Essays about: "effect of culture on education"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 27 essays containing the words effect of culture on education.

  1. 6. The Audience Engagement for the TV Show of the Palace Museum : Case Study for the Social Media, Weibo account of the TV Show, There is Something New in the Palace Museum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Xueying Shi; [2020]
    Keywords : digital museum; social media interaction; audience engagement; participatory culture; edutainment;

    Abstract : This study aims to analyze the audience engagement in a Chinese social media, Weibo, of the Palace Museum TV show “There is Something New in the Palace Museum”. It is new for a Chinese museum to cooperate with traditional media and digital media at the same time to generate more interest, particularly of younger generations. READ MORE

  2. 7. Foreign education, culture and corruption - Determinants and consequences of global student flows between 1970 and 2015

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Leonie Beckmann; [2019]
    Keywords : Foreign education; Corruption; Culture; Hofstede; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Foreign education has been growing constantly for the past decades while research on it has remained scarce. Although research found that migration choices are determined in parts by cultural differences, no study investigated this relationship for foreign education. READ MORE

  3. 8. The Cultural Preservation of the Navajo Nation. A multicultural and assimilation policy analysis on the Navajo Nation and cultural preservation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lotte Twaalfhoven; [2019]
    Keywords : Navajo Nation; multiculturalism; policy analysis; assimilation; culture;

    Abstract : In this thesis the cultural preservation of the Navajo Nation is analyzed through a multicultural and assimilation framework. The Navajo Nation is a case study in this research. A policy analysis is used in this thesis and analyses policies in three proxy categories of culture: education, land ownership, and self-governance. READ MORE

  4. 9. Chinese Students at Uppsala University: “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” : A sociological analysis of ten students’ trajectories

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Jinjin Li; [2018]
    Keywords : Chinese students; Bourdieusian tradition; Trajectories; Species of capital; Habitus;

    Abstract : The idea of knowledge economy initiated by the World Bank, the increasing importance of English proficiency in the global labour market, and the expansion of Chinese higher education, all leads to the phenomenon of Chinese student migration to western countries for getting advantageous educational experiences and credentials. Through a qualitative, interview-based method and Bourdieusian sociological perspective focusing on species of capital (cultural, economic, social and symbolic capital), habitus and mode of reproduction, this study focuses on the analysis of the relation between social background of Chinese students and their adoption of a western education system and perception of future career through the trajectories of ten Chinese students at Uppsala University, one of the most renowned universities in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 10. Difference and social cohesion : A Study of Different Identities' Effect on Societal Cohesiveness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Markus Sjölén Gustafsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Social Identity Theory; Cohesion; Cohesiveness; Identity politics; Identity; Democracy; Mark Lilla; Group difference; Social Capital; Trust; SOM; SOM-institutet; SOM-institute; trust;

    Abstract : This paper has had the ambition to answer the question does people’s perception of group difference affect their sense of societal cohesiveness? Using survey data from a Swedish 2015 study conductedby the SOM-institute this study looks at people living in Sweden’s perceptions of differentgroup identities to see which elements come at play in forming an over-all sense of societal cohesion.This study combines theories on social capital in relation to group identities to create anadvanced model to test the data in. READ MORE