Essays about: "Development Policy and Practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 229 essays containing the words Development Policy and Practice.

  1. 1. Cultural studies in multicultural classrooms: Implementing language and culture-reflexive approaches in language acquisition practice How can reflective approaches lead to the advancement of cultural studies in language education for immigrants?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Kathrin Huemer; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : sociolinguistics; cultural studies; culture- reflexivity; intercultural citizenship;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to investigate how the concepts of culture-reflexivity, intercultural citizenship and translanguaging are understood and implemented by language teachers’ who teach cultural studies in multicultural classroom settings of immigrant language learners. This is done by engaging withtwo analytical foci: i) an in-depth examination of the establishment of language and culture-reflexive concepts and the development of intercultural citizenship for immigrant language learners and ii) language teachers’ perceptions of these concepts and their reflective thoughts about application in practice. READ MORE

  2. 2. Digital skills challenges and opportunities for digitally under-resourced primary schools in Zambia: an exploratory study.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : James Vwavwa Sikalima; [2023-03-21]
    Keywords : Digital Skills; Digital Devices;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the research was to propose a design of a digital learning platform that creates opportunities for digital learning in digitally underresourced primary schools in Zambia. Theory: Activity theory anchored on five principles of activity systems, inclusivity, historicity, use of contradictions, and mutual changes encompassed the theoretical framework for this thesis. READ MORE

  3. 3. Domestic & International Development Funding: A comparison of the Appalachian Regional Commission and USAID’s budget justifications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Otto Mickels; [2023]
    Keywords : Domestic Development; International Development; Appalachian Regional Commission ARC ; United State Agency for International Development USAID ; Securitization; Foreign Policy tools; Budget Justification; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Bachelor’s thesis attempts to provide a better understanding of how US government-funded development agencies justify their funding, how that process is conducted, and in what ways it relates to the actual practice of development. Namely, the study looks at the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the United States Agency for International Development. READ MORE

  4. 4. Policy for Integration - The contextual influence on the actors' role in integrating newly arrived children and youth into elementary school

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Olivia Bygdemark; [2023]
    Keywords : integration; education; policy; sustainable development; policy enactment; newly arrived; migrants; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2016, a national policy package consisting of six support measures was legislated and clarified in the Swedish school law. The six support measures aim to create clarity and guidance for teachers, principals and other relevant actors to integrate newly arrived children and youth and ensure they achieve the national curriculum requirements. READ MORE

  5. 5. Defining an Evaluation Model for Container Orchestration Operator Frameworks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : André Arnesson; Samuel Alberius; [2023]
    Keywords : container orchestration; cloud native application; operator; software framework; evaluation model; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The growing complexity of cloud native applications has necessitated the intro- duction of operators to the container orchestration tools’ suite of components. Operators affords developers the ability to encode domain knowledge and make fine-grained controllers for their Kubernetes clusters, radically extending the range of feasible applications to host. READ MORE