Puerto Rican Student Activism and Enacting Consciousness in Chicago: Learned Lessons and Implications for Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 089590482110595
Author(s):  
Ángel L. Vélez
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Student Activism ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Student Activists ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Materials

This research study focuses on how the racialized experiences of second-generation Puerto Rican student activists in Chicago during the social movement era increased their political identity to demand structural changes in secondary and college contexts. Drawing from over a dozen interviews and 100 source materials, this research uncovers the relationship between racialization, political consciousness, and community-engaged student activism. The study concludes by highlighting lessons learned and implications for practice.

Making Space: A Gay-Straight Alliance's Fight to Build Inclusive Environments

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Ross Collin
Keyword(s):  
Student Activism ◽  
Bulletin Board ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Student Activists ◽  
Spatial Production ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
Document Collection ◽  
Political Commitments ◽  
Study Participants

Background Education researchers are paying increasing attention to student activism and to the social production of school spaces. Few studies, however, have brought these two concerns together to examine how student activists work to rebuild school spaces in line with their political commitments. In the present study, I address this gap at the intersection of two important research trends. Purpose I examine how a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) endeavored to build its school as an inclusive environment open to students of different sexual orientations. Focusing on the semiotic dimension of spatial production, I investigate how a conflict over a sign on the GSA's bulletin board functioned as one front in an ongoing struggle to produce the school's main hallway as a particular kind of space. As signs and constructions of space may be interpreted in different manners, I provide alternate ways of reading the conflict. Setting The setting for this study is a school serving a racially diverse, working class neighborhood in a major city in the Northeastern United States. Participants The participants were members of their school's GSA. Research Design This is a qualitative site-based investigation. I collected data by using ethnographic tools including observation, interviewing, and document collection. Specifically, I sought to gather data on different actors’ different understandings of the conflict over the bulletin board. I analyzed data by using methods of naturalistic qualitative analysis and semiotics-focused discourse analysis. Findings Study participants read the conflict over the bulletin board in different manners. Each reading construed the conflict as (re)building school spaces in particular ways. Crucially, each construction either validated or invalidated LGBTIQ identities in the space of the school. Conclusions No one reading of the conflict and no one construction of the space of the school were necessarily “conclusive” or “correct.” Rather, the meaning of the conflict and the features of school space were struggled over and negotiated by actors at the school. These struggles highlight how conflicts over meaning are often disagreements over the construction and inhabitance of social spaces. In light of these findings, researchers should expand their analyses of student activism to consider how, through semiotic activity, activists work to rebuild and act in school spaces. Furthermore, researchers should produce studies helpful to activists working to build schools as more just and inclusive environments.

Lessons Learned … About Curriculum: Five Years on and Half a World Away

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doune Macdonald ◽  
Lisa Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Primary Field ◽  
Health And Physical Education ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

The knowledge, skills, and attitudes manifested in health and physical education school curricula are an arbitrary selection of that which is known and valued at a particular place and time. Bernstein’s (2000) theories of the social construction of knowledge offer a way to better understand the relationship between the production, selection, and reproduction of curricular knowledge. This article overviews contemporary knowledge in the primary field (production) upon which curriculum writers in the recontextualizing field may draw. It highlights tensions in the knowledge generated within the primary field and, using a case of the USA’s National Standards for Physical Education (NASPE), demonstrates how particular discourses become privileged when translated into curriculum documents in the recontextualizing field.

Middle East Studies for the New Milleniu

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
The United States ◽  
American University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
The University ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
The Relationship

Few world regions today are of more pressing social and political interest than the Middle East: hardly a day has passed in the last decade without events there making global news. Understanding the region has never been more important, yet the field of Middle East studies in the United States is in flux, enmeshed in ongoing controversies about the relationship between knowledge and power, the role of the federal government at universities, and ways of knowing other cultures and places. This book explores the big-picture issues affecting the field, from the geopolitics of knowledge production to structural changes in the university to broader political and public contexts. Tracing the development of the field from the early days of the American university to the Islamophobia of the present day, this book explores Middle East studies as a discipline and, more generally, its impact on the social sciences and academia. Topics include how different disciplines engage with Middle East scholars, how American universities teach Middle East studies and related fields, and the relationship between scholarship and U.S.–Arab relations, among others. This book presents a comprehensive, authoritative overview of how this crucial field of academic inquiry came to be and where it is going next.

