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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"rites of passage"”.
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The gay rites of passage
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Rites of Passage: The Role of Induction in the Enculturation of Beginning Teachers
… to population increases and a rise in the number of teacher retirements. Other researchers contend that the shortage is due to rising attrition rates among new teachers. They claim that new teachers become dissatisfied with teaching due to poor working conditions. As a result, new teachers have …
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Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa
In traditional indigenous communities, rites of passage provide a binding and supportive function which facilitates the transition of young people from childhood to adulthood. However, in contemporary western society transition rites have largely been forgotten or neglected and this loss has …
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Rites of Passage in Rafoarty: Curriculum Continuity and Transition from Primary to Post-primary in an Irish Town.
… study finds that despite statements in official documentation that curriculum continuity exists because it is built into curriculum design, it in fact does not exist in sixth class primary and first class post-primary teacher classroom practice. Local curriculum structures influence …
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A Mythography of the Crossroads:How is the Severance/Threshold/Return progression in both mythology and modern wilderness rites-of-passage established through metaphor? An enquiry conducted through contemporary storytelling practice
… in both mythology and modern wilderness rites-of-passage established through metaphor? An enquiry conducted through contemporary storytelling practice. This research examines the metaphorical structures within seven selected myths in relation to wilderness rites-of-passage, and the key …
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Trickster-hero and rite of passage: effects of traditionally west African folklore forms on postcolonial Afro-Caribbean literature
<p>This thesis focuses on the implied presence of African storytelling tropes and characters in postcolonial Afro-Caribbean literature. It argues that Afro-Caribbean writers deliberately utilize these tropes in order to separate themselves from a vestigial European cultural presence. The three main …
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A Museum of Bottled Sentiments: the ‘beautiful pain syndrome’ in twenty-first century Black South African theatre making
… theatre making in the 'now moment'; this moment of recovery and gradual transition after the fall of apartheid in South Africa. The 'now moment', for these theatre makers, is characterized by a deliberate journey inward, in a struggle towards self-determination. The 'now moment' is the impulse …
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Influence of Socio-Cultural Values on the Provision of Quality Secondary School Education to Girls in Masasi District, Tanzania
The 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 …
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Passages
The term passages, evokes the French term for landscapes, paysages. These poems are concerned with mapping: alternately marking new trails and finding paths through forests, bodies of water and cityscapes: places both familiar and unknown. As a whole, these Passages explore a personal vision of the …
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ECSTASIES OF RITUAL, DISRUPTIONS OF MODERNITY: DREAMS AS LIMINAL AGENTS OF RE-ORDER
… analogous pscyho-cultural functions as agents of (re)order during both epochal and daily liminal phases of life. Further, it attempts to describe dreaming as psychologically vital for mediating experience through the cognitive process of schematization while making the claim that Western …
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Blokes and cars : the construction of masculinities in Australian film / Rebecca Jane Johinke.
This thesis examines the construction of masculinities in the genre of Australian film known as 'car crash' films. A number of film texts are used to examine how representations of vehicular masculinity are validated and how heroism is often associated with mastery of a motor vehicle. It contends …
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Writing Barcelona: Reflections on City Planning and Urban Experience, 1854--1888
… these discourses uncover the inner tensions of a project of urban modernization which was fuelled by the emerging bourgeoisie and remains in question to this day. Indeed, this dissertation aims at exposing the initial articulation of what has recently been called the ""Barcelona model,"" a …
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A tracer study on the lived experiences of TVET college graduates in a democratic South Africa: a case of Vryheid, Kwazulu-Natal Province
… in the job market. It was observed that some of them remain inactive with limited access to job markets after graduating from TVET colleges. Such encounters deepened one's understanding of TVET colleges as social structures in human societies for the development of those societies and …
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The religion of Manipur : beliefs, rituals, and historical development
The religion of Manipur may be regarded as an amalgam of the traditional religion and Chaitanyaite Vaishnavism. The former consists of belief in lai (deities), which may be classified as ancestral, tribal, domestic and tutelary gods respectively, The elaborate traditional rituals concerned every …
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The religion of Manipur : beliefs, rituals, and historical development
The religion of Manipur may be regarded as an amalgam of the traditional religion and Chaitanyaite Vaishnavism. The former consists of belief in lai (deities), which may be classified as ancestral, tribal, domestic and tutelary gods respectively, The elaborate traditional rituals concerned every …
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A wounded surface : dissolving the human form
This text offers an exploration into painting and metaphysical states of being and provides a framework for the reception of my body of work submitted for an MFA degree. In this project I am concerned with the translation of personal experiences to a canvas marked with oil paint. The experiences …
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She is also playing; she is also wearing the mask that I am wearing :' investigating the gendered dynamics of implementing a forum theatre project for young women in Manenberg'
This thesis examines the utilization of forum theatre techniques to explore the processes of gendering women within a workshop consisting of twenty-three young women in Manenberg, South Africa. It examines the opportunities that these techniques provide the group in uncovering, understanding and …
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Living in the navel of Waag: ritual traditions among the Daasanech of South West Ethiopia
“Living in the navel of Waag” offers a ideal typical description of the different ritual traditions among the Daasanech of South-West Ethiopia with special focus on the ways the body is modified. Ritual is seen as a means to induce wellbeing and to tackle misfortune. The dissertation starts with a …
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Examining Factors Affecting the Internal Efficiency of Education System in Community Secondary School.
The purpose of the study was to examine factors affecting the internal efficiency of education in community secondary school Tanzania. The study rests on the following objectives: (i) To examine the status of internal in terms of drop out, survival rates and performance/pass rates in community …
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Emplacing, re-imaging and transforming ‘missing’ life-events : a feminine sublime approach to the creation of socially engaged scenography in site-specific walking-performance in rural landscapes
The aim of this practice-as-research project is to contribute to the emerging field of ‘socially engaged scenography’ through the creation of site-specific walking-performance pursued in tandem with theoretical inquiry giving particular emphasis to notions of pilgrimage for rites of passage. These …
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