scholarly journals Experiences of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh ancestry in the British Columbia school system

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amardeep Sull
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
School System ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Large Majority ◽  
School Type ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Small Minority ◽  
Columbia School ◽  
Majority Population

Punjabi Sikhs migrating to Canada form a disproportionately large population of the migrants from South Asia. There has been limited research or current literature on the schooling experiences of the second-generation children of these migrants despite the large numbers of this group migrating to Canada. The effects of minority status within the K-12 British Columbia school system regarding school experiences of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh descent are presented throughout this research process. The investigation focused on the research participants’ perceived school experiences and whether there were differences based on the school type’s demographic composition of responders. I categorized these school types into three: small minority population, large minority population, and large majority population. I hypothesized that schools with large majority populations would have greater perceived satisfaction with school experiences. I found that I could further analyze by subscale and total scale groupings, based on my original correlational analysis. I found differences on school experiences (SE) and home experiences (HE) subscales based on school type, school type being differentiated by schools with a minority population, a large minority population, or a large majority population of the responder demographic of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh descent. I found that responders from small minority population schools and large minority population schools showed a statistically significant difference in responses than responders from large majority population schools.

scholarly journals Thymic regulation of hematopoiesis. III: Isolation of helper and suppressor populations using counterflow centrifugal elutriation

Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-789
Author(s):  
SJ Sharkis ◽  
C Cremo ◽  
MI Collector ◽  
SJ Noga ◽  
AD Donnenberg
Keyword(s):  
Cell Types ◽  
Colony Growth ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Intermediate Cell ◽  
Centrifugal Elutriation ◽  
Hematopoietic Progenitors ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Helper Function ◽  
Positive And Negative Feedback

We have evidence that thymic regulatory cells can either enhance or inhibit the growth of hematopoietic progenitors in vitro. We have suggested that two separate populations are responsible for this regulatory interaction but isolation of the cell types has proven difficult. We now report the isolation by counterflow centrifugal elutriation (CCE) of two separate populations of thymocytes which regulate erythropoiesis in coculture. We demonstrate that a minority population (less than 10%) of slow sedimenting elutriated thymocytes provide a helper function whereas the suppressor population is the majority population. Furthermore, some thymocytes of intermediate cell volume neither enhance nor inhibit erythroid colony growth. We conclude that isolation of thymic subsets can lead to identification of populations which induce cell-cell regulation of hematopoietic progenitors resulting in both a positive and negative feedback control of growth.

An Integral Analysis of Labeling, Inclusion, and the Impact of the K-12 School Experience on Gifted Boys

2020 ◽  
pp. 995-1021
Author(s):  
Laurie Alisat ◽  
Veronika Bohac Clarke
Keyword(s):  
School System ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Integral Model ◽  
Gifted Learners ◽  
Learner Centred Learning ◽  
Education Support ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Urban Public School ◽  
The Impact

Gifted learners are frequently marginalized in community classrooms, as they are placed in competition for special education support, with the students who struggle to meet the minimal curricular demands. In this chapter, we describe the practices of identifying and labelling gifted boys, from the perspective of gifted boys attending high school and from the perspectives of a school system. The case discussed is a large urban public school system, which endeavours to effectively identify gifted students and provide them with learner-centred learning environments. We use Wilber's (2000, 2006) Integral model as a conceptual framework to analyze the findings from an empirical study of gifted boys' school experiences (Alisat, 2013). These findings are also supported by our critical praxis, observing and conversing with gifted young people. The Integral Model is a useful framework for understanding the multiple factors impacting gifted students' daily experiences, engagement and achievement.

scholarly journals Rearrangement of the bcr gene in Philadelphia chromosome-negative chronic myeloid leukemia

Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 957-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
TS Ganesan ◽  
F Rassool ◽  
AP Guo ◽  
KH Th'ng ◽  
C Dowding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ◽  
Myeloid Leukemia ◽  
Chromosome Banding ◽  
Philadelphia Chromosome ◽  
Myeloid Cells ◽  
Restriction Enzymes ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Chromosome 16 ◽  
Small Minority ◽  
Genomic Changes

Abstract We studied the clinical, hematologic, cytogenetic, and molecular biologic features of seven patients with Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosome- negative chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In five cases the hematologic findings were indistinguishable from those of patients with classical Ph1-positive disease. Myeloid cells were studied by chromosome-banding techniques. One patient had a masked Ph1 chromosome (with translocation t(4;9;22)), one had a deletion involving chromosome 16, and one had a small minority population of 22q- cells without 9q+ but otherwise normal metaphases; metaphases from the other four patients were entirely normal. DNA prepared from the myeloid cells was digested with the restriction enzymes EcoRI, HindIII, BamHI and BglII. Southern analysis using a 0.6-kb fragment of the breakpoint cluster region (bcr) gene showed the presence in each patient's DNA of a germline fragment together with a rearranged fragment or fragments with at least one of the restriction enzymes. We conclude that genomic changes in the bcr gene characteristic of CML can be present in the absence of a Ph1 chromosome.

