Essays about: "Contact Theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 234 essays containing the words Contact Theory.

  1. 1. Weaponizing Ambiguity : How do nationalist political attitudes in pre-election periods influence anti-immigrant voting  in the MENA region?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Cécile Landiech; [2024]
    Keywords : nationalism; anti-immigration; Middle East; North Africa; Kais Saied; Recep Tayyip Erdogan;

    Abstract : This research paper explores the effect of nationalist attitudes on anti-immigrant voting, focusing on the securitisation of migrants and its influence on anti-immigrant sentiments as a causal mechanism. Previous research indicates a correlation between shock events such as a vast influx of migrants and the perception of competition as precursors to anti-immigrant voting. READ MORE

  3. 2. Regular pre-service teachers’ perception on inclusive education of students with disabilities in Vietnam.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Thuan Le; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : inclusive education; initial teacher training; Vietnam;

    Abstract : Aim: The study investigates the perceptions of Vietnamese regular pre-service teachers on inclusive education (IE) of students with disabilities (SWD) in Vietnam by examining how pre-service teachers understand the concept of inclusive education, the primary sources of information used by pre-service teachers to acquire knowledge about inclusive education, and their perceived preparedness to include students with disabilities in regular classrooms. Theory: The charity model or Confucian philosophy, the medical model, and the social model of disability were adopted to explore the perceptions of Vietnamese regular pre-service teachers. READ MORE

  4. 3. GRADUATE STUDENT EXPERIENCES IN ONLINE MASTER’S PROGRAMS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS

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

    Author : Sinamis Doughouz; [2023-10-23]
    Keywords : Graduate Students; Online Learning; Online Education; Sweden; Pandemic; Challenges; Transactional Distance Theory;

    Abstract : Purpose: The overall purpose of this qualitative analysis study was to discover how pedagogical, social, and administrative experiences affected graduate student satisfaction, as related to their online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2022. The main instrument used to examine these data was an online survey. READ MORE

  5. 4. THE NEW ERA OF HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY? LIFESTYLE, FREEDOM AND COMMUNITY; A social anthropological study about how living in a co-housing building can affect the elderly’s quality of life and freedom.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Teresita Stamm Alfredsson; [2023-09-27]
    Keywords : Co-housing; Elderly; Quality of life;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the elderly’s choice to change their housing situation and their option to move to a co-housing building. Cohousing is a type of housing arrangement that promotes social contact and community between the neighbors. READ MORE

  6. 5. Standard Arabic and Scottish Gaelic: Shared typological features

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Barbara Bakker; [2023-08-16]
    Keywords : Standard Arabic; Scottish Gaelic; Semitic; Celtic; substrate hypothesis; contact theory; structural similarity; typological feature; typological universals;

    Abstract : Although Celtic languages and Semitic languages belong to separate language families, they share numerous typological similarities that are common to Semitic languages but not shared by Standard Indo-European languages. The occurrence and the reasons for these similarities have been the focus of a whole research field, concerned with linguistic, historical, and anthropological hypotheses about possible reasons for said similarities, as well as with linguistic analyses and comparisons of specific Celtic and Semitic languages, such as Hebrew, Welsh and Breton. READ MORE