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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Socio-cultural practices"”.
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The socio-cultural practices of the Dorset rock climbing community towards the local environment.
… highlights the value of non- academic niche subcultural media to academic research.
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Corporal punishment: cultural-historical and socio-cultural practices of teachers in a South African primary school
… that teachers, particularly those who have been culturally exposed to corporal punishment and other forms of violence, believe that corporal punishment is still an effective mode of disciplining children. Drawing on Vygotsky's cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), this study seeks to …
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Socio-Cultural Practices That Impact Women Farmers' Land Ownership: A Case of Sukuma Women in Tanzania
… women, farmers are main producers of agricultural food products, yet they don't have legal ownership of land. Customary practices often require women to access land through their husbands, fathers, brothers, or other men who control the land. Men as the heads of household, control …
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Evaluating the impact of child agency and autonomy on parental care and supervision in the context of socio-cultural practices with specific reference to African communitarianism
Since the enactment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), child autonomy and agency has garnered more support and advocacy from the international law community. There has been support in favour of giving children a bigger voice and including them in the …
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Práticas e representações educativas da escola estadual Cônego Monte - Natal/RN
… system, maintaining, however, a number of practices and representations of the Catholic Church, highlighting the presence of religious symbols integrating its architectural structure. In everyday school life, educational and socio-cultural practices show the marks of the religiosity. …
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Beyond the Missions: Ethnogenesis in Colonial Paraguay, 1556-1700
<p>This dissertation argues that Guaraní socio-cultural practices determined what Spaniards could and could not do in colonial Paraguay. Beyond the Missions,' refers to colonial encounters outside the oft-romanticized Jesuit missions, especially within the provincial capital of Asunción. This …
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‘Healthy schools’ and Childhood Obesity: provision and perspectives within an extended services cluster on psychsocial outcomes for children and young people who are overweight or obese
… The findings of the study highlighted dominant socio-cultural practices that reinforce the ‘thin ideal’ and some of the risk potentiation and compensatory factors that could impact on outcomes for children. The dominance of the ‘physical’ themes of the NHSP reflected weakness in the operational …
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Female Muslim-American students' perceptions of socio-cultural accommodation in California public high school
… female Muslim-American students regarding their socio-cultural accommodation in California public high schools. The research provides insight into the daily lives of female Muslim-American high school students to be available to counselors, teachers, and administrators. It also illustrates female …
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Ucwaningo ngesiko lenhlonipho njengensika yesizwe samaZulu
… on the impact of the historical and contemporary socio-cultural practices. Chapter one is the introduction of the research topic where the following sub-topics form part of the research proposal: background to the study, the problem statement, the purpose of the study, delimitation of the study, …
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The Influence of Socio-Cultural Issues in Limiting Girls Primary Education in Makonde Societies-Newala District, Tanzania
The study is about the influence of socio-cultural issues in limiting girls’ primary education in makonde societies. A case of Newala Districts in Tanzania. This study focused on the following objectives; (1) To examine the views of education stakeholders on the influence of rites of passage in …
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Assessment of Contribution of Community Secondary Schools to Girls’ Empowerment and the Change of Society’s Attitude Towards Girls in Education in Biharamulo District
… general feeling that there are still deep rooted cultural practices that hinder the efforts to empowerment of girls in Biharamulo District Council especially in rural settings and still there is very little sensitization for parents to value education for girls.The study recommends on how the …
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Factors Causing Gender Inequality in Education in Tanzania: A Case of Korogwe District Secondary Schools
… by male teachers and community members, bad socio-cultural practices such as early and forced marriage, dowry, polygamy, ushashi and kugeleka practices prevent hundreds of girls in Korogwe district to access education. The study further found that lack of access to education for girls and …
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Sex-Based Differences in Mortality and Metabolic Disease in Subadult Skeletal Assemblages of Tell Hisban
… the biological sex of the infant, which, in this cultural and temporal context, may align with their gender identity. With this information, we have been able to determine that more males than females (2:1) were found to have died overall, regardless of whether they showed signs of active scurvy …
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The integration of indigenous knowledge systems into the main stream senior phase Natural Science Curriculum at Uthungulu district schools
… The third was to examine the contribution of socio-cultural practices towards the preservation of indigenous knowledge. The results of this study reveal that the Department of Basic Education should invest more resources and underscore the importance of extending thinking about IK-science …
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Factors Causing Gender Inequality in Education in Tanzania: A Case of Korogwe District Secondary Schools
… by male teachers and community members, bad socio-cultural practices such as early and forced marriage, dowry, polygamy, ushashi and kugeleka practices prevent hundreds of girls in Korogwe district to access education. The study further found that lack of access to education for girls and …
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The System of Lazzaretti in the Early Modern Mediterranean
… and change are highlighted in the study of socio-cultural practices linked to notions of plague, contagion, disease prevention and the relationship between body, objects, and the environment. Lazzaretti are analysed through the archival collections of health boards which provide detailed …
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Mourning rituals and their psychosocial and rights implications among black middle-aged widows in Collins Chabane Local Municipality
… and rights-associated effects, and determine culturally respectful responses. The study employed a qualitative research approach and an exploratory design. The study used a non-probability purposive sampling method to recruit 15 Tsonga-widows belonging to the VA Tsonga ethnic group aged 40-59 …
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Evaluation of spatial fragmentation of protected areas using the Spatial Assessment for Coastal Protected Areas in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
… empirical evidence points towards anthropogenic practices, coupled with natural processes causing heighten human exposure to hazardous climatic conditions. Caribbean Small Island Developing States (Caribbean SIDS) represent a distinct group of developing countries where populations are regulated …
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Hegemony, marginalisation, and hierarchies: Masculinities in contemporary Pakistani anglophone fiction
… representations are shaped by wider societal, cultural, political, economic, and religious contexts. I draw on theories of performativity, intersectionality, and a range of scholarship about masculinities for my analysis. Examining texts which bear the imprint of socio-cultural practices offers …
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