Essays about: "Parsons"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word Parsons.

  1. 1. Making military policy sustainable? : An analysis of military policy from a critical environmental perspective

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Constance Parsons; Johanna Feufel; [2022]
    Keywords : Military policy; critical reading; sustainability; environment; DoD; Department of Defense; SAF; Swedish Armed Forces; Carol Bacchi; WPR; HNR; Human Nature Relationships;

    Abstract : This study examines the framing of environmental policies within two military organisations;the Swedish Armed Forces and the United States’ Department of Defence. Additionally, key similarities and differences between the two were described and discussed, as well as which possibilities and challenges each organisation faces moving forward. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investigating Monga : seasonal food insecurity and adaptation strategies in the northern region of Bangladesh

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Md Ariful Islam; [2021]
    Keywords : seasonal food insecurity; poverty; migration; microfinance;

    Abstract : Food insecurity and poverty are interlinked and the main reason for migration in poor households from the northern part of Bangladesh. Individuals from poor households migrate in the hope of improving self-well-being and for their families. Monga-seasonal food insecurity is a multi-dimensional issue in the northern region of Bangladesh. READ MORE

  4. 3. What Makes the EU Tick? : Understanding the Role of Ideas in the Design of the European Institutions in a Novel Way

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Alice Framba; [2021]
    Keywords : European Union Institutions; Organizational Research; European Integration Theory; Adaptation; Historical Institutionalism; Ideas;

    Abstract : This Research is aimed at becoming a theoretical contribution to the field of European Integration Theory and IR for two reasons. Firstly, this Research proposes the theoretical perspective of Talcott Parsons from sociology and organizational research to scholars within IR Theory. READ MORE

  5. 4. THE MEDIATING ROLE OF STUDENT’S ACADEMIC SELF-BELIEFS IN STUDYING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY A comparison between Sweden and Ukraine in TIMSS 2011

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Oleksandra Mittal; [2019-12-20]
    Keywords : Academic self-beliefs; Science self-concept; Interest and Utility; Socioeconomic status mediators; Structural Equation Modelling with multiple mediators; Educational Equity; Sweden; Ukraine; TIMSS 2011;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this study is to enrich the understanding of student-level mechanisms involved in shaping (in)equity in educational outcomes among eight-graders in Sweden and Ukraine by examining the role of academic self-beliefs in science, represented by motivational constructs of self-concept, interest and utility value, as mediators of the association between student socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement in science. Theory: Expectancy-value theory (EVT) of achievement motivation (Eccles (Parsons) et al. READ MORE

  6. 5. The innate ability to cope with mathematics : A comparative fMRI study of children's and adults' neural activity during non-symbolic mathematical tasks

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Maja Lindberg; [2019]
    Keywords : fMRI; number sense; numeric cognition;

    Abstract : Humans as well as animals are born with a number sense, an innate ability to make approximations (Dehaene, 1997). However, low numeracy is an issue today and have a larger impact on the individuals lives than poor reading abilities (Parsons & Bynner, 2006). READ MORE