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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Sociocultural Theory, Process Drama and Second Language Learning

open access: yes, 2015
While there is substantial work connecting the fields of sociocultural theory and drama, as well as sociocultural theory and second language (L2) learning (Lantolf, 1994; 2000; Lantolf and Thorne, 2006), consideration of how process drama and ...
Dunn, Julie   +2 more
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Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of the Effect of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Collaborative Interaction on the Development of EFL Learners’ Writing Skill [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Linguistics, 2009
This study investigates the effect of homogeneous and heterogeneous peer interaction on the development of Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill. Sixty female students of TEFL participated in the study.
Parviz Maftoon, Nasser Ghafoori
doaj  

Att förstå naturvetenskapliga kunskapsmätningar utifrån en sociokulturell teoriram

open access: yesUtbildning & Demokrati, 2013
This article describes how sociocultural theories can be used to gain knowledge of why, in international knowledge comparisons such as the PISA, it seems so difficult for Swedish students to answer test questions in scientific literacy “correctly ...
Margareta Serder
doaj   +1 more source

Reconceptualising ‘agency in mobility’: Agency for becoming and other forms of agency in study abroad

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Study‐abroad programs are increasingly adopted and supported by institutions and governments as a strategic tool for deepening internationalisation and public diplomacy through people‐to‐people, institution‐to‐institution and country‐to‐country connections.
Ly Thi Tran, Thinh Huynh
wiley   +1 more source

An Explication of Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory as Evidenced by Ethomethodological Findings [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Linguistics, 2012
For centuries the speculations on man's mental functioning posed a great challenge for the scholars in various disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, sociocultural studies, education, ethnolinguistics, discourse analysis, literary criticism ...
Behrooz Azabdaftari
doaj  

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