Results 91 to 100 of about 46,902 (294)

Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

[Review of] Werner Sollors, cd. The Invention of Ethnicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
The Invention of Ethnicity is obviously and admittedly shaped after Hobsbawm\u27s and Ranger\u27s Invention of Tradition, published in 1986, when the essays in this volume were finished. In the meantime, much of what Sollors argues for in his editor\u27s
Isernhagen, Hartwig
core   +1 more source

Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

IN WHAT SENSE EXACTLY DID CHRISTIANITY GIVE US RACIAL SCIENCE?

open access: yesZygon, 2019
In my contribution to the interdisciplinary discussion of Terence Keel's study on the Christian roots of modern racial science, I focus on its philosophical assumptions and implications.
doaj   +2 more sources

LEO STRAUSSAS: ISTORIZMAS, POLITINĖ FILOSOFIJA IR POLITIKOS MOKSLAS

open access: yesProblemos, 2013
Straipsnyje analizuojamas Leo Strausso iškeltas istorizmo poveikis politinei filosofijai. Aptariamos istorizmo sąsajos su pozityvizmu, moderniąja politine filosofija.
Mindaugas Stoškus
doaj   +1 more source

Foreword [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Little information exists about the loss of all one’s teeth (edentulism) among older adults in low- and middle-income countries. This study examines the prevalence of edentulism and associated factors among older adults in a cross-sectional study across ...
Alfred E. Yawson   +11 more
core   +3 more sources

Placental crises: disruptive selection and maternal under‐investment as the foundations of mammalian placental evolution and dysfunction

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Among the vertebrates, mammals are notable for the dominance of live birth and placental nutrition. The structural diversity of the mammalian placenta is remarkable, despite sharing a single common ancestor and conserved physiological functions.
Davis Laundon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE LEGACY OF GORDON KAUFMAN: THEOLOGICAL METHOD AND ITS PRAGMATIC NORMS

open access: yesZygon, 2013
I argue that the most significant contribution and legacy of Gordon Kaufman's work rests in his theological method. I limit my discussion to his methodological starting point, his concept of human nature, as he develops it in his book, In Face of ...
doaj   +2 more sources

The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy