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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy, Gianni De Fraja, Mike Adkins   +2 more
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General, Applied, and Theoretical: On the Margin of the Visible: Sociology, the Esoteric, and the Occult. Edward A. Tiryakian, ed [PDF]

, 1976
Michael Kearney
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Sociología Fenomenológica y Comunicología Histórica. La Sociología Fenomenológica y sus aportaciones al pensamiento en comunicación [PDF]

, 2009
What do Phenomenological Sociology and the Communicology have in common? How does the sociophenomenological thought contribute to the construction of communication science? These and other questions guide the present text.
Rizo García , Marta
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System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
wiley   +1 more source

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

Forum: 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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Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information Quality [PDF]

, 2012
Building upon a process-and context-oriented information quality framework, this paper seeks to map and explore what we know about the ways in which young users of age 18 and under search for information online, how they evaluate information, and how ...
Ashley Lee, Momin Malik, Sandra Cortesi, Urs Gasser   +3 more
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The professionalisation of teachers in France at a time of new reform: A comparative perspective of teacher‐trainers and students in pre‐service training

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The latest reform of initial teacher education (ITE) in France, introduced in 2021, aims to make teacher training less theoretical and therefore more ‘practical’. New elements, such as the replacement of the Écoles Supérieures pour le Professorat et l'Éducation (ÉSPÉs) by the Instituts Nationaux Supérieurs du Professorat et de l'Education ...
Eric Maleyrot, Thérèse Perez‐Roux
wiley   +1 more source

‘Queers, even in netball?’:Interpretations of the lesbian label among sportswomen [PDF]

, 2007
This chapter addresses the positive and negative experiences of being labelled as lesbian among sportswomen in general and female rugby players, cricketers and netballers in particular.
Russell, Kate
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To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
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Economics in Relation to Sociology: Dualisms and Vilfredo Pareto's Pluralistic Methodology [PDF]

Many economists remember the masters of Lausanne for their important contributions to general equilibrium and welfare economics, but Leon Walras and Vilfredo Pareto both pursued much broader social research agendas.
Michael McLure
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