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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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The Allure of Being Modern: Personal Quality as Status Symbol Among Migrant Families in Shanghai
TL;DR: The authors examines how the powerful suzhi (personal quality) discourse affects the subjective understanding of Chinese migrant workers toward their situation in the city in order to elucidate their situation.
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From Aberfan to the ‘Canvey Factor’: schools, children and industrial disasters
TL;DR: In this paper, the official accounts of the Aberfan and Flixborough industrial accidents are challenged with a focus on schools and children, rather than being passive victims of these accidents, children demonstrated agency in terms of their tacit knowledge, reporting potential accidents and recording their consequences.
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"Is that normal?" What the Experiences of Apprentices Teach us about Practice and Policy
TL;DR: In this paper, apprentices describe what it is like to "do" an apprenticeship and to "be" an apprentice, and how apprentices conceive quality and success, and the authors make the case that it is only by understanding the experiences and views of apprentices that we can start to make any headway into improving the quality of delivery.