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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Cultural and Social Capital"”.
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The Impact of cultural and social capital on FTIC student persistence
Both cultural and social capital have been used in the existing literature to understand the differences in student persistence. Bourdieu's theories (1986, 1993, 1973), through their various applications, have provided evidence that the influence of social and cultural capital on student …
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Cultural and social capital in university choice : intra-class differences amongst working-class students in a sixth form college
… on the way that sixth-form students utilise cultural and social capital when applying to university has suggested that students make differential choices on the basis of social class. Research has also highlighted the significance of intra-class differences amongst middle-class students. It …
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The Effects of Cultural and Social Capital on College Choice: An Examination of the Differences Between Latino Students and Their Racial/Ethnic Peers
… with respect to their college going behaviors and ultimately baccalaureate degree attainment. They enroll at two year institutions at higher rates and they also have lower rates of baccalaureate degree attainment as compared to their Asians, African American and White counterparts. In order to …
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An Examination of Black Male Success in High School Mathematics
… impact of instructional technology on 10th and 12th grade math scores? This dissertation employs two waves of the Education Longitudinal Study (2002 & 2004) and multivariate statistical techniques to explore the relative importance of instructional technology (implementation by teachers and …
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Revisiting Babel : sport and poetry
… (Book of Genesis: 11,1-9). It is an extended and multi-pieced argument exploring an analogy between the truly strong sport performer and the strong poet. It pays attention to the strong sport performer, like the strong poet, as a maker of novel meaning. The mode of approach is a semiotic one: …
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Conscious of Her Own Power: Hester Piozzi's Character Creation in Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LL.D., During the Last Twenty Years of His Life
… Life in order to analyze her use of accumulated cultural and social capital. I highlight similarities between Anecdotes and Samuel Johnson’s model for biography given in Rambler #60 and show how Piozzi adheres to his advice as she characterizes Johnson as a pious genius, intolerantly opinionated, …
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Why Did They Stay? A Mixed Methods Approach to Understand Student Persistence
… study utilizes Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural and social capital as a theoretical framework to understand student persistence. The research design is a mixed-methods approach, using data collected through the Social and Cultural Capital Questionnaire and interviews with select survey …
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Spheres of Influence: Understanding International School Choice in Malaysia
… at one international school in Kuala Lumpur, and consisted of both a survey and interviews. The study focused on parents’ own educational background and experiences, their expectations and motivations for selecting an international school, factors affecting school choice, and attitudes to …
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Does Money Indeed Buy Happiness? “The Forms of Capital” in Fitzgerald’s Gatsby and Watts’ No One is Coming to Save Us
… Scott Fitzgerald’s <em>The Great Gatsby</em> and Stephanie Powell Watts’ <em>No One is Coming to Save Us</em>—I analyze the claims made about citizenship identities, rights, and consequential access to said rights. I ask, how do these narratives about citizenship sustain, create, or …
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Sustaining Tourism in Cuba : A Qualitative Examination of Perceived Entrepreneurial Climate Elements among Tourism Industry Professionals
… seeks to develop a strong private sector and alleviate stress to provide employment for its citizens, creating a climate conducive to private enterprise formation warrants immediate attention. Because tourism is Cuba's biggest industry, many residents may seek to create businesses within …
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Mobilizing Assets for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in UNESCO’s Frontenac Arch Biosphere
… more sustainable ways of living, travelling, and appreciating culture, heritage, and the environment, particularly in a post-pandemic context. The aim of this research was broadly to identify and, where relevant, map the tangible and intangible assets that may support sustainable tourism …
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'I can't wait til I'm an actual journalist' : how students begin to become journalists
… journalism program acquire the traits and dispositions of journalists. It draws on the framework of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, including his concepts of field, habitus and capital. It applies a thematic analysis to student blogs, developed out of the pedagogical tools of reflective …
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Modeling Whole Farm Systems to Enhance Beginning Small Farmer Success in Southwest Virginia
… of very small farms (<10 acres) is increasing and beginning farmers (in practice for <10 years) are more likely to run them. Very small farms are typically complex systems in which the farmer manages both production of a diverse array of crops and marketing of crops directly to consumers and …
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Parental Influence on Graduate School Aspirations among First Generation and Non-First Generation College Students Attending Highly Selective Institutions
… with respect to college enrollment (Choy, 2001) and remain disproportionately underrepresented in certain segments of American higher education particularly in graduate education (Callan, 2001). Among those individuals who shape the educational plans of first-generation students are their parents …
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College Knowledge: The Educational Views and Experiences of Mexican Immigrant Mothers in the Midwest
… Knowledge: The Experiences of Mexican Mothers and Educational Success in the Midwest"", is grounded in the idea that Mexican parents (regardless of citizenship status) take part in a critical role in U.S. schooling today. While Mexican parents hold high aspirations for their children to attend …
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Black student access to Advanced Placement coursework in a suburban high school
… Black students. Using Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Cultural and Social Capital Frameworks, I examined the schooling environment that Black students encountered. Secondly, it was important to scrutinize the factors within the school community that supported or inhibited Black student access to AP …
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Digital Technology and Education in India: Unequal Access and Outcomes
… education in India, especially in light of the pandemic, through three interrelated studies. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative insights from the experiences of teachers, students, EdTech professionals, and government officials, the dissertation identifies issues of equity, access, and …
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Understanding the College Choice Process of Catholic Homeschooled Students
… purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how Catholic homeschooled students navigate the college choice process. With the growth of homeschooling in the United States nearly doubling in the past eight years (Cogan, 2010), this study explored a segment of this growing population to give …
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Race, Gender, and Beauty in Late Colonial India c.1900-1950.
… argues that skin-lightening defined femininity and modernity for emerging middle-class women in colonial India during a time of global transformation. Most contemporary scholarship to date focuses on the impacts of twenty-first-century skin-lightening markets and advertising without adequately …
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Mature Women and Higher Education: Reconstructing Identity and Family Relationships
… mature women students experience identity change and transformation which could lead to conflict and strain on marital relationships. The aims of this thesis are to explore the effects of identity transformation on mature women and the family unit as a whole, through a consideration of the impact …
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