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Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems: the Career of a Concept
TL;DR: The concept of community of practice was not born in the systems theory tradition as discussed by the authors, but it has its roots in attempts to develop accounts of the social nature of human learning inspired by anthropology and social theory.
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Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
TL;DR: In this article, the Flatlands of Oakland and the Youth Control Complex are discussed. But the focus is on the role of black youth in the criminal justice system and community institutions.
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Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood
TL;DR: The authors examines the transition to adulthood among 1.5-generation undocumented Latino young adults and finds that for them, the transition from K to adulthood involves exiting the legally protected status of K to...
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New Conceptual Frameworks for Student Engagement Research, Policy, and Practice
Michael A. Lawson,Hal A. Lawson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, student engagement research, policy, and practice must become more nuanced and less formulaic, and the ensuing review is structured accordingly, guided in part by social-ecological analysis and social-cultural theory.
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The Significance of Relationships: Academic Engagement and Achievement Among Newcomer Immigrant Youth
TL;DR: The Longitudinal Immigrant Student Adaptation Study (LISA) as discussed by the authors used a mixed-methods approach, combining longitudinal, interdisciplinary, qualitative, and quantitative approaches to document adaptation patterns of 407 recently arrived immigrant youth from Central America, China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Mexico over the course of five years.
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Participation in adult education: a bounded agency approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide insights into the matching process in the educational market, discussing the relevant literature on this issue, including the modelling used in the research literature, and present an outline of an integrated model of participation in adult education, aimed at creating a better understanding of the complexity of participation and the factors that affect the three levels of educational market.
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Religion, class and schooled sexuality among Minangkabau teenage girls
TL;DR: In this article, the meanings attached to sexuality and femininity by Minangkabau teenage girls in schools in West Sumatra, Indonesia are examined, and the meaning attached to women's sexual and gender identity is examined.
Gone with the Wind? : Immigrant Women and Transnational Everyday Life in Finland
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of immigrant women living in transnational families that act and communicate across national borders on a near-daily basis was carried out amongst immigrant women who were currently living in Finland.
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Rethinking class analysis: some reflections on current issues and possible new forms of empirical research
TL;DR: The authors examines the current state of social stratification research and argues that there is a need for a double shift in approach, which would involve a renewal of interest in class-based relations of structured inequality and also a shift of focus away from highly quantitative approaches in favour of different styles of empirical research.
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Choosing the right kindergarten: Parents’ reasoning about their ECEC choices in the context of the diversification of ECEC programs
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the diversification process of the sphere of early childhood education care in the Czech Republic and analyze parents' choices within this diversified realm based on their selection criteria.