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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"cultural tool"”.
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Stress as a Cultural Tool in Higher Education
… age students use the word stress as a cultural tool in their college adjustment process. This topic is explored through Vygotsky’s concept of language understood as a cultural tool, enacting meaning as developed through socio-cultural relations (1978). Three research questions explore …
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Streetwise for book smarts : culture, community organizing, and education reform in the Bronx
… social movement theories by investigating how cultural norms inside organizations also contribute to distinct types of political strategies. Specifically, it utilizes archival, direct observation, and interview data on five education organizing groups in the Bronx to explore the role of …
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Language, Culture, and Learning: Supporting Multilingual Learners
This capstone project examines Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory as the main framework for understanding content-area instruction for multilingual learners (MLs). Central constructs such as scaffolding, language as a cultural tool, and social interaction within cultural contexts are explored to …
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Catholic Latina Identities and Romantic Relationships
… This study utilized Ann Swidler's (1986; 2001) cultural tool kit framework to investigate how Latinas negotiate their ethnic and religious identities when making romantic decisions. This study conducted in-depth (semiconstructed) interviews of 20 Catholic Latinas between the ages of 20 to 30 to …
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Networks and Cultural Bridges: A Case Study with the Tarahumara of Northern Mexico
<p>Network and cultural bridge theories predict the source and durability of cultural boundaries, including how cultural boundaries are overcome in order for differing groups to have meaningful exchanges. Ethnographic interview data with three research subjects in Northern Mexico reveals the …
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(Re)collections: developing a metadata application profile for the Quinkan Culture Matchbox
… as one of the building blocks of the ‘virtual cultural institution’, the Quinkan Matchbox. Some of the resources to be repatriated are not yet identified. Others have been described according to a great variety of guidelines or to suit a variety of purposes. This research takes advantage of the …
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A river of memory: landscape, narrative and identity in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, Ireland
… and collectively, remains an important cultural issue with key implications for questions of heritage, preservation and civic identity. In recent decades, cultural geographers have argued that landscape is more than just a view or a static text of something symbolic. The emphasis seems …
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A study of education and social changes in Afghanistan
… institutions of Afghanistan served as cultural tools for maintaining social control by the ruling authorities and to what extent educational institutions served as elements of change and development.The study was based on the theory that, in the presence of social inequality, formal …