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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy, Gianni De Fraja, Mike Adkins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-control of states: bridging social psychology to international relations discourses

Frontiers in Sociology
Why do states respond non-coercively in the face of crisis? Existing scholarship within international relations has stagnated in its conclusions regarding understanding this occurrence.
Bama Andika Putra, Bama Andika Putra
doaj   +1 more source

Latino Destinations and Environmental Inequality: Estimated Cancer Risk from Air Toxics in Latino Traditional and New Destinations [PDF]

, 2018
Since the 1990s, Latino migration patterns have shifted from traditional destinations to new destinations away from the Mexico border. Scholars note disparities between destinations in housing, crime, and health care, yet no study has examined ...
Alvarez, Camila H, Norton-Smith, Kathryn G   +1 more
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System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
wiley   +1 more source

Costurile tranzacționale: incidențe în economie, sociologie și științele politice

Sociologie Românească, 2002
The article is meant to reveal the distinctive features of transaction costs theory and some of its applications, particularly in sociology and political science. As known, the theory has been developed in organisational economics by R.H.
Mihai Păunescu
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MANAGEMENT AS PROCESSES AND PERSONAL FACTORS [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2019
Personality is at the center of sociology, psychology, pedagogy and modern ethics. The interest in personality is caused by several objectives, the main one being production.
CORNELIA TOMESCU-DUMITRESCU
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Cultural symbols and landowners’ power:the practice of managing Scotland’s natural resource [PDF]

, 2000
This article deals with the claim that Scottish landowners' power is directly related to their status in law, by arguing that it is, in fact, much more to do with their (inter)relationship with particular cultural symbols that can be associated with the ...
Samuel, Andy M. M.
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The professionalisation of teachers in France at a time of new reform: A comparative perspective of teacher‐trainers and students in pre‐service training

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The latest reform of initial teacher education (ITE) in France, introduced in 2021, aims to make teacher training less theoretical and therefore more ‘practical’. New elements, such as the replacement of the Écoles Supérieures pour le Professorat et l'Éducation (ÉSPÉs) by the Instituts Nationaux Supérieurs du Professorat et de l'Education ...
Eric Maleyrot, Thérèse Perez‐Roux
wiley   +1 more source

ERICH FROMM AND THE CRITIQUE OF PUNISHMENT: INTERTWINING BETWEEN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CRIMINOLOGY FROM THE SOCIETY CRITICAL THEORY

Revista Eletrônica do Curso de Direito da UFSM, 2019
The essay aims to explore the criminological work of Erich Fromm, in particular to establish conceptual parameters for the analysis and critique of the traditional theories of the legitimation of the punishment, adopting a dialectical and ...
Salo de Carvalho
doaj   +1 more source

Unmet goals of tracking: within-track heterogeneity of students' expectations for [PDF]

, 2015
Educational systems are often characterized by some form(s) of ability grouping, like tracking. Although substantial variation in the implementation of these practices exists, it is always the aim to improve teaching efficiency by creating homogeneous ...
Demanet, Jannick, Van den Broeck, Laura, Van Houtte, Mieke   +2 more
core   +1 more source