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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract With growing attention to student agency in academic and policy discourse, international education has become a prominent context for examining how students navigate new cultural, academic, linguistic and social environments. However, much of this discussion attributes student agency to the ‘international’ aspect, while overlooking the ...
Soyoung Lee
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The Benefits of Economic Freedom: A Survey [PDF]
A new empirical field of research in economics shows that policies characterized by economic freedom produce economic growth. “Economic freedom” means such things as a small government, protection of private property, a well-functioning legal system ...
Berggren, Niclas
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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick +3 more
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Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis +2 more
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International Journal of CommunicationMuch empirical research has examined the nexus between trust in public institutions and media use, but most of which is Western-centric. We steer off this lane using Afrobarometer survey data (N = 2,400) to examine this phenomenon in Kenya. Hierarchical
Bingbing Zhang +3 more
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Education for Citizenship. IHS Political Science Series No. 40, February 1997 [PDF]
, 1997 Although it is widely accepted that a basic task of schooling is to prepare each new generation for their responsibilities as citizens, the appropriate form and content of citizenship education is often controversial.
Kymlicka, Will
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Freedom in the World 2021: Democracy under Siege [PDF]
, 2021 Freedom in the World 2021 evaluates the state of freedom in 195 countries and 15 territories during calendar year 2020. Each country and territory is assigned between and 4 points on a series of 25 indicators, for an aggregate score of up to 100.
Amy Slipowitz, Sarah Repucci
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper highlights the inclusive potential of relational and feminist pedagogic strategies in education, focusing on girls at risk of exclusion. Girls in England are less likely than boys to be suspended or permanently excluded from school, but numbers are increasing.
Juliette Wilson‐Thomas +3 more
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Economic Freedom: Theory First, Empiricism After [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to argue in favor of theoretically well-founded empirical examinations on how economic freedom affects economic performance, which is not the case, as we argue, in most of the huge empirical literature developed after the ...
Pál Czeglédi, Judit Kapás
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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