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Brewster, Kendra R.; Fricchione, Melanie A.; Murphy, Sara A.; Jean, Phoebee; Sloan, Christina M. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2020
The qualitative analysis of the experiences of a small study of 23 service learners indicated that individuals negotiate social distance as they: (1) ascribe agency in action and affect to themselves and others; (2) consider whether they belong on-site and connect with others; and (3) grapple with the structural inequalities that shape social…
Descriptors: Social Distance, Service Learning, Learning Experience, Critical Theory
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Brewster, Kendra R. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2018
Critical service learning requires that students grapple with power even as they negotiate with discourses that frame service as transformative for others, without the reciprocal effect of service learners being transformed. To highlight microprocesses in power, this article uses figured worlds to explore the positional identities of service…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Power Structure, Identification, College Students
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Lee, Jeong-A; Kim, Chan-Jong – Research in Science Education, 2019
This study aims to understand interactions in Korean elementary science classrooms, which are heavily influenced by Confucianism. Ethnographic observations of two elementary science teachers' classrooms in Korea are provided. Their classes are fairly traditional teaching, which mean teacher-centered interactions are dominant. To understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Teacher Student Relationship, Elementary School Science
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Satiç, Canan Önal; Çiftçi, Hatime – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
This study aims to examine refusal strategies of Turkish learners of English and explore their perceptions of social factors that are influential in their strategy use. The study was conducted at a private university in the west of Turkey, and eighty Turkish L2 learners enrolled at an English language preparatory program participated in the study.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Al-Khaza'leh, Bilal Ayed – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the influence of social power, as a social hierarchy, on perception of speech act of apology by 40 Jordanian second language speakers (JL2Ss) compared to that of 40 Jordanian non-English speakers, those whose English proficiency is low (JNESs) and 40 English native speakers (ENSs). Discourse Completion Test…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Al-Khaza'leh, Bilal Ayed; ZainalAriff, Tun Nur Afizah – Dinamika Ilmu, 2015
The current study investigated the influence of context-external variables; social power (High, Equal and Low) and social distance (Familiar and Unfamiliar) on the perception of Jordanian and English speech act of apology. Discourse Completion Test (DCT) and Scaled Response Questionnaire (SRQ) were used to elicit data from three groups: 40…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction