Essays about: "American students"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 105 essays containing the words American students.
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6. Not so Cool Japan? Exploring the perceptions of contemporary Japan among Euro-American exchange students
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : This thesis examines the perceptions of Japan among Euro-American international students and investigates how these perceptions influence their motivation to study in the country. By exploring the relationship between popular culture, orientalist depictions, and cultural engagement, this study aims understand the complex dynamics which shape these students' attraction to Japan and their understanding of its culture. READ MORE
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7. Bienvenue A Qualitative Study on How Identity of Foreign-Born Teachers Is Constructed in the French Classroom
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärandeAbstract : With the intention of understanding the opportunities, challenges, and construction of identity that foreign teachers encounter through their work in France, my study is grounded in the theory that identity is changeable, ongoing, and influenced by both past and current living situations. Furthermore, the professional, social and cultural theories propose that identity is constructed through our work and our place within a group or a culture. READ MORE
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8. Towards a Green Workforce: Assessing Green Job Preparation in Panamanian and Costa Rican Universities
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The triple planetary crisis exerts high pressure on countries to transform their current economic system. The transition to a green economy is not only necessary to ensure sustainable development but also essential for countries to remain economically competitive. READ MORE
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9. Teaching Coming Out Stories through Young Adult Literature in Upper Secondary School : Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : The Young Adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe portrays the coming out stories of two queer Mexican American boys who struggle with their ethnicity and sexuality, which leads to internal conflicts. The focus of the analysis in the essay is to investigate how the novel can be taught in Upper Secondary classrooms through queer pedagogy and anti-oppressive approaches focusing on silenced discourse. READ MORE
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10. “I’m not a Final Girl” An intersectional character analysis of Jade in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw and its pedagogical implications in the EFL classroom
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : The following essay applies an intersectional lens to the character analysis of Jade, the main character in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw (2021), as it aims to introduce EFL students to the principles of the intersectional theory framework. As Jade, as a way of dealing with her reality as an abused and marginalized young part-Native American adolescent, obsessively frames her real-life experiences in a slasher movie context, the novel explores the themes of identity, marginalization, empowerment through the way Jade sees herself in relation to the Final Girl: the archetypal female protagonist featured in slasher movies. READ MORE
