Research Journal, 2011
The articles in this collection are about the development, possibility, exercise and possible frustration of human agency within educational exchanges. They are also all based on ethnography, which is now a common approach to educational research. Ethnography is not a seamless, neutral observational practice but is instead variable in relation to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethnography, Empowerment, Conflict
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Vorhaus, John – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2014
Social capital is frequently offered up as a variable to explain such educational outcomes as academic attainment, drop-out rates and cognitive development. Yet, despite its popularity amongst social scientists, social capital theory remains the object of some scepticism, particularly in respect of its explanatory ambitions. I provide an account…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Educational Attainment, Social Theories, Educational Theories
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