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Nattaporn Luangpipat – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The dissertation focuses on the Chinese literacy experiences of different generations of Thai Chinese families in Thailand, spanning periods characterized by varying ideologies toward the Chinese language, which have either constrained or facilitated its acquisition. This qualitative work examines how evolving national policies and international…
Descriptors: Chinese, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Family Relationship
Ward, Shannon – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Learning Language, Transforming Knowledge investigates the relationships among language shift, urbanization, and social change in the lives of Amdo Tibetan children. Amdo, the easternmost region of greater Tibet, is today incorporated into the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Gansu. The homeland of a Tibetic language, also known as Amdo,…
Descriptors: Socialization, Language Usage, Mandarin Chinese, Sino Tibetan Languages
Poklar, Ashley E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Researchers across multiple disciplines suggest that teacher-student relationship quality (TSRQ) has a strong association with positive student outcomes across all domains of student functioning (McGrath & Van Bergen, 2015) and serves as a moderating factor in outcome measures for students of color (Murray, Waas, & Murray, 2008) and for…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Burnout, Urban Schools, Minority Group Students
Suppiah, Nithiyananthan – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of the present quantitative correlational study was to examine if a relationship existed between the RBD phenomenon and cultural, economic, or political factors of the native countries of South Asian IT professionals living in the United States. The study on reverse brain drain was conducted to explore a growing phenomenon in the…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Foreign Workers
Perez, Natasha – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study explores the interplay of bilingualism, identity, literacy and culture for CubanAmerican students in the Cuban diaspora. I contextualize their experiences within the social, historical, and political background of Cuban immigration, situating their stories within the conflicting narratives of Cuban-American imagination in the U.S., to…
Descriptors: Cubans, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Craig, Joseph Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2010
My dissertation research concentrates on the causes, motivations, and results of electricity restructuring, and research on the effectiveness of economic teaching and retention. The first chapter looks at motivations for electricity restructuring in the United States in terms of the Interest Group and Public Interest setting. The second chapter…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Economics Education, Industry, Microeconomics
Medina, Monica A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to explore the characteristics of ten novice urban schoolteachers who completed a course in multicultural education and had an early field experience in an urban school. This study draws upon the body of literature related to equity pedagogy, multicultural competence (Bennett, 2001), and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy