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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Socio-cultural values"”.
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Text messaging: a catalyst for change in socio-cultural values
… of all reality, especially the representation of cultural values. The research findings move the text messaging discussion away from its impact in education and toward a solution to the problem of isolated socializing (networked individualism). This study is important for a number of reasons: a) …
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Influence of Socio-Cultural Values on the Provision of Quality Secondary School Education to Girls in Masasi District, Tanzania
… purpose of the study was to investigate the way socio-cultural values affected the provision of quality Secondary Education to Girls, in Masasi district. The study rests on the following objectives: To examine the community perception on provision of quality secondary education to Girl students, …
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Comparative study of the productive and unproductive allocation of entrepreneurial efforts
… of this dissertation is that a country’s socio-cultural values and norms determine the likelihood of an individual undertaking entrepreneurial activity of any type while rules and regulations shift entrepreneurial activity toward productive or unproductive behavior. This dissertation …
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Ser professor universitário: profissão e espaço doméstico
… one of specifics domains that constitute the socio-cultural world which live together in metropolis’ social heterogeneous. The material culture can reflect and represent it’s worlds socio cultural values. This research tryes to show the relations between profession and domestic space, talking …
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Forms for change : an architecture of meaning
… consciously responds to a particular set of socio-cultural values. These values, regardless of interpretation, are in a state of constant change. In the modern context, various forces have accelerated this change. Therefore an architecture which either reflects or responds to change creates …
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The Certificate of Virginity: Honor, Marriage and Moroccan Female Immigration
… however, have bypassed the subtle impact of the socio-cultural junction between Islamic ideals and Western values. The interchange of the socio-cultural values resulting from Moroccan female immigration to Spain have complicated the Moroccan system of honor and marriage, which has played a …
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The development of contemporary housing in Saudi Arabia (1950-1983) : a study in cross-cultural influence under conditions of rapid change
… The analysis and discussion of the relevant cultural influences offers a theoretical framework--historically grounded and critically positioned--for explicating the implications for national development of the country's contemporary housing situation and programs. That Saudi Arabia is one of …
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CHALLENGES IN PROVIDING EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN ZIMBABWE: TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES.
… from adequate classroom support due to systemic, cultural, and resource limitations. Learning disabilities are often under-recognized as compared to other disabilities because they are invisible. Raising awareness and empowering educators are crucial steps toward addressing these hidden needs and …
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A discourse approach to Korean politeness:towards a culture-specific Confucian framework
… inter-relationship between face, face work, and cultural values, as they apply to strategic politeness in Korean institutional settings, specifically university contexts. This study also seeks to explore issues of methodology for culture-specific politeness research, given that previous …
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The Impact of Female Circumcision on primary school pupils: The Case of Moshi Rural District
… of this study was to explore the social cultural factors that propel female circumcision practice among the Chagga communities in Moshi rural district. The study attempted to answer various questions in order to meet its specific objectives, which were to identify the form and essence of …
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A Major Wind Farm Development in a Valued Natural Environment: A Thematic Discourse Analysis of public responses to a proposed wind farm on the Island Of Lewis, Scotland
… was devised to analyse the intrinsic and utility values of the natural environment contained within stakeholders’ planning submissions. Although relatively underutilised planning submissions proved to be a rich source of research data. The principal findings revealed the extent to which …
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The Music Classroom as Epistemological Amphitheatre ? Assemblages of Adolescent Perceptions and Practices of Composing Creativities.
… considers how these aspects are entangled with socio-cultural values and the possible reproduction of social stratification within the classroom. It makes visible the ways in which teachers’ practices adapt and negotiate different musical knowledges whilst supporting adolescent development and …
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Genesis and legacy : a study of traditional, contemporary and proposed systems of control over residential developments in Cairo, Egypt
… to local physical conditions, as well as to the socio-cultural values of the communities, and that the proposals therein may contribute to the development of a built environment that is physically and spiritually more fulfilling.
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The Experiences of Panamanian Afro-Caribbean Women in STEM: Voices to Inform Work with Black Females in STEM Education.
… National-Louis University, IL, 1992 Ph.D., Multicultural Teacher and Childhood Education, University of New Mexico, 2013 ABSTRACT This grounded theory case study examines the experiences of Panamanian Afro-Caribbean women and their membership in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and …
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Community perceptions and factors associated with contraceptive use among adolescent females in Mazabuka district, Zambia
… (OR 2.63, 95% CI 1.2, 5.9, p-value 0.019) and values and belief systems (OR .18, 95%CI .1, .37, p-value <0.001) are the major factors that had significant association with contraceptive use. Secretiveness and fear of social stigma were cited as reasons for adolescents not accessing modern …
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Tasha: A practice-based problematisation of Australian comedy cinema’s representation of gender, family and nationhood
… film texts, and their social, political and cultural contexts. Tasha, the creative film project, is what O’Regan would term a “problematisation” of Australian comedy cinema. The key argument of this project is that Australian national comedy films are uniquely Australian, cinematic …
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Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL), Learner Autonomy, and Learning Achievement: The Use of CALL Software in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Tertiary Education in Thailand
In Thai educational contexts, some socio-cultural values and traditional teaching practices have proved to be constraints to the development of students' autonomous learning. These values and practices may contribute to poor achievement in students' acquisition of English as a foreign language …
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A comparative study of economic power between Zambian women of Asian origin and indigenous Zambian women of Lusaka
… researcher examined the extent of influence of socio-cultural factors on the utilization of credit or one's own cash earning. Also examined were the factors that affect women's utilization of economic power at the household level. The primary source of data for this study was the indigenous …
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Historically Marginalized Engineering Doctoral Students' Motivation and Socialization in Graduate Education
… by investigating the following question: What values motivate Latinx students to pursue a doctoral degree in engineering? The second manuscript applies transcendental phenomenology to explore historically marginalized engineering doctoral students' socialization experiences by considering the …
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A comparative study of Libyan public housing
… meet the requirements of their way of life andsocio-cultural value requirements such as privacy, security, recognition ofreligious constraints and the desire for prestige and status. Traditional formsare able meet these requirements but the ability of more contemporary formsto do so is …
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