Essays about: "normative perceptions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the words normative perceptions.

  1. 1. Cultural studies in multicultural classrooms: Implementing language and culture-reflexive approaches in language acquisition practice How can reflective approaches lead to the advancement of cultural studies in language education for immigrants?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Kathrin Huemer; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : sociolinguistics; cultural studies; culture- reflexivity; intercultural citizenship;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to investigate how the concepts of culture-reflexivity, intercultural citizenship and translanguaging are understood and implemented by language teachers’ who teach cultural studies in multicultural classroom settings of immigrant language learners. This is done by engaging withtwo analytical foci: i) an in-depth examination of the establishment of language and culture-reflexive concepts and the development of intercultural citizenship for immigrant language learners and ii) language teachers’ perceptions of these concepts and their reflective thoughts about application in practice. READ MORE

  2. 2. Peers, Privacy & Pleasure: A mapping of how social norms influence consumers in their diffusion of a social media application with privacy implications, the case of TikTok

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Axel Fohlin; Carl Klittmar; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : Social Norms; Injunctive Norms; Descriptive Norms; Personal Norms; Privacy Implication; Privacy Concern; Privacy Risk; Diffusion of Innovation; TikTok;

    Abstract : TikTok, the social media network where users can post and share user created content with one another, has fallen under examination of governments across the globe due to rising distress in regards to the privacy implications that the app may have. Understanding how TikTok reached such success even with an apparent privacy implication calls for a mapping of the social norms (Injunctive, Descriptive, Personal) and how they shaped consumer perceptions. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Perceptions of Environmental History by Museum Employees : A qualitative study on museum education, history and sustainability in Belgium and Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Merel Debraekeleer; [2023]
    Keywords : environmental history; museum education; history; museums; perceptions; challenges; sustainability education; outdoor education;

    Abstract : Environmental and sustainability education is a widespread concept nowadays, with several frameworks and competencies supporting it, such as normative learning and forest schools. However, not all of these frameworks are as accessible for every teacher, since they tend to be based on a certain approach the school has to take as a whole, or personal knowledge of the teacher that might not have been acquired yet. READ MORE

  4. 4. Dairy Futures of Oregon

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lillian Weaver; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Dairy; Future Studies; Plausible; Desirable; Hope;

    Abstract : Livestock agriculture provides society with many forms of nutritious, accessible, and delicious foods. On the other hand, livestock agriculture, and cattle in particular, have been shown to be unsustainable in their current form from environmental, social, and economic perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 5. Rainbow-Washing on Screen: Perceptions of 21st Century Popular Media Representations of Queer Identities in a Comparison between Sweden and Czechia

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

    Author : Elizabeth Hythova; [2022]
    Keywords : queer representation; stereotypes in popular media; social constructionism; heteronormativity; othering of minorities; queer theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how queer people perceive queer representations in popular media (film and TV) produced in recent years and how such representations affect queer people’s identity and self-perception, as well as how they mirror and reproduce heteronormative understandings of queerness. A cultural comparison between Czechia and Sweden in perceptions of heteronormativity and queer representations and media is also made. READ MORE