The Readability of Junior High School Mathematics Textbooks

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-291
Author(s):  
Frank Smith
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
School System ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Textbooks ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Small Minority ◽  
Small System ◽  
Large School

Choosing a textbook is a very difficult and trying task. This is true whether it is done by an individual or a committee, or for a large school system with many students or a small system with only a few. The same shoe fits only a small number; the same menu satisfies the taste of only a small minority.

scholarly journals Serial subcultivation of Czechoslovakian and Japanese BCG strains

1980 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Osborn
Keyword(s):  
Minority Population ◽  
The Third ◽  
Seed Culture ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Selection Of

SUMMARYChanges in the Danish BCG strain under certain regimens of subculture have been shown in preceding studies to be associated with selection of a minority population. Three Czechoslovakian BCG strains, all originally derived from the Danish strain but thereafter and in distinction from it maintained on potato media, have now been investigated. Changes in the immunizing potency of two of these strains have been attributed by other workers to employment of the richer potato media in place of Sauton medium as used for maintenance of the parent Danish strain. However, results from the present study suggest rather that selection of a pre-existing minority genotype or of a now mutant occurred. This proposal is supported by the finding that the third strain has maintained characteristics similar to those of the Danish parent despite many previous transfers on potato media.Another BCG strain investigated was the Japanese which, like the three Czechoslovakian strains, had been previously maintained on potato media. This strain has been shown in the present study to resemble the Danish strain in supporting a minority population yielding non-spreading colonies. Czechoslovakian vaccine prepared with seed culture supplied from Tokyo has retained characteristics similar to those of the Japanese parent. Although a majority population yielding spreading colonies appears so far to have been retained in both centres, it is considered that selection of the minority could still occur in the course of routine transfer.

scholarly journals The Success of France’s Youth: Children of Algerian Descent in the Classroom

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Boyd
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Educational System ◽  
School System ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
French Culture

The purpose of this exploratory research is to elucidate the connection between the institution of the French educational system and its function as a vehicle of integration for the children of immigrants. Focusing on those of Algerian descent, this paper asks if and how the educational system is failing this particular demographic. By contextualising colonial France in Algeria, this paper shows the connection between history and the educational institution as it relates to contemporary French culture. This paper argues that the French educational system, although well established, does not recognise nor meet the needs of the multi-ethnic classroom. By identifying integration as a key player, this paper explores the relationships between citizenship and integration and how perceptions of both concepts are produced and reproduced in the school system. This paper notes the need for a shift in the current discourse for the “second generation” from one of “immigrants and immigration” to a more precise discourse on ethnic minorities.

scholarly journals Incorporation of Immigrants and Second Generations into the French Labour Market: Changes between Generations and the Role of Human Capital and Origins

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-118
Author(s):  
Yaël Brinbaum
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Contextual Characteristics ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Gender

This article analyses the labour market incorporation of migrants and second-generation minorities in France. Using the 2013–2017 French Labour Surveys and the 2014 adhoc module, we focus on labour market outcomes—activity, employment, occupation and subjective overqualification—and measure the gaps between ethnic minorities and the majority group by origins, generation and by gender. In order to elucidate the mechanisms behind these gaps and explain ethnic disadvantages for immigrants, we take into account different factors, such as education, and factors linked to migration—duration of stay in France, language skills, foreign qualifications, nationality—with additional controls for family, socioeconomic and contextual characteristics. We also investigate the returns to higher education among second-generation minority members compared to the majority population. We show large differences by country of origins, generation and gender. Across generations, most minority members have made clear progress in terms of access to employment and skilled jobs, but ethnic penalties remain for the descendants of North-Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey. In contrast, Asian second-generation men and women encounter slight advantages in attaining highly-skilled positions. Controlling for tertiary degrees even increases the gap with majority members mostly in access to highly-skills jobs.

scholarly journals Situational ethnicity and identity negotiation: “indifference” as an identity negotiation mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhumita Banerjee ◽  
Paurav Shukla ◽  
Nicholas J. Ashill
Keyword(s):  
Population Study ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Identity Negotiation ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Negotiation Mechanism

PurposeWhile the literature on migration highlights the reshaping of host and immigrant population in countries, there is a paucity of research in marketing investigating the evolving dynamics for acculturation. The purpose of this study is to further the understanding of the emerging phenomenon of acculturation and identity negotiation.Design/methodology/approachThree experiments examined situational ethnicity, self-construal and identity negotiation in home and host culture work and social settings. Study 1 and Study 2 were conducted in the United Kingdom (UK), where the host country is the majority population. Study 3 was conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the host country is the minority population. Study 4 utilized qualitative interviews in both countries.FindingsResults from all four studies show that ethnic consumers deploy “indifference” as an identity negotiation mechanism when the host society is the majority population (UK) and when the host society has the minority population (UAE).Originality/valueThe authors offer new insights into identity negotiation by ethnic consumers when the host society is the majority population as well as the minority population. “Indifference”, i.e. preferring to neither fit in nor stand out as an identity negotiation mechanism, is deployed in work and social settings of home and host societies. The authors also advance the existing literature on acculturation by examining whether independent and interdependent self-construal influence identity negotiation.

Case Studies of High-Ability Students with Learning Disabilities Who Have Achieved

1997 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally M. Reis ◽  
Terry W. Neu ◽  
Joan M. McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
School System ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
College Level ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
High Ability Students ◽  
School Records ◽  
University Setting

We used qualitative methods to study 12 young people with learning disabilities who were successful at the college level. The participants reported negative school experiences, verified by their parents and school records, such as social problems, difficulty with teachers, and frustration with certain academic areas. The interaction of their high abilities and their learning disabilities produced a number of negative consequences since their talents were not usually addressed by the school system they attended. However, despite these experiences, participants were able to integrate specific personal traits and special compensation strategies and environmental modifications to succeed in a challenging university setting.

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