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Is there a place for work in child development? Implications of child development theory and research for interpretation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, with particular reference to Article 32, on children, work and exploitation [PDF]

, 1999
This paper is about the role of child-development knowledge and research in international efforts to improve the lives and prospects for millions of working children.
Woodhead, Martin
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Measures Matter: Scales for Adaptation, Cultural Distance, and Acculturation Orientation Revisited [PDF]

, 2014
Building upon existing measures, four new brief acculturation scales are presented, measuring sociocultural adaptation, psychological adaptation, perceived cultural distance, and acculturation orientation.
Ajzen I., Benet-Martinez V., Berry J. W., Boski P., Bourhis R. Y., Brislin R. W., Fischer R., Geeraert N., Hofstede G., House R. J., Klineberg O., McNair D., Mumford D. B., Playford K., Thomas W. I., Van de Vliert E., Ward C., Ward C., World Health Organization   +18 more
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Tick‐Tock, the Time Has Come: Leveraging TikTok to Understand, Prevent, and Treat Eating Disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective TikTok—a highly engaging social media platform with a powerful algorithm that displays short videos—has become massively popular in recent years. As research highlights the concerning relationship between image‐based content on social media and disordered eating symptoms, TikTok may serve as an optimal platform to understand eating ...
Macarena Kruger, Isabella Pruscino, Caroline G. Martin, Elizabeth A. Velkoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sinking or swimming in the New Zealand mainstream: Four young Asian learners in a new languaculture [PDF]

, 2009
New Zealand schools are increasingly diverse in terms of language and culture, and many immigrant school children are faced with the ‘languacultural’ (Agar, 1994) challenge of learning not only a new language but a new culture of learning – to learn new ...
Barnard, Roger
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Private Speech as Social Action [PDF]

, 2015
An important theoretical construct within the Vygotskian sociocultural approach to second language learning is private speech. Within a conversation-analytic framework, an agnostic stance is taken in this paper toward the possible intrapsychological ...
Eric Hauser
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Full Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Ahead: Leveraging Immersive Virtual Reality to Create Equitable and Transformative Learning Experiences

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is widely promoted as a means of enriching learning in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), yet evidence of its capacity to foster equitable classroom experiences for marginalised groups remains limited, particularly outside traditional STEM domains.
Carly Waterhouse‐Boot, Fiona Steel‐Hughes   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Students’ Sociocultural Background on the IELTS Speaking Test Preparation Process

Journal of Language and Education, 2018
The article is aimed at highlighting the sociocultural factors a teacher/IELTS instructor should consider preparing Russian students for the IELTS exam.
Galina Pavlovskaya, Anastasia Lord
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Formation of sociocultural and sociolinguistic competence of future teachers of foreign languages ​​means lingvocountry material [PDF]

, 2009
Розглянуто питання формування соціокультурної та соціолінгвістичної компетенцій майбутніх учителів іноземних мов засобами лінгвокраїнознавчого матеріалуРассмотрены вопросы формирования социокультурной и социолингвистической компетенций будущих учителей ...
Павлюк, Роман Олександрович
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Sociocultural Competence Training in Higher Engineering Education: The Role of Gaming Simulation

, 2015
The present study focuses on competency-based approach in higher engineering education. Today engineers are required to be socially, culturally and communicatively skilled and able to act in constantly changing sociocultural environment.
Galanina Ekaterina, Bikineeva Anastasya, Gulyaeva Ksenya   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Talent Management in SMEs: Unraveling the Role of Contextual Factors

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employing a multiple case study analysis, this paper explores the contextual factors—internal, external, and relational—that affect small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in designing their approaches to talent management (TM). Results underscore the significance of two prominent internal variables—namely, organizational size and ownership ...
Franca Cantoni, Caterina Muzzi, Martina Gianecchini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source