Overthrowing the First Mountain: Chinese Student-Migrants and the Geography of Power
Autor/in:
Kajanus, Anni
Quelle: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44 (2015) 3, S 79-102
Inhalt: "This article uses Mahler and Pessar's (2001, 2006) model of 'geography of power' to interrogate how the general dynamic of Chinese student migration generates a variety of experiences at the individual level. Each Chinese student-migrant embarks on their journey from a different position vis-à-vis the flows and interconnections of the international education market. Some of them set out to achieve concrete goals, while others are motivated by a more intangible mission to become cosmopolitan subjects. As they move around, their shifting position in the hierarchies of nationality, class, gender, and generation influences their decision-making and their experiences. These power systems function simultaneously on multiple geographical scales, exemplified by the contradictory ways gender operates in the family, education, work, and marriage. To further develop the connection this model makes between personal characteristics, cognitive processes, and various power systems, I draw attention to the politics of ordinary affects." (author's abstract)
Scientific Literacy of Undergraduate Chemistry Students in the University of the West Indies, Barbados: Individual and Joint Contributions of Age, Sex and Level of Study
Quelle: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, (2014) 13, S 41-55
Inhalt: The purpose of this study was two-fold. Firstly, to determine the level of scientific literacy of Chemistry undergraduate students at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus and secondly to investigate the individual and joint contributions of sex, age and level of study to the level of scientific literacy of the students. A total of one hundred and one (101) Chemistry undergraduate students from across the preliminary, 1st, 2nd and final years, participated in the study. The instrument chosen for this investigation, was the Basic Scientific Literacy Questionnaire (BSLQ) developed by Richard Carrier in 2001, which consisted of twenty-four (24) "True" and "False" questions. The instrument was found to be reliable with Crombach Alpha value of 0.6. The contributions of the variables sex, age range and level of study to the level of scientific literacy, were also analyzed and these were done via Independent Sample t-tests, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and linear regression. A confidence level of 95% was the set level for all of the analyses conducted. It was found that overall, the Chemistry undergraduate students are at a "Good" level of scientific literacy. There were no statistically significant differences in the level of scientific literacy based on age range and level of study. However, sex was found to have contributed most and significantly to variations in the level of scientific literacy of the undergraduate chemistry students.
Schlagwörter:Student; student; Chemie; chemistry; Kompetenz; competence; Wissen; knowledge; demographische Faktoren; demographic factors; gender-specific factors; Barbados; Barbados; Karibischer Raum; Caribbean Region; Scientific Literacy; University of the West Indies
Politisch-demokratische Orientierungen von Lehramtsstudierenden - empirische Hinweise aus zwei Erhebunge
Titelübersetzung:Political-democratic values of students studying to become teachers - empirical results from two studies
Autor/in:
Dippelhofer, Sebastian
Quelle: Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research, 6 (2011) 1, S 45-56
Inhalt: "Studierende im Lehramt werden in ihrem künftigen Beruf einen maßgeblichen Beitrag zur politischen Sozialisation der nachwachsenden Generation leisten. Es ist deshalb geboten, ihre politisch-demokratischen Orientierungen zu erkunden. Die in einem standardisierten Fragebogen erfassten Indikatoren verweisen dabei auf Ambivalenz und Indifferenz. Zwar ist ihr politisches Interesse ausgeprägt und die politische Selbstverortung neigt nach links. Zugleich aber sind demokratische Prinzipien nur bei knapp der Hälfte hinreichend verankert. Multivariate Analysen zeigen die Kovariation dieser Aspekte. Hinzu treten spezifische Effekte des Geschlechts und der Semesterzahl, andere Merkmale wie Herkunft und Studien spielen eine geringere Rolle." