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Why Hountondji in Europe?: Metaphilosophical Reflections

open access: yesArụmarụka
Taking its cue from Hountondji’s remarks on finding sources of philosophical inspiration in culturally distant contexts, this paper considers the enduring relevance of Hountondji’s project for the European philosopher.
Carmen de SCHRYVER
doaj   +1 more source

THE HISTORY OF EARLY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY AS A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL PROBLEM: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES IN THE WORKS OF HERBERT WALLACE SCHNEIDER

open access: yesBulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Philosophy
B a c k g r o u n d . The history of early American philosophy remains a field of intense contemporary methodological and historiographical debate, related both to problems of periodization and to issues of canon formation and the determination of what constitutes a specifically "American" dimension of philosophical thought. In the absence of a single,
openaire   +2 more sources

Predictors of authorised, unauthorised and persistent absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using linked administrative data, the analysis focuses on secondary school stages S1–S6 in three academic years.
Silvia Behrens   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

Leibniz, Pufendorf, and the possibility of moral self-governance

open access: yes, 2013
In his On the Duties of Man and Citizen, seventeenth century natural law theorist Samuel Pufendorf argues that the source of obligation lies in the command of a superior.
Johns C.
core   +1 more source

Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Racial gaps without racism: How English universities frame inequality in access and participation plans

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
wiley   +1 more source

The concept of enmity in the political philosophy of Hobbes

open access: yes, 2015
To the author’s knowledge, this is the first systematic study of the concept of enmity in the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. Examining this important category does not only elucidate the concept itself, but also provides an opportunity to ...
Jaede, Maximilian
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University strategy in transnational higher education: The strategic approaches of newly established and ‘small’ international branch campuses

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Newly established international branch campuses (IBCs) commence operations without a student body, and even after several years, many institutions fail to grow beyond 500 students. Despite having unique strategic needs, small IBCs are largely overlooked in the higher education literature.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

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