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Tovote, Katrin Erika – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Globally, an increasing number of people migrate from their rural communities to large cities. Despite the pervasive thinking that indigenous communities are solidified in space and strictly conserve cultural traditions, indigenous individuals and families increasingly leave their homelands to set up a new life in an urban environment mostly…
Descriptors: Immigrants, American Indians, Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews
Zabitgil, Ozlem – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to reach a close understanding of villagers' experience of change in the changing context of the Turkish Republic. The poetry books of two renowned literary figures Mehmet Basaran and Talip Apaydin were studied to investigate villagers' reactions and responses to various national changes. The literary work of these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Rural Schools, Social Change
Yano, Satoko – ProQuest LLC, 2012
After the fall of the Soviet Union and its transition in the 1990s towards a democratic form of government, Mongolia was forced to embark upon a complete series of reforms within society, including within its education sector. Mongolia's higher education sector was significantly affected by this change. Private higher education institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Change, Mixed Methods Research