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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Academic practices"”.
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How international students navigate the social and academic practices of a South African university
… international students navigated the social and academic practices of a South African university. A sample of thirteen students was selected from the Humanities faculty at the University of Cape Town, each of whom was a visiting student for either one semester or a full academic year. …
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What can the literacy narrative accounts of EAL students tell us about their transition from high school to university-based academic practices?
… usefulness of literacy narratives as a tool in academic writing for revealing the perceptions and values EAL students' place on their academic writing identities. The literacy narratives highlight the multiple identities that students bring with them to the act of writing and are shaped by the …
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An examination of two-year and four-year continuing education curriculum in post-secondary hospitality management programs
… management and higher education focuses on how academic programs view continuing education. Four specific areas were focused upon in this study (1) operational issues in continuing education, (2) program design of continuing education, (3) academic practices related to continuing education, and …
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Academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia.
This study explored the academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia. It mainly investigated the nature of student induction programmes offered in colleges of education, barriers affecting the education of blind students in the two colleges of education and …
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Academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia.
This study explored the academic experiences of blind students in two colleges of education in Zambia. It mainly investigated the nature of student induction programmes offered in colleges of education, barriers affecting the education of blind students in the two colleges of education and …
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“Fish in different water, to survive or to thrive?” Understanding Direct-Entry Pre-Sessional Chinese Students’ Learning Experiences during COVID-19 and its Aftermath
… of understanding or alignment with established academic practices.<br/>The findings emphasise the need for greater awareness at both individual and institutional levels about the complexities of cross-field learning. Students could benefit from adjusting their expectations and addressing skill …
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Mapping Critical Connections: Tracing Undergraduates' Literate Lives
… shapes students' participation in the literate practices and discourses of the academy. Drawing on a sociohistoric framework, the study employs Vygotsky's genetic approach to trace the pathways of literate practices as they are employed across multiple contexts. Using data (field notes, …
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Toward a New Reading of Cicero's De Finibus
… itself. This allows Cicero to demonstrate Academic practices while also insisting upon the importance of virtue, which suggests the best ethical view for Cicero is a skeptically grounded eudaimonism. Second, the arrangement of the text in reverse chronological order dramatically enacts …
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Against social death: rhetorical resilience at the intersection of higher education and the prison
… rhetorical resistance and the privileged practices of the university, “Against Social Death” examines how incarcerated college students navigate academic practices to create an identity and social connectedness that is habitable, authentic, and resistant to the social mechanisms and logics …
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Race talk and “structural displacement” of African American students in a small urban school district in the Midwest
… to understand why racialized policies and practices still persist against African American students at Blakesdale School District. The research provides insight into the inner workings of beliefs and values of educational leaders at Blakesdale regarding issues of desegregation, equity, and …
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Narrative privacy : keeping secrets in contemporary Native American, Mexican American, and Asian American metafictions
… to situate the well-meaning desires of academic and popular readers for ethnic literary representation within historical contexts in which increased visibility for ethnic people often compromised rather than improved their status. Using a formal maneuver I term “narrative privacy,” the …
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Fashion in Cinema: Reframing the Field
… that I have created a unique interface between academic fields and non-academic practices, at times collapsing such distinctions altogether. I argue that the particular interdisciplinary junctures I have orchestrated have led me to produce (and stimulate, through collaboration) new theoretical …
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Understanding Multiple Layers of Practice: A Study on Academic Discourse Socialization in Engineering Research Teams
Academic discourse socialization (ADS) is the process during which novices and newcomers learn the academic practices and values involved in their disciplines (Kobayashi, Zappa-Hollman, & Duff, 2017). Scholars have investigated domestic and international students' socialization into academic …
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How do academic staff and managers perceive internal branding in UK business schools? Exploring internal branding understanding, support and leadership in universities
… approach and digging into the perception of academic staff members and managers through the use of semi-structured interviews. The concept of internal branding in the context of United Kingdom’s business schools is explored, with a focus on the meaning of internal branding for managers and …
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Bridging the Divide: Unveiling Global Disparities and Local Challenges in Academic Internationalization for a Holistic Approach to Change
… critiquing both the non-transparent domestic academic assessment practices hindering integration into the international research community and the perpetuating global disparities in knowledge production processes. Despite often appearing contradictory in domestic scholarly discourse, these …
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The impact of using social networking sites on academic relations and student learning in University setting
This study investigates academic relations of educators, tutors, and students in university settings. Academic relations refer to the controlling and productive relations of power that operate at both societal and interpersonal level between academic actors and through them, knowledge is produced …
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Plan de negocio para la creación de un Jardín Infantil ecológico con nuevas prácticas académicas sobre la conciencia ambiental, tecnologías limpias en su infraestructura y ambientes auto sostenibles
El objetivo principal de este proyecto es realizar un plan de negocio para la creación de un Jardín Infantil ecológico con nuevas prácticas académicas sobre la conciencia ambiental, tecnologías limpias en su infraestructura y ambientes auto sostenibles con el ánimo de contribuir con la formación de …
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Brokering practices among international EAL students at a New Zealand university
… instructional contexts that privilege Western academic norms, an environment which constrains students’ agency. In order to make visible the agency of international EAL students, as well as to contribute to the limited research on students’ informal academic learning, this study set out to …