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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"cultural relevance"”.
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Unpacking The Cultural Relevance Of The High School Experiences Of African-American Males
<p>Despite the vast research on cultural competence and student engagement, little is known about the perspectives of the Black male students who have graduated from any New Jersey public schools This qualitative, phenomenological, multi-case study examines the experiences of Black male students …
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Establishing Cultural Relevance and Measurement Equivalence Using Emic and Etic Items (cross-Cultural, Philippines, Job Satisfaction)
A basic concern of cross-cultural research is to be able to document cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes of individuals across a variety of cultural settings. This type of research involves gathering data in different cultural settings. In an effort to maintain standardization, measures …
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One Season in an Other’s: Examining Teacher Preparation in Cultural Relevance Literacy Through Intentional and Focused Teaching Case Use
… may enable teacher educators to demonstrate the relevance of their coursework to their midlevel education students, ultimately enhancing learning gains. Of equal importance to their professional development, prospective teachers need to not only be prepared, but to know they are prepared. The …
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Diabetes Patient Education Materials in the Veterans Administration Health Care System: Readability Suitability and Cultural Relevance for Older Veterans
… materials (PEM) were readable, suitable, and culturally relevant for older veterans. The conceptual framework of health literacy built on the Baum & Christiansen (2005) Person-Environment-Occupational Performance (PEOP) model as adapted by Smith & Hudson (2012) provided the structure for this …
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Expressing South African musical sensibilities In Jazz: the cultural relevance of John Coltrane and the musical impact of Mccoy Tyner
This paper seeks to explore the cultural and spiritual relevance of John Coltrane (1926- 1967) and the musical impact of McCoy “Alfred” Tyner (1938-2020) on two contemporary South African pianists, with a focus on the music of Afrika Mkhize and Nduduzo Makhathini, as well as an insider's …
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"It takes a village to raise a child - It takes a campus to graduate a student" Exploring the Cultural Relevance of Student Development Models for African Americans in Higher Education
… a synthesis of the literature related to cultural identity and college student development among African Americans in higher education. Racial and cultural identities for African American college students are an integral part of their student development and have been connected to a …
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Reading anxiety's effects on incidental vocabulary acquisition: Are culturally relevant texts exempt?
… anxiety, incidental vocabulary acquisition and culturally relevant texts. Thirty adult ESL students, 16 of Mexican origin and 14 of Chinese origin, completed modified forms of the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Survey, vocabulary tests assessed on the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale, and an …
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Assessing the clinical and cultural impact of LifeKeepers Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training in a general community population: A multi-method evaluation including a randomised controlled trial across three modalities
… modalities: general in-person, e-learning, and a culturally tailored programme for Māori communities, Mana Akiaki. This thesis aimed to synthesise the evidence on GKT, evaluate the effectiveness and cultural relevance of LifeKeepers, and assess the impact of post-training boosters on LifeKeepers …
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The role and impact of bullying bystanders in an urban school setting
… of bystanders, taking into account their cultural awareness of snitching was explored. The bystanders' relationship with the bully and victim, and the bystanders' method of intervention were examined. An original survey of bullying scenarios was administered to collect data. Results showed …
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Brand Archives: The rescuing of locally specific brand imagery as a graphic design response to the globalization of visual identity
… and the richness of what is historically and culturally unique about them is often misinterpreted, neglected, or even discarded. By showing what can be lost with regards to historical and cultural memory within a brand’s imagery, this thesis questions the significance of archives to locally …
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New media objects: the future of electronic literature and its influence on print stylistics
… new media objects can achieve the cultural relevance of their print counterparts while opening the door for increased collaboration among academics and scholars within the humanities.</p>
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Emotional benefits and barriers of professional psychological services scale: initial construction and validation among African American women
… like psychological help-seeking attitudes and cultural identity, as well as uncorrelated with theoretically unrelated constructs, like psychological distress. Life Enhancement exhibited unique predictive validity for intentions to seek counseling. These findings support the utility and cultural …
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Using Differential Item Functioning (Dif) Procedures for Investigating the Cross -Cultural Equivalence of Personality Tests
… to be translation difficulty and differences in cultural relevance.
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Incorporating Community Cultural Wealth in a Community-Based Organization
… to empower them. Critical Race Theory, community cultural wealth, and the many studies on academic success provided a model through which to examine the efficacy and cultural relevance of Hack the Hood programming using interviews and data already gathered on the organization. Based on the …
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21st Century Community Learning Centers: Program Evaluation Evidence from Texas
… the logic model, social justice theory, and cultural relevance theory. This quantitative study utilized a nonexperimental and secondary data research design which utilized five statistical tests: the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, One-Way repeated ANOVA, Spearman Correlation, the …
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Two Trains Running: Capture and Escape in the Racialized Train Cars of the Jim Crow South, 1893-1930
… stories. By focusing on the historical and cultural relevance of a series of bodies in transit, I examine the implementation of railroad segregation law and the response by African-American performers. The thesis begins at the end of the nineteenth century with the Homer Plessy test case and …
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Corporate intrapreneurship : steps to building a sustainable startup mentality within an established organization
… corporate governance, incentive programs, and cultural relevance. Drawing from published literature and case studies this research will substantiate the following claim that the success of leading intrapreneurial organizations is due to their capability to support an ecosystem of innovative …
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Exploring the cultural understanding of mental illness: A study in the Ovaherero community, Opuwo urban area, Namibia
This study aimed to identify and analyze the cultural understandings of mental illness, specifically its perceived symptoms, causes, and treatments, within the Ovaherero community in Opuwo, Kunene Region, Namibia. Grounded in a constructivist paradigm, the research employed a qualitative …
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It’s A Business, Remember? How a History of Major League Blunders Killed the National Pastime, and On Baseball’s Future as a Cultural Artifact and Global Sport
… order. This project delves into baseball's cultural significance as a pillar of American identity and traces its historical connections to American culture, society, politics, and history. The thesis acknowledges the decline in baseball's cultural relevance, participation, and profitability …
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The urban classroom : views and lived experiences of early-career teachers
… teachers were observed and interviewed. Using a cultural relevance lens, this study sought to gain understanding and highlight what factors influenced and shaped the development of their culturally relevant/responsive teaching practices while teaching in urban classroom settings, as well as …
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