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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
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Narrative Strategies : African Types and Stereotypes in Comics
, 2020 In this catalogue-chapter, the use of types and stereotypes of Africans in comics is looked into. Focus is put on some distinct strategies of representing and negotiating race in comics, most notably one example by Birgit Weyhe and several by Anton ...
Dittmar, Jakob
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Narration and Speech and Thought Presentation in Comics
The purpose of this study was to test the application of two linguistic models of narration and one linguistic model of speech and thought presentation on comic texts: Fowler's (1986) internal and external narration types, Simpson's (1993) narrative ...
Tang, Andrea
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Form flows function: Learner‐centered game Re‐design in a STEM classroom
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Re‐designing games facilitates interest‐driven learning and immerses learners in systems thinking. However, there are limited studies exploring how the form and function of tabletop games influence learners' design decisions and learning experiences. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed‐methods study in a STEM classroom in western Canada.
Farzan Baradaran Rahimi +2 more
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, 2011 Comics set in the “gay community” or “ghetto” began to be published in gay and lesbian magazines in the 1960s, and with the emergence of established and commercialized urban communities throughout the 1970s and 80s, the “gay ghetto” type of comic strip ...
Shamsavari, Sina
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Feminist Comics Activism : A Global Phenomenon
Comics can be feminist and activist. Feminist comics artists, such as the Swedish comics artist Liv Strömquist, react to gendered, political, and social issues, and as artists often do, they explore these issues with innovative expressions and ...
Wallin Wictorin, Margareta, +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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The Comics Grid. Journal of Comics Scholarship. Year One [single page PDF version]
, 2012 The Comics Grid. Journal of Comics Scholarship. Year One is a born digital, open access academic book. The book is a compilation of the peer-reviewed articles published on the Comics Grid Wordpress platform between January 2011 and January 2012, now ...
Ernesto Priego
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
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Comic in Swahili or Swahili comic?
, 2012 As a subject of scientific interest `Western` comics (i.e. the European, American, Japanese comics) have after all achieved some recognition. From its beginnings in the 1890s the comic has been an economic success, and gradually gained importance in the contemporary cultural production of `Western´ societies.
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