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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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Negotiations of Power and Resistance: A spatial exploration of educational policy and practice with particular attention to the stories surrounding the learning and teaching of Gypsy/Traveller children
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define the term GYPSY/TRAVELLER and define the concept of the term gysy/travellers.
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Social Exclusion, Gender, and Access to Education in Canada: Narrative Accounts from Girls on the Street
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the intersection among social exclusion, gender, and access to education through the narratives of young women and girls living in poverty and experiencing homelessness in Canada, and provide interpretive insights into the social and cultural dimensions of schooling.
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Brain drain and the disenchantment of being a higher education student in Portugal
Luísa Cerdeira,Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor,Belmiro Cabrito,Tomás Patrocínio,Rui Brites,Rui Gomes,João Teixeira Lopes,Henrique Vaz,Paulo Peixoto,Dulce Magalhães,Sílvia Silva,Rafaela Ganga +11 more
TL;DR: The authors discusses the employability of graduates from several academic areas and discusses the impact of education on the employment of the young skilled in the Portuguese economy, which is a potential factor in economic development.
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Pedagogies of performative care and school belonging: lessons from an Australian school
Babak Dadvand,Hernan Cuervo +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how the performativity-driven practices of care impact on the possibilities of social inclusion for marginalised students and argue that a plural social justice framework focusing on the politics of redistribution and recognition can provide the basis of a socially just education for marginalized students.