Essays about: "biographical narrative approach"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words biographical narrative approach.

1. 1. “I Belong Nowhere”:Identity Construction and Othering Experience of Second-Generation Immigrants in Japan

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

   Author : Sota Ohata; [2023]
   Keywords : Second-generation immigrants; Immigrants; Refugees; Migrant Education; Othering; Identity Construction; Narrative Inquiry; Biographical Methods; Japan;

   Abstract : The increase in international mobility driven by globalization has led to a profound impact on education worldwide, as evidenced by a 26% rise in the number of school-aged children with migrant and refugee backgrounds since 2000. This global trend has presented challenges for educational institutions in both countries with traditionally high immigrant populations and those previously considered homogeneous. READ MORE

3. 2. Re/constructing Teacher Identity in Refugee Education : A Study on National and International Teachers’ Narratives Working in Greece

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

   Author : Frederike Jansen; [2022]
   Keywords : Teachers; Teacher Identity; Reconstructing Identity; Refugee Education; Global Migration; Refugee Crisis; Greek Refugee Crisis; Education in Emergencies; Narratives; Biographical Method;

   Abstract : The global ‘refugee crisis’ is increasingly affecting Europe and especially Greece, which has been the country through which many people on the move enter Europe. Within refugee education the role of teachers is recognised as the key facilitator of education, yet there are few studies which centre on teachers. READ MORE

4. 3. Weaving stories of a workshop under suspension : Experiences of female weavers in rural Greece

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

   Author : Anna Gkirmpa; [2021]
   Keywords : women; low educational background; employability; rug weaving; suspension; biographical narrative approach;

   Abstract : A weaving program initiated in 1981 by the National Welfare Organization to support the women with low educational background living in a Slavic-speaking area of the mountainous borderlands of Northern Greece, and continued for thirty years until its suspension in 2010. This research aims to shed light on factors that are experienced as important by participants in handcrafted employability projects. READ MORE

5. 4. Towards a generational transformation of the role and meaning of friendship

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Julie Kirketorp; [2021]
   Keywords : Friendships; individualization; biographical narrative; identity; life witnesses; intimacy; and care.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis sets out to explore the role and meaning of friendships across two age groups. This is attained by a generational interview design where the groups are separated by nearly 20 years. READ MORE

6. 5. 'Friend, Servant, Creature' : The Mutual Creation of Human and Animal Identities in Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of his Cat, Trim, c. 1800

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Alexander Mullan; [2020]
   Keywords : Flinders; Trim; Microhistory; Animal History; Masculinity; Postcolonialism;

   Abstract : Inspired by the approach of the Italian microhistories, this paper explores A Biographical Tribute to the Memory of Trim – Matthew Flinders’ story of his cat – to investigate what the text reveals about humanity and animality. From the clues Flinders left behind, it seeks to piece together a picture of the co-creation of human and animal identity through the relationship between cat and crew. READ MORE