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Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThis article explores the transformative role of the Ndau Festival of the Arts (NDAFA) in safeguarding the ChiNdau language as Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ndau people in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. As a minority language, ChiNdau is at risk of
Solomon Gwerevende, Phillip Kusasa
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Darnioji daugiakalbystė, 2019 This study focuses on the motivation of adults learning a minority language, based on a tripartite model: integrative and instrumental (Gardner & Lambert, 1959; 1972) and personal (see Benson, 1991) motivation.
Belmar Guillem +2 more
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New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) play a critical role in Indigenous nation‐building and postsecondary access, yet faculty development within these institutions remains chronically under‐resourced and inconsistently supported. This critical literature review examines faculty development across TCUs that function primarily within the ...
Karen Colbert +3 more
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Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática, 2015 Māori mathematical practices were excluded from schooling in Aotearoa/New Zealand for over 150 years as a result of explicit policies precluding the use of the Indigenous language and culture. As a consequence of the range of assimilationist policies, by
Tamsin Meaney, Uenuku Fairhall
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Popoia te reo kia penapena: Nurture the language [PDF]
, 2009 Research to develop a Māori language screening tool (Specialist Education Services, 2001), identified that students entering Māori Medium at five, could be classified into one of four Māori language competency, groups. Concurrently, teachers raised their
Berryman, Mere +3 more
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Optimal dividends for a NatCat insurer in the presence of a climate tipping point
Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.Abstract We study optimal dividend strategies for an insurance company facing natural catastrophe claims, anticipating the arrival of a climate tipping point after which the claim intensity and/or the claim size distribution of the underlying risks deteriorates irreversibly.
Hansjörg Albrecher +2 more
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On the Applicability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework for Analyzing EU Policy Processes
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Initially developed for the US context, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is increasingly used to analyze policy processes in the EU. But policymaking in EU differs from the US context, why the applicability of ACF in the EU context should be scrutinized.
Fredrik von Malmborg
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Higher Education Governance as a Mediator of Movements Toward Justice
New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This chapter explores the intersection of higher education governance and social movements, focusing on how governance actors respond to equity‐focused demands. Integrating scholarship from governance and social movement theory, we develop a framework to analyze the conditions under which actors can adopt or resist social change initiatives ...
Crystal L. Couch +2 more
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EAI Endorsed Transactions on Context-aware Systems and Applications, 2017 The languages are disappearing at an alarming rate; half of 7105 plus languages spoken today may disappear by end of this century. When a language becomes extinct, communities lose their cultural identity, practices tied to a language and intellectual ...
Asfahaan Mirza, David Sundaram
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