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Sociology\u27s Global Challenge

open access: yes, 2008
Issues related to globalization are central to most contemporary works in sociology, no matter the specialization. During the past two decades, sociologists have investigated the effects of globalization on most aspects of social life and the extent and ...
McLaughlin, Neil, della Faille, Dimitri
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Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Criminology Newsletter October 2016

open access: yes, 2016
Issue of Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Criminology Newsletter, a publication of the University of Scranton's Department of Criminal Justice and ...
University of Scranton. Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology
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Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Criminology Newsletter March 2017

open access: yes, 2017
Issue of Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Criminology Newsletter, a publication of the University of Scranton's Department of Criminal Justice and ...
University of Scranton. Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

Review Essay: Beyond Things: A Cultural Theory of Flexible Practice

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2004
In Experts of Everyday Life [Experten des Alltags], HÖRNING binds together older works of his own in the field of sociology of technology with considerations about a theory of practical knowledge.
Till Westermayer
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No other choice: The fracturing of reflexivity in families' pathways into (non‐)elective home education in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parents’ opinions on learning and using languages in the Republic of Tatarstan in the context of introducing the subject “Native Language”

open access: yesИсторическая этнология
The article focuses on the assessment of changes in teaching of the languages of the national republics in schools by parents as participants in educational relations, using the example of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Liliya R. Nizamova
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Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Criminology Newsletter April 2014

open access: yes, 2014
Issue of Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Criminology Newsletter, a publication of the University of Scranton's Department of Criminal Justice and ...
University of Scranton. Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology
core   +1 more source

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