Essays about: "father groups"
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1. The Snowball Effect: the paradoxes of modern gender roles of the middle-class parents of Copenhagen
University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores access to central knowledge platforms of middle-class parents within the context of Copenhagen. Through a qualitative approach, including interviews and participant observation, access to the 3 main knowledge platforms is explored: firstly, direct contact with municipality health care visitors in the home; secondly, maternity groups constructed according to homogenic ideals and finally, the online community of Facebook. READ MORE
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2. Father groups in Burkina Faso – towards changed behaviors and a reconstruction of masculinities?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/FörvaltningshögskolanAbstract : Introduction: The importance of the involvement of men when it comes to increasing quality of life for women and children as well as for men themselves are evident, and has been shown repeatedly in academic research. Women globally are the ones responsible for children and household. READ MORE
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3. Khomeini and Sufism : Ayatollah Khomeini’s influence on the oppression against Sufi Orders in the Islamic Republic of Iran
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran many Shia Sufi Orders, who are religious groups that exercise the mystical and spiritual elements of Shia Islam, have been forced to exile due to oppression from the government. The largest Sufi Order, The Nematollahi Soltan Alishahi Gonabadi are still in the country, but are oppressed by the Islamic regime; From an arson attack in central Tehran in 1980; The Iranian government being blamed to have imprisoned 11 members of the Soltan Alishahi Order for peaceful activities in 2013 (HRW, 2013); To the odd arrests and physical abuses of the Order’s members in March 2014. READ MORE
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4. Performing the Jersey : Subjectivity, Identity, and Change within the Scottish Football Culture
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : Before the days of cable television it was almost impossible to watch Scottish Football in Sweden. As such, my father would listen to all important Celtic games on the radio. READ MORE
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5. Behaviorism versus Intercultural Education in the Novel Purple Hibiscus : A Literature Study of Education in Purple Hibiscus from a Swedish EFL Perspective
University essay from Institutionen för kultur och lärandeAbstract : The aim of this essay is to analyze two different educational paradigms, which I refer to broadly as the behavioristic way of learning through imitation versus intercultural education, as these are depicted in the novel Purple Hibiscus by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The analysis focuses on how the narrator Kambili´s learning, identity and personal development are differently affected by these two contrastive approaches to education. READ MORE
