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Chicano Ethnicity and Aging [PDF]
, 1985 In an insightful article published a decade ago, The Chicano Aged, David Maldonado offers some comments that are germane to this presentation. In summing up the dilemma of the Chicano elderly, he asserts: The aged person in the extended family holds ...
Lewis, Marvin A
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A systematic review of second language (L2) student writers' metacognitive experiences
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This systematic review synthesises empirical evidence on second language (L2) student writers' metacognitive experiences (MEs) across different classroom‐based L2 learning contexts in peer‐reviewed academic journals. A comprehensive search of six databases (Scopus, APA PsycINFO, British Education Index, ERIC subscription, Education Source and ...
Zhe Li +3 more
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UPACARA ADAT RAMBU SOLO’: ANTARA GENGSI DAN URGENSI
Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian BudayaRambu Solo’ is one of the most expensive traditional funerals in the world. This has created a general impression that Rambu Solo’ must always be lavishly performed, although in reality it can be adjusted to the bereaved family’s financial circumstances.
Ghana Aldila Septiani +2 more
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, 2016 This editor’s note has a twofold objective: (1) to present a brief summary of the history of the journal, including the main goals that the journal has achieved during its nine-year history, and (2) to present all the changes that the editors of the ...
Fernández Alarcón, Vicenç
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Rethinking prestige bias [PDF]
Synthese, 2020 AbstractSome cultural evolution researchers have argued for the importance of prestige bias as a systematic and widespread social learning bias, that structures human social learning and cultural transmission patterns. Broadly speaking, prestige bias accounts understand it as a bias towards copying ‘prestigious’ individuals (which are typically ...
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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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The American Nightmare: The Ford Edsel Flop and Sputnik Terror [PDF]
, 2016 During the late 1950s, it seemed everyone was pelting Ford Motor Company’s ill-fated Edsel. What was supposed to be the car of the future and an emblem of American prestige had turned into a symbol of America’s sharp decline.
Moran, Nicholas
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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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A Review of the Status of Spatial Data Infrastructure Implementation in Africa
South African Computer Journal, 2010 Spatial data is a key resource for the development of a nation. There is a lot of economic potential that is locked away in spatial data collections and this potential is realised by making the data widely available.
Prestige Makanga, Julian Smit
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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