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Abstract This article examines how national education in Hong Kong functions as a contested arena in which state and non‐state actors struggle over the meaning of citizenship, identity and schooling. Using inductive frame analysis of 319 news articles (2020–2025) from five Chinese‐ and English‐language outlets, it identifies diagnostic, prognostic and ...
Jason Cong Lin
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An analysis of the English needs of Omani students on vocational and technical courses with implications for the design of foundation year English language programmes [PDF]
The study provides a methodological framework to inform the design of Foundation Language Programmes (FYP) for students at Colleges of Technology in the Sultanate of Oman.
Al-Husseini, Suleiman Salem Nasser
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Defining security or rejecting security? A critical analysis of the relationship between rights and security [PDF]
Security is a term that fits easily in any context. It has become common to talk about security regarding terrorism, migration and, more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic.
Preziosi, Andrea Maria
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Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya +2 more
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Enregisterment in Historical Contexts: A Framework [PDF]
In this thesis I discuss how the phenomena of indexicality and enregisterment (Silverstein 2003; Agha 2003) can be observed and studied in historical contexts via the use of historical textual data.
Cooper, Paul
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Abstract Education has been an enduring feature of international human rights law since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and is the only human right that is compulsory for children. Appearing in all major human rights treaties, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, education is multidimensional and a multiplier of ...
Amy Hanna
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Law Retrieval with Supervised Contrastive Learning Using the Hierarchical Structure of Law
We study the information retrieval task to identify the relevant law articles for a query on a legal issue in when the legal system in question is statute law.
Honda, Ukyo +8 more
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
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
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El discurso jurídico: aportes metodológicos para un análisis semiótico del derecho [PDF]
El impacto de la lingüística y los estudios de semiótica que conmovieron los paradigmas de las ciencias sociales a partir de los años 60'-giro lingüítico-, repercuten de manera directa en los estudios sobre la problemática del derecho como sistema ...
Elías Casagrande, Agustín +1 more
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Language education policy in multilingual Scotland:opportunities, imbalances and debates [PDF]
Scotland is a small country yet it has a rich and complex linguistic makeup. The aim of this article is to analyse the current picture of the role of language education policy (LEP) in supporting and developing Scotland’s diverse languages drawing on ...
Hancock, Andrew, Andy Hancock
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