Results 81 to 90 of about 220,895 (338)

War and Homelessness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The war in Afghanistan, and the resulting increase in the number of refugees and internally displaced persons, focuses our attention on homelessness at an international level.
Bob Palmer, Les Brown, Samir Goswami
core  

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

open access: yesBritish 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reclaimed Voices: The Silent Impact of Women’s Experiences of Homelessness

open access: yesInternational Journal on Homelessness
Background: Homelessness is a rising crisis that affects hundreds of thousands of individuals in America; but affects women differently than men. The experiences women face while homeless can translate into traumatic experiences and profoundly shape an ...
Heather Toki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Authentic Youth and Young Adult Partnerships: Broadening the Narrative of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Lived experience generates knowledge not available through formal education and training. If lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and young adults (YYA) experiencing homelessness are to be effectively engaged, their needs ...
Price, Christa   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
wiley   +1 more source

Youth Homelessness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
CCH estimates that, over the course of a year, more than 25,000 youth in Illinois experience homelessness. Homeless youth are between the ages of 14 and 21 who have left home because of serious family problems, are not in a safe and stable living ...
Bob Palmer
core  

Pathways into multiple exclusion homelessness in seven UK cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper interrogates pathways into multiple exclusion homelessness (MEH) in the UK and, informed by a critical realist theoretical framework, explores the potential causal processes underlying these pathways.
Bramley, Glen   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Think Global, Act Local? Fortune 500 Business Strategies for Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
wiley   +1 more source

A Philanthropic Approach to Combating Homelessness: The Role of the Mosques in İstanbul

open access: yesİstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi
This study explores how mosques, as pillars of the philanthropic tradition, can address homelessness. It initially outlines homelessness and the deeply rooted philanthropic tradition in Turkish-Islamic culture.
Mustafa Fazıl Karaman
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy