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Tracking Effects on School Achievement: A Quantitative Explanation in Terms of the Academic Culture of School Staff
TL;DR: This article used data of 3,760 pupils and 745 members of staff in 34 secondary education schools in Flanders (Belgium) and found that the school type (general or technical-vocational) affects the pupil's chance of failing, controlling for individual pupil features (e.g., ability) and that academic staff culture mediates this effect of school type.
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An Exploration of Identity Re-Creation in the Context of Internet Dating
TL;DR: The authors explored the identity re-creation process as it occurs via the consumption of Internet dating services and found that online and offline validation of the identities presented in dating profiles seem to have an impact on individuals' beliefs about themselves and their behavior in both online and off-line environments.
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Symbolic interactionism and ethnomethodology: a proposed synthesis *
TL;DR: The basic theoretical and methodological assumptions of symbolic interactionism and ethnomethodology are compared and points of synthesis are proposed in this paper, and areas of empirical inquiry relevant to both points of view are stressed and a number of hypotheses are offered for future research.
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The post-subcultural turn: some reflections 10 years on
TL;DR: The authors investigates and evaluates the key tenets of the post-subcultural turn as this has informed discussion and debate among youth culture researchers during the last 10 years, and concludes that despite the claims of postsubcultural theory regarding the emergence of new, individualised and reflexive youth identities, one does not need to look very far to see evidence of the on-going role played by structural inequalities in shaping the life chances, an...