Essays about: "class mobility"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 46 essays containing the words class mobility.

1. 6. It depends on herself/himself. : Parental Involvement in Education regarding Children Education in a Chinese Township High School

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Ting Huang; [2023]
   Keywords : educational expectations; educational strategies; small-town China; cultural production;

   Abstract : This thesis is the first qualitative study of parental involvement in education regarding students in one key township high school in an undeveloped small town in southern China. This thesis aims to examine parental expectations and strategies in the voices of parents. READ MORE

3. 7. Time Series Analysis and Binary Classification in a Car-Sharing Service : Application of data-driven methods for analysing trends, seasonality, residuals and prediction of user demand

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Aksel Uhr; [2023]
   Keywords : Smart mobility; Car-sharing; Time series analysis; Demand prediction; Machine learning; Supervised learning; Binary classification; Random forest; Smart mobilitet; Bildelning; Tidsseriaanalys; Efterfrågansprediktering; Maskininlärning; Väglett lärande; Binär klassificering; Slumpmässiga skogar;

   Abstract : Researchers have estimated a 20-percentage point increase in the world’s population residing in urban areas between 2011 and 2050. The increase in denser cities results in opportunities and challenges. Two of the challenges concern sustainability and mobility. READ MORE

4. 8. A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD? A social anthropological study of occupational aspirations among Swedish senior high school students

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Sanna Ranta; [2022-12-21]
   Keywords : capital theory; agency; future occupation; social mobility; high school students;

   Abstract : This study seeks to examine the future occupational aspirations of Swedish senior high school students and their possible interest in social mobility. Further, it explores the factors and strategies that these students find important when they are trying to reach their occupational aspirations. READ MORE

5. 9. The portrayal of class and social mobility in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Elina Helleberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Dickens; Great Expectations; Victorian society; class; Pip; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Pip’s transformation to become a gentleman in manners and behaviour in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations illustrates the difference and importance of class in the Victorian society. Through an unknown benefactor, Pip makes a journey from working-class blacksmith apprenticeship in the countryside to gentleman life in the upper-middle class London, with access to economic, cultural and social capital. READ MORE

6. 10. Industrialization, inequality and intergenerational mobility : Subnational variation in intergenerational social mobility across Europe

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Olivia Granström Öhman; [2022]
   Keywords : Intergenerational social mobility; class mobility; occupational rank mobility; industrialization thesis; inequality; regional variation; Europe;

   Abstract : In this study I explore how intergenerational social mobility varies between subnational regions across Europe and whether any contextual factors are associated with levels of mobility. Support is found for subnational variation in class and occupational rank mobility within 24 European countries using the European Social Survey. READ MORE