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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"theories of education"”.
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Walk Like an Egyptian: Belly Dance past and present practice in England
… Dance practitioners in England construct a sense of self-identity, social-identity and identity-in-practice in a border-crossing Belly Dance ethnoscape is of interest for this research project. What kinds of identities-in-practice do Belly Dancers in England construct in order to authenticate …
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The Ill Which Remains Within: Exploring the Limits of Hope as a Philosophical Basis for Education
Being particularly at home in critical theories of education, hope is invoked widely by theorists to render bearable perspectives of the politics and practices of education which leave the reader with little reason for optimism in education. Despite much knowledge from critical pedagogues and …
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The Curriculum of Capitalism: Schooled to Profit or Schooled to Educate
… a critical pragmatist framework for analysis of the United States public school education, the research suggests the United States public education system perpetuates a curriculum of Capitalism linking with democracy; yet social Capitalism remains remarkably undemocratic as the experience of …
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Předluženost českých domácností, její dopady a způsoby prevence
This diploma thesis deals with the issue of the over-indebtedness of Czech households, its impacts and prevention methods. There are theories of education and consumerist society theories applied as basic theoretical concepts. The thesis analyses the scope and the over- indebtedness ways in the …
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Educational *Policies and Practices in Lived Context: Puerto Ricans Schooled in Chicago
… qualitative study explores the lived experiences of Puerto Rican youth who are products of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). A critical theoretical framework is utilized to forge a critique of pedagogy and curriculum development within a system that perceives schools as apolitical and teachers as …
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The content, context and influence of the work of Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540)
The aim of this thesis is to examine the educational and psychological theories of the renaissance philosopher Juan Luis Vives. A brief history of Vives' life is given as background information and, to place his work in context, the central concepts of Renaissance Humanism are explained. As Vives …
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Reforming the state by re-forming the family: imagining the Romantic mother in pedagogy and letters, 1790-1813
… examines ideological and political elements of portrayals of the family, especially the mother, in early romantic German literature. It claims that Proto-Romantic writers used conservative, traditional images of mothers to conceal much more radical political agendas of egalitarian relations …
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The educational theories of Rudolf Steiner. An exposition of the concepts fundamental to Steiner's theories and an examination of their validity by means of a comparison with the theories of other educationalists.
The main thesis deals with the educational theories of Rudolf Steiner. These theories are dealt with in Parts III to VIII of the thesis. Before this, in Part 1, there occurs a brief description of the background and life of Steiner; and, in Part II, a,, philosophical discussion of the basic tenets …
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Toward an Understanding of the Novelistic Dimension of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emile
The multi-genre combination of philosophic and literary expression in Rousseau’s Emile provides an opportunity to explore the relationship between the novelistic structure of this work and the substance of its philosophical teachings. This dissertation explores this matter through a textual …
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Redefining learning environments in conflict areas : a Palestinian case study
This thesis is an exploration of learning environments in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) as administered by private, refugee and public school systems. In considering the insularity of learning environments in the OPT, this thesis finds that despite increased school …