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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Social Class Differences"”.
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Social-Class Differences in the Performance of Black Preschoolers on Tests of Information Identification
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Social class, pedagogy and the specialization of voice in four South African primary schools
This thesis is concerned with the question of how social class differences are reproduced through pedagogy, and the role of the teacher in this process. The study is located in four primary schools in Cape Town, South Africa, school sites that, in terms of social class composition, were selected to …
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Body-Image Attitudes and Perceptions Among African-Americans and Whites as a Function of Socioeconomic Class
… relatively few studies have examined racial and social class differences in body image. The present paper consists of two studies examining racial and class differences in body image among males and females. Study 1 utilized a national sample of respondents to a 1985 Psychology Today survey to …
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Class, Culture, and Motherhood: Women's Perceptions of Their Children in Sao Paulo, Brazil
… The research model proposed that a woman's social class and cultural affiliation affect her perceptions of her children and her own well-being by regulating the objective conditions of her life and her perceptions of those conditions. The model was estimated using hierarchical multiple …
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Folklorization and Afro-Ecuadorian music in Esmeraldas: discourses of vergüenza and projects of revalorización
… migration from the highlands and a change in the social landscape that exacerbated economic and social class differences. Most pertinent to this thesis, such socio-economic class differences were manifested in performances of Afro-Esmeraldeño music. The marimba and its accompanying instruments …
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Musical Resonance: An Exploration of Class and Urban-Rural Disparities in Music Tastes and Practices in Contemporary China
While extensive research on social stratification in music tastes and practices has largely focused on social class differences within Western contexts, the pronounced urban-rural divide in China is equally significant. The unique social structures and access disparities between urban and rural …
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Keeping All the Balls in the Air: Social Class and Stress, Relationship Commitment, and Marital Expectations among Cohabiting Young Adults
… who have a college degree or higher. Working class cohabitors desire to form romantic unions, but often lack the resources to transition to marriage. While cohabiting, they occupy social roles such as parent, worker, and student, which may produce stress; this may make it difficult for young …
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Psychosocial Work Environment Stressors, Health, and Health Disparities: Findings from the 2002 to 2014 General Social Surveys
… while most other countries focus on social class differences. One of the overarching goals of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Healthy People initiatives has been addressing health disparities; for 2020, it aimed to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, …
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Pedagogic evaluation, computational performance and orientations to mathematics: a study of the constitution of Grade 10 mathematics in two secondary schools
… to the academic success of learners from working-class families and low economic status communities. The research problem stems from a hypothesis, derived from the literature, that social class differences in learner performances in school mathematics suggest differences in the functioning of …
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Intensive parenting – Perspectives on Parental Time and Mediation of Technology Use
… intensification, especially the extension and social inflation of the parental role. This parenting cultural script – namely, intensive parenting – provides the theoretical framework for this research. This study proposes that the patterns of parental time – especially the diverse approaches to …