From Perceived Economic Inequality to Support for Redistribution: The Role of Meritocracy Perception. [PDF]
Tejero-Peregrina L +3 more
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ABSTRACT Focusing on the narratives of two Japanese undergraduate students, this article examines their everyday experiences of using and learning English, situated within entangled relations of power. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of discourse, the study reveals how multiple power/knowledge systems—such as native speakerism, prescriptivism ...
Aina Tanaka, Daisuke Kimura
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Mapping the path to reform: a qualitative study of stakeholder expectations for managerial assessment centers in Iran's health system. [PDF]
Naghshi M, Janati A, Khodayari-Zarnaq R.
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Dreaming and Living the Globalized World Through IELTS: A Case Study of Bangladeshi Test‐Takers
ABSTRACT This case study investigated the lived experiences of 10 IELTS test‐takers from Bangladesh. It explored their motivations for taking the test as well as their test experiences during and after the test. It demonstrates how the participants sought to position themselves in the imagined community through renegotiating their identities to climb ...
Tazin Ahmed +2 more
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A qualitative study of Chinese teacher's perceptions and practices of meritocracy. [PDF]
Sun X, Shi L.
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Abstract Although sustainability has been championed in management education for over 25 years, its integration remains uneven, fragile and contested. Existing literature mirrors this fragmentation—often descriptive, celebratory or narrowly focused, offering limited insight into the organisational processes that shape integration.
Simona Grande +3 more
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Believing that social change is possible: Collective efficacy to promote engagement and mobilization of non-Roma as allies. [PDF]
Urbiola A +7 more
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ABSTRACT Conventional wisdom suggests that higher education (HE) and national prosperity (or wealth) contribute to improved life satisfaction. Is this also true for first‐generation immigrants? Using multilevel models on 16,368 individuals across 35 European countries from the European Social Survey, the results demonstrate that, although immigrants ...
Samitha Udayanga
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A new education agenda based on The International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment. [PDF]
Singh NC +10 more
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Unseen Voices: Exam‐Oriented Art Education in China and Its Impact on Artistic Subjectivity
Abstract This study examines an exam‐oriented art education in China, highlighting how art‐training centres enforce standardised evaluation criteria and prioritise technical mastery over creative freedom. I draw from personal experience to analyse how such systems shape art examinees' artistic development and marginalise their voices, providing a ...
Jiayi Guo
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