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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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Career guidance and livelihood planning across the Mediterranean: challenging transitions in South Europe and the MENA region
TL;DR: The authors provide a review of career education and guidance in Southern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa Region, presenting a multi-faceted portrayal of the situation in each country as well as overviews of crosscutting themes that are especially relevant to context, such as women's career development in the Arab states, job placement support for refugees, and the impact of faith on livelihood planning.
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Irish schools as communities of practice for citizenship education: the experiences of one particular primary school.
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative research study focused on the development of citizenship education in one particular primary school by exploring the views and experiences of the whole school community -pupils, teachers and parents on citizenship and education.
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Animal spirits and mimetic affinities: The semiotics of intimacy in African human/animal identities:
TL;DR: In this paper, the meshing of human and animal identities, where both wild and domestic animals represent human partners and counterparts, is examined in the context of East African pastoralists.
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Narrating Identity: Career Soldiers Anticipating Exit from the British Army
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative analysis of interviews with 28 soldiers and officers who are approaching exit after lengthy careers is provided. But little is known about how coming out of the British Army is individually experienced and understood, or what processes of change take place.
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Contexts of cultural capital in collaborative practice in further education.
TL;DR: Kincheloe et al. as mentioned in this paper explored ownership and manifestations of cultural capital demonstrated by a sample of lecturers in the UK Further Education ('FE') sector and the influence this has on cross-college collaborative practice.