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Social Media + Society, 2020 The marginalization of African Americans is a pervasive issue in American society. As African Americans are left on the fringes of economic, social, and political resources, social media news offers the potential for motivating action that combats the ...
Marisa A. Smith +2 more
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Struggling readers? Using theory to complicate understandings of what it means to be literate in school [PDF]
, 2015 Theories guide many aspects of literacy research. In this article we describe four theoretical approaches that we have used in qualitative research with students who are perceived to struggle with reading in school, including: New Literacy Studies ...
Brooks, Maneka Deanna +3 more
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It’s in Our DNA: Leadership Perspectives on Institutionalizing STEM Success in an Alliance
Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2023 This study investigated how institutional leaders within an alliance navigate and use their agency to cultivate organizational change to support the success of underrepresented racial minority (URM) science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM ...
Jonathan Okstad +5 more
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Satisfiers and dissatisfiers for international vocational education students: A case study using narrative frames [PDF]
, 2019 While the satisfaction of international students is frequently surveyed, much of this research is based on a very limited range of closed-item data collection methods, producing findings that partially reflect the researchers’ assumptions in designing ...
Field, Jenny +3 more
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Information literacy education in the UK: reflections on perspectives and practical approaches of curricular integration [PDF]
, 2008 This paper has two main aims, to present the current position of information literacy education in UK-based academic institutions and to propose a strategy that ensures the integration of this phenomenon in learning and teaching institutional practices ...
Andretta, Susie +2 more
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The volitional nature of motivation and cultural creativity: an anthropological investigation
Cadernos EBAPE.BR: We examine the volitional, non-rational nature of motivation and its impact on symbolic production at work. Based on a ethnographic study on a Brazilian special police force we argue that institutional stability and stable symbolic frames of references
Carmen Pires Migueles +1 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 In 2012, the new, revised Forest Code was established as the legal and regulatory framework for Brazilian forests. Though illegal logging has continued, frames about Brazil's forest policy and management have changed since that time. While until 2010 the
Daniela Kleinschmit +2 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthChina’s Rural Toilet Revolution, despite strong central support, reveals persistent challenges in sustaining policy integration within a complex, multi-level governance system.
Minghua Jiang
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Promoting Journalism as Method [PDF]
, 2020 The marketplace of ideas has been a centerpiece of free speech jurisprudence for a century. According to the marketplace theory, the vigorous competition of ideas, free from government interference, is the surest path to truth.
Carroll, Erin C.
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Sustainable Change: Education for Sustainable Development in the Business School [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines the implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD) within a business school. ESD is of growing importance for business schools, yet its implementation remains a challenge.
Burrows, Sally Ann +3 more
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