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Cultural syndromes: Socially learned but real

Filosofia Unisinos, 2016
While some of mental disorders due to emotional distress occur cross-culturally, others seem to be much more bound to particular cultures. In this paper, I propose that many of these “cultural syndromes” are culturally sanctioned responses to ...
Marion Godman
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English teachers' journeys since the 2020 Iteration of Black Lives Matter

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2020 resurgence of Black Lives Matter (BLM) mobilised students in England to demand greater representation of racially minoritised voices in English curriculums—a call highlighted by stark inequity: just 1.5% of GCSE texts studied are by racially minoritised authors, despite racially minoritised students comprising 38.0% of the student ...
Adrian Fernandes
wiley   +1 more source

Normativity and Constructivism in Social Theory

RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2010
The article focuses on various aspects of the «normativity problem» in social theory in the context of modern philosophical conceptions of justice. It offers an analysis of the constitutive features of the normative and constructivist approaches, as well
A A Shevchenko
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Powerful transformations: The experiences of higher education teaching staff who were first‐generation university students

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, a university education has been seen primarily as a route for the middle classes to achieve professional qualifications while structural barriers have served to restrict entry to individuals from particular demographics. First‐generation students (FGS), often with low socio‐economic backgrounds, face multiple barriers to Higher ...
Helen Williams, Ellen‐Alyssa Gambles
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‘I was treated as a deficit’: Immigrant teachers' career progression in Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrant teachers have long been recruited through skilled and employer‐sponsored migration schemes to address teacher shortages in Australia, yet their career trajectories remain constrained by systemic inequities that limit their integration and professional development opportunities.
Ching Ting Tany Kwee, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Tony Loughland   +2 more
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Metaphysical Social Constructivism 101 [PDF]

What exactly is it to be a social constructivist in Metaphysics? In this brief note I try to introduce a few acclamatory distinctions that I have identified as having generated a lot of confusion in recent literature as well as serving to better frame ...
Barceló Aspeitia, Axel
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Na obrzeżach konstruktywizmu - na obrzeżach myślenia

Er(r)go, 2001
On the Fringes of Constructivism - on the Fringes of Thinking Abstract in English Ewa Bińczyk's essay is concerned with constructivism which, by analogy to Michel Foucault's genealogy. questions all those certititudes that we live by.
Ewa Bińczyk
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Organizational Sensemaking Theory Perspective of Developing AI‐Driven Strategies for Sustainability Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being touted to assist organizations, AI integration for sustainability efforts has been limited AND sporadic and tends to follow an ad hoc strategy. The existing literature therein focuses on the technological capabilities of AI, overlooking how organizations make sense of and ...
Amanda Balasooriya, Darshana Sedera
wiley   +1 more source

Constructivism [PDF]

, 2017
Constructivism in the social sciences has known several ups and downs over the last decades. It was successful rather early in sociology but hotly contested in International Politics/Relations (IR).
Hannes Peltonen, Friedrich Kratochwil
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Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms struggle to transition to circular economy (CE) models, often citing external barriers. Yet some firms succeed, whereas others fail: Why? We argue that success depends on a specific governance capability—a meta‐capability that allows firms to (1) sense and strategically reframe CE imperatives, (2) seize opportunities by aligning diverse ...
Felix Carl Schultz, Vladislav Valentinov   +1 more
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