scholarly journals Recognizing Student Activism. Analysing Practices in Recognizing Informal Learning in the EHEA

2020 ◽  
pp. 299-322
Author(s):  
Marita Gasteiger ◽  
Janine Wulz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
National Level ◽  
Student Activism ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Student Activists ◽  
Recognition Of Prior Learning

Abstract This paper aims to answer the question of how recognition of student engagement as informal learning takes place in HEIs within the EHEA. It identifies challenges, best practices, and lessons learned for the recognition of informal learning in the EHEA in general. Questions of transparency in recognition of informal learning in student activism, their legal basis and ways of implementation as well as student representatives’ experiences are discussed. Analysis was undertaken based on two surveys in the EHEA. The first survey addressed student representatives at national level in 11 countries, aiming for insights in legal conditions and practices of higher education institutions’ recognition of informal learning of student activists. The second survey focussed on student representatives at institutional level (80 respondents), sharing their experiences on formalities, barriers and practicalities within implemented policies of recognition of prior learning in student activism. Based on the collected data, findings and recommendations are presented in the last part of the paper.

scholarly journals Can You Handle the Distance? A Look Into Social Media and the Effects on Long-Distance Relationships

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bailey House ◽  
Marisa McGinty ◽  
Linzy Heim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Social Penetration Theory ◽  
College Age ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Penetration ◽  
The Relationship

The following research study focused on long distance romantic relationships and the communication used when faced with separation. Many different medias are utilized in relational maintenance and the literature review of this paper explores those options. Online communication and numerous social media sites can positively or negatively affect the relationship quality. After analyzing secondary research, a primary research study was conducted monitoring one newly formed college age couple and their communication for a four-week time period. When looking at the information and data collected, there were numerous examples to show the Social Penetration Theory in this couple’s growing relationship. The final section offers limitations and suggestions for further research of similar studies.

Poetry, Rock ’n’ Roll, and Cinema in Turkey’s 1960s

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 353-378
Author(s):  
Kenan Behzat Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Production ◽  
Folk Music ◽  
Student Activism ◽  
Social Realism ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Guerrilla Movements ◽  
Rock N Roll ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Using developments in poetry, music, and cinema as case studies, this article examines the relationship between left-wing politics and cultural production during the long 1960s in Turkey. Intellectual and artistic pursuits flourished alongside trade unionism, student activism, peasant organizing, guerrilla movements. This article explores the convergences between militants and artists, arguing for the centrality of culture in the social movements of the period. It focuses on three revealing debates: between the modernist İkinci Yeni poets and young socialist poets, between left-wing protest rockers and supporters of folk music, and between proponents of radical art film and those of cinematic “social realism”.

Forme periferiche del disordine

TERRITORIO ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 139-143
Author(s):  
Daniela De Leo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Hard Core ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Pact ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Relationship

- The first results of a research study in progress and the perspective suggested by the articles published here, allow us to reflect on the ‘forms of disorder' in the outer urban districts of towns and cities in southern Italy affected by the presence of organised crime. The relationship between mafias and communities is revisited here from the specific viewpoint of urban planning and regulation. The objective is to expose the ‘caricature of the social pact' present in the criminal order, to use Magatti's insightful expression and to re-establish the ‘disappointed relations with citizens', as suggested more generally by Castel. It is not a banal combination if it reaffirms the credibility of the authorities as a prerequisite and fair distribution in access to resources and information as a practice. This would constitute the hard core of a specific urban planning policy to fight organised crime.

The State, Labour and the Politics of Social Dialogue in Zimbabwe 1996-2007: Issues Resolved or Matters Arising?

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Booker Magure
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Social Dialogue ◽  
Political Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dialogue Process ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ruling Party

AbstractDrawing on primary and secondary data, this paper explores the dynamics of the politics involved in the social dialogue process in Zimbabwe; more specifically the utility of the process as a tool to resolve socio-economic problems. The paper further seeks to demonstrate the relationship between failure to reform on the political policy front and economic problems thereby explaining why social dialogue in Zimbabwe fails to yield the intended results. It is the contention of this paper that as long as governance issues are not addressed by the ruling party, the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) will forever remain a "talk shop" and the Zimbabwean economy will not improve. In light of the "politicking" that characterises the social dialogue process in Zimbabwe, the paper came up with possible recommendations for the strengthening and improving of institutions of social dialogue based on the lessons learned from Zimbabwe.