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "In their future profession, students studying to become teachers make a significant contribution to the political socialization of the younger generation. Therefore it is important to explore their political democratic values. The indicators covered in a standardized questionnaire point to an ambivalence and indifference. Although these students have a pronounced political interest and a self-positioning leaning to the left, democratic principles are sufficiently deep-seated in only half of them. Multivariate analysis shows the co-variation of these aspects. Additionally, there are specific effects of gender and the number of semesters studied. Other characteristics such as origin and the subjects studied play a minor role." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Federal Republic of Germany; Studium; studies (academic); Student; student; Lehramt; teaching position; Pädagogische Hochschule; teachers' college; university; politische Einstellung; political attitude; Demokratieverständnis; conception of democracy; Indikator; indicator; multivariate Analyse; multivariate analysis; gender-specific factors; soziale Herkunft; social background; vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; comparative education; politisches Interesse; political interest; Studentin; female student; politische Sozialisation; political socialization; Kind; child; politische Bildung; political education
SSOAR Kategorie:Bildungswesen tertiärer Bereich, Lehrende, Erziehende, Lernende, politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Gesellschaftspolitische Orientierungen von Studierenden an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Freiburg: empirische Befunde aus einer standardisierten, schriftlichen Befragung
Autor/in:
Dippelhofer, Sebastian
Quelle: Universität Konstanz, Geisteswissenschaftliche Sektion, FB Geschichte und Soziologie, Arbeitsgruppe Hochschulforschung; Konstanz (Hefte zur Bildungs- und Hochschulforschung, 55), 2009. 118 S
Schlagwörter:political education; demographic factors; Wertorientierung; Student; student; politische Einstellung; Baden-Württemberg; value-orientation; Federal Republic of Germany; Baden-Württemberg; political attitude; Lehramt; soziale Faktoren; female student; teachers' college; conception of democracy; politische Partizipation; politisches Interesse; teaching position; politische Bildung; Pädagogische Hochschule; Demokratieverständnis; political participation; gender-specific factors; Studentin; demographische Faktoren; social factors; political interest
SSOAR Kategorie:Bildungswesen tertiärer Bereich, politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Educated elites in pre-socialist Hungary - 1867-1948: issues, approaches, sources and some preliminary results of an overall survey
Titelübersetzung:Bildungseliten im vorsozialistischen Ungarn - 1867-1948: Probleme, Methoden, Quellen und vorläufige Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung
Autor/in:
Karady, Victor
Quelle: Historical Social Research, 33 (2008) 2, S 154-173
Inhalt: 'The main target of this paper is to report on the process of the formation of educated elites in Hungary since the end of feudalism and the birth of the nation state following the 1848 Revolution and the 1867 Compromise with Austria. The paper describes our long term study of elites during the political, administrative, economic and cultural modernization of Hungarian society within its historically given territories (outside Croatia). The survey is broken down into three long periods and structural parts: (1867-1918): liberal nation-building in the historic kingdom comprising the whole Carpathian Basin (multi-ethnic Magyar Empire) (survey of both the graduates of higher (post-secondary) education and of 'reputational elites' independently from their educational credentials).- (1919-1948) authoritarian anti-Liberal regime (involvement in World War 2 and the Nazi adventure followed by Liberation via the Red Army) ( survey of both graduates and 'reputational elites').- Communism and post-Communism (Stalinist and post-Stalinist Communist regime after 1956, post-Communism since 1989) ( survey of members of 'reputational elites' only).' (author's abstract)|
Schlagwörter:post-socialist country; modernization; education; soziale Herkunft; Elite; politische Elite; Student; student; political change; school graduation; subject of study; university; Schulabschluss; medicine; historical analysis; elite research; religious factors; Eliteforschung; postsozialistisches Land; Lebensalter; political elite; Bildung; historische Analyse; social background; Studienfach; regionale Faktoren; ethnische Gruppe; regional factors; politischer Wandel; religiöse Faktoren; ethnic group; Medizin; elite; Austria-Hungary; sozialer Wandel; Ungarn; gender-specific factors; social change; age; Österreich-Ungarn; Hungary; Modernisierung