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Rethinking Diversity and Difference in French Language Practices
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Le Nevez, Adam – Language Policy, 2008
This paper contributes to a debate on linguistic identity and social participation in France by providing a critical reading of language policy and practice. It challenges the notion that France is a linguistically homogenous nation where a standardised French language is universally practiced and, rather, seeks to reframe linguistic diversity and…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Language Planning, Critical Reading, Linguistics
"Moral Realism" and Justness in War in Gregory of Tours'"Historia Francorum".
Reynolds, Burnam W. – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1982
Examines how the concept of justness influenced the conduct of wars in the early Middle Ages. The author offers a new interpretation of Gregory of Tours' perspective on war as found in his "Historia Francorum." (AM)
Descriptors: European History, Higher Education, Medieval History, Social Values
New Forms of Expression Among Young People of Immigrant Stock in France.
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Mazouz, Mohammed – International Social Science Journal, 1985
Examines the role played in community life and in work associations by young people born of immigrant parents from North Africa. Maintains that they must be more fully integrated into the mainstream of French social and cultural life. (JDH)
Descriptors: Culture, Immigrants, Political Attitudes, Political Science
Adolescents and Politics in France.
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Lazar, Judith – International Social Science Journal, 1985
Maintains that the French family and school intentionally avoid the subject of politics. Reports the results of a survey of 13- to 18-year-old students regarding their sources of political information and level of interest in politics. (JDH)
Descriptors: Culture, Political Attitudes, Political Science, Political Socialization
Cultural Awareness and the Classification of Documents for the Description of Foreign Culture.
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Zarate, Genevieve – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Argues that the cultural content of a course derives from official language policies and national educational ideology, and that cultural studies in the classroom center on a balanced relationship between foreign and native cultures and include the management of attitudes towards foreignness and the construction of a new perception of learners'…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Class Activities, Course Content, Course Objectives
The Status of Women in France Today.
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Weitz, Margaret Collins – Contemporary French Civilization, 1978
Reviews the women's movement in France during the past two centuries. A discussion of the process by which French women acquired political rights and access to education and the professions leads to examination of the question of future directions. An annotated listing of French women's movements is appended. (AMH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Culture, Educational Opportunities, Females
The Higher Education System: Academic Organization in Cross-National Perspective.
Clark, Burton R. – 1983
Basic elements of the higher education system are considered, along with variations across nations (the United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, Italy, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Australia, Canada, the United States, Poland, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and Thailand). Three basic elements of the organization of higher education system are identified:…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Comparative Education, Educational Change