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By John D. Holst and María Alicia Vetter The Chilean sociologist and popular educator, Marta Harnecker, died on June 15, 2019, at the age of 82. When educators think of
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This all-day event, taking place in the University of Glasgow on Tuesday July 9th, 2019, is geared towards education researchers who are interested or engaged in hybridising social theory in
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Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Social Thery: Character Assassination, Reputation, and Social Judgement Guest Editor: Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University, U.S. Proposal Submission Deadline: April 12th ,
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Critical realism: What is it and does it relate to the broader discipline of critical theory? Critical realism was developed most notably in the work of Ram Roy Bhaskar (2007;
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Call for chapter submissions for a new edited collection, entitled: Social theory, digital education and the Global South: Critical perspectives Edited by Cristina Costa and Ana Lucia Pereira Book
Research Students
What does it mean to take a position? Researchers and the researched
Posted in: Method, Research StudentsOne of the most important considerations for the researcher is the position they occupy in relation to the research setting, the participants in the research and the data analysis and
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Permission to theorise
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inequalities
What is the Difference Between an Aspiration and an Expectation?
Posted in: Inequalities[image (c) Eric Bézine] Vincent Dupriez recently delivered a presentation at Glasgow University entitled ‘Social Inequalities of Post-secondary Educational Aspirations: influence of social background, school composition and institutional context’ [the
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Governance
The Politics of Regulation, Pt. 3: Fear in the Ranks
Posted in: GovernanceThe empirical evidence suggests that, far from creating a democratic and effective culture of accountability in the public sector, the new bureaucracy has contributed to a culture of suspicion, a
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