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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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Main features of narrow sociological theories explaining mental disorders [PDF]
, 2006 In the introduction, the author states that sociological theories explaining mental disorders in the narrow sense have originated as an opposition to medical, i.e. biological model of interpreting mental disorders.
Petar Opalic, Opalić Petar
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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The impact of social activities on mental health among older adults in China
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundUnderstand the current situation of social activities among older adults and its impact on mental health, providing policy basis and intervention measures to improve the mental health of the older adult.MethodCollect relevant data from 8,181 ...
Duanyang Gao +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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Recent Developments in Sociological Risk Theory
Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2006 This article gives a brief overview of the main streams and recent developments of sociological research and theorising on risk. It outlines shifts in cultural theory on risk, from risk society to reflexive modernisation, from governmentality on risk to ...
Jens O. Zinn
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Intergenerational relations in the sociological theory perspective [PDF]
Sociální Pedagogika, 2013 The issue of relations between the generations is one of the important factors of the dynamics of social development. Intergenerational relationships are affected by the characteristics of youth, the process of individualization, the loss of traditional ...
Peter Ondrejkovič
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Investigating the classical and contemporary divide of sociological theory
Using theory syllabi and departmental data collected for 3 academic years, this paper investigates the institutional practice of theory in sociology departments across Canada.
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Quality of Working Life In Sociological Perspective, [PDF]
, 1988 Although the economic and political climate has changed dramatically since the early 1970s, when the 'Quality of Working Life' (QWL) movement was officially 'born', such that QWL has now been effectively marginalised as an issue of public concern, the ...
Du Gay, Paul Laurence John
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