Essays about: "social representations and education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words social representations and education.

  1. 1. Social class representations and construction of entrepreneurial identities in Swedish ELT textbooks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Cristina Elena Staicu; [2023]
    Keywords : Neoliberalism; social class; social inequality; entrepreneurialism; English textbooks; ELT; Sweden;

    Abstract : Modern societies across the globe have been deeply transformed by the rise of capitalism and neoliberalism in the last century. This has had a significant impact on education which has been reconfigured to meet the needs of the market rather than the needs of the learner. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Portrayal of the Dis/abled Migrant : A Thematic Analysis Comparing Self-Representation and Humanitarian Approach in Photography

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Maéva Brame; [2023]
    Keywords : migration; disability; photography; humanitarianism; photovoice;

    Abstract : While migrants and disabled people are often studied separately, this study examines the intersection of these two marginalized categories by investigating the construction of the dis/abled migrant's figure. The aim of this thesis is to understand the discourses at play in visual and textual representations of dis/abled migrants. READ MORE

  4. 3. Won’t Somebody Think of the (Queer) Children?! : Changing Representations of and Media Reactions to Same-Sex Attraction and Queer Relationships in British Teen Television, 1994 and 2019

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Louise Hallman; [2023]
    Keywords : Queer studies; TV studies; LGBTQ ; media representation; media reaction;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on queer theory, media representation, intersectionality and news values to conduct a combined queerfeminist visual and critical discourse analysis examining how representation of same-sex attraction and queer relationships in British teen television—and the media’s reaction to them—has changed between 1994 and 2019.  The queerfeminist visual analysis compares two scenes featuring same-sex attraction between male teenagers in two TV shows: Byker Grove (1989-2006), which featured a chaste but angrily rejected kiss in 1994 and Sex Education (2019-2023), which featured an unseen but implicitly enjoyed blow job in 2019. READ MORE

  5. 4. Education fosters inclusion : How discourses on "Social and Political Education" school textbooks promote inclusive education during preadolescence and early adolescence in the greek educational context

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Konstantina Giannakopoulou; [2023]
    Keywords : inclusive education; discourse; intersectionality; Social and Political Education; preadolescence; early adolescence; critical discourse analysis; Norman Fairclough; greek educational system; 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development; συμπεριληπτική εκπαίδευση; συμπερίληψη; Κοινωνική και Πολιτική Αγωγή; πρωτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση; δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση; κριτική ανάλυση λόγου;

    Abstract : Over the last decades inclusive education has emerged as the most effective, transformative way to promote and ensure equitable quality education for all and is totally attuned to the 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. This thesis aims to conduct research on how inclusive education in greek educational context is promoted through the school subject of "Social and Political Education" with the lens on discourses focusing on ages eleven to fifteen (11-15), during preadolescence and early adolescence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Problematizing Security in Education: A poststructural policy analysis of Swedish school security

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Rosberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Education Act; school security; securitization; poststructural policy analysis; WPR; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : During the last few years several violent school attacks have taken place in Sweden, leading to a debate in both the media and in politics concerning school security. There is pressure from the public to “make schools safer”, with some steps being taken on a legislative level. READ MORE