scholarly journals Manager’s Personality and Their Professional Career

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-38
Author(s):  
Elena Fortis
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Directed Search ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Introduction:The research study deals with the personality of managers in regard to their professional career. The main objective of the study was to find the relationship between the personality dimensions according to the Big Five personality traits model and Holland’s typology of the six personality types and work environment types. Methods:The research sample consisted of 121 managers from different levels of the subordinate system in state organizations and private companies in Slovakia. The personality dimensions Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness were in this research measured by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory. We have also used the SDS questionnaire - Self-Directed Search to determine the personality types and work environment types - RIASEC codes. The statistical evaluation was performed using the SPSS 20 statistical system, with the data evaluated by methods of descriptive and correlation analysis. Results:There were the highest values recorded in Conscientiousness throughout the research sample. The lowest values were recorded in Neuroticism. We found out that the Summary Code of managers is ESI (Enterprising, Social, Investigative), of male managers is EIR (Enterprising, Investigative, Realistic), of female managers is SEC (Social, Enterprising, Conventional). When comparing the individual RIASEC personality types, we found significant differences between males and females. Males are more realistic than females, more investigative and enterprising than females. Females are more social and conventional compared to males. There was no gender difference in artistic orientation. The RIASEC personality types in the entire sample match the RIASEC work environment types according to SDS, regardless of age. The results demonstrated relationships between the NEO - FFI personality dimensions and personality types and RIASEC work environment types codes according to SDS. Discussion:We can say that managers in our research sample are primarily Enterprising types with leading life orientation. Typical representatives of this personality type are characterized especially by traits such as dominance, ambition, focus on success, self-confidence, sociability, and responsibility. In the context of a manager’s success and their effectiveness, or ineffectiveness in work environment, the most predictive Big Five factor for an effective manager is Neuroticism, all effective managers scored low in Neuroticism. Results obtained by the SDS questionnaire - Self-Directed Search confirm our findings of prevalent personality dimensions in the overall personality profile of managers. The overall RIASEC personality code of managers according to SDS is ESI in the whole research sample, thus we can conclude that in the case of the overall personality type - RIASEC code of manager the dominant personality type is Enterprising/leading, followed by the Social personality type and the third is the Investigative personality type. Limitations:One of the methodological limitations of this research is the number of participants in the research sample. We do not consider this number as representative for the purpose of generalizing the results. Conclusions:Research results show that there is a relationship between professional orientation and personality. Some personality dimensions are significantly related to professional orientation types and to professional interests, whereas others are related only non-significantly or not at all. Significant relations were found between the dimension Openness and Artistic, Leading, and Social type, between the dimension Extraversion and Enterprising and Investigative type, and between the dimension Agreeableness and the Social type. Realistic type was not related to any personality dimension. The dimension Neuroticism was negatively related to all professional types. For the career counseling practice and selection of job seekers and manager position applicants, this may mean that despite confirmation of these convergences, there may be different relations between different Holland’s professional types and personality dimensions. These findings can be the focus of further research on students in their final year of secondary school when they are deciding on their future professional career. This research study, we believe, has contributed to the understanding of the relationship between personality and professional career. The results confirm that professional orientation and personality interact and influence the professional behavior of a person.

scholarly journals Main aspects, principles and targets of teaching foreign languages

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12149
Author(s):  
Elena Priss ◽  
Svetlana Evtushenko
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Speech Interaction ◽  
General Mobility ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Relationship

The language is entering the era of the information society and is undergoing changes associated with borrowing words from the dominant language. With the development of social, political, economic and cultural conditions with other societies, there is a “mixing of languages” or “language contact”. This process affects the structure or vocabulary of one of the languages. Since contact occurs through the social and speech interaction of native speakers, the result is either minor changes in vocabulary or significant structural changes at all language levels. In the vocabulary of any language, there are many borrowed words, which are very diverse both in their composition and in the degree of penetration into the language they are borrowed from. Of all the units of a language – phonetic, grammatical, and lexical-words are usually the most easily borrowed due to their General mobility. However, in the vocabulary of any language there are, as we already know, different “layers”, different categories of words that are borrowed in different ways. The problem of borrowing in vocabulary has both a general and a particular aspect, due to the peculiarity of the relationship between different languages.

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