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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
British 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
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Religion and Science: The Embodiment of the Conversation: A Postmodern Sociological Perspective
Zygon, 2001 In this paper I present a model of analysis of religion and science as forms of social construction of knowledge from the perspective of postmodern sociology.
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Enacting Mode 2 Work: Constructing Expert-Lay Collaborations Within Environmental Science [PDF]
, 2011 This dissertation consists of three essays each of which revolves around a group of environmental engineers/scientists who have a different vision of how science should be done and who are seeking to work side-by-side with non-scientific partners to find
Kelly, Benjamin
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2008 This transdisciplinary anthology was published on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Emil WALTER-BUSCH, an organization scientist from St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Jo Reichertz, Sylvia Marlene Wilz
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A Review of the Social Construction of Technology Approach: Do Society Constructs Technology? [PDF]
سیاست نامه علم و فناوری, 2019 However “The Social Construction of Technology (SCOT)” is the title of an approach in the domain of Science and Technology Studies (STS), it has an important effect on the philosophy of technology. This approach that insists on the role of society in the
Mohamad Amin Shafikhani , Mostafa Taqavi
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, 2018 This paper wishes to critically look at the conditions under which European Sociology was born at the end of the 19th century. If ithe latter was crucially innovative in the field of social injustice within capitalist societies ("the social question ...
de Nanteuil, Matthieu +1 more
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Feminist scholarship in sociology: transformation from within? [PDF]
, 1991 journal articleFew revolutions, epistemological or otherwise, begin in academia. And yet, knowledge producers always play some role in revolutions of any kind, including epistemological revolutions.
McDaniel, Susan
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Prophet of a new modernity : Ulrich Beck’s legacy for sociology
, 2015 Ulrich Beck was one of the most influential sociologists of recent decades. Concepts he developed – including risk society, individualization, cosmopolitanization, subpolitics and the democratization of science – are among the most cited, used and ...
Woodman, Dan +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
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