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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 330 avhandlingar innehållade orden sociology of education.
11. Higher education and the evolution of prejudice
Sammanfattning : Background: This dissertation looks at the effect of higher education on prejudice, in particular anti-immigrant sentiment. In studies of prejudice, higher education is constantly shown to correlate to lower levels of prejudice, the so-called “liberalizing effect of education,” yet we do not fully understand to what extent education matters for these attitudes. LÄS MER
12. A new paradigm of industrial organization : The diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry
Sammanfattning : Based on the concepts of techno-economic paradigm, network and production chain, the main purpose of this dissertation is to analyse the diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry during the 1980s and the 1990s. It consists of a summary and six selected papers. LÄS MER
13. "Är det så här vi är" : Om utbildning som normalitet och om produktionen av studenter
Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen, baserad på intervjuer med 58 studenter vid tre olika program vid Högskolan i Halmstad, behandlar de skäl olika studentgrupper beskriver för att börja studera, deras upplevelser av mötet med högskolemiljön, och vilken betydelse de en lokal högskola kan ha. Trots olika åtgärder var den sociala snedrekryteringen till högre utbildning i stort sett oförändrad mellan 1960 och 1990. LÄS MER
14. It's who you know and what you know : exploring the relationship between education and prejudice in adolescence
Sammanfattning : Background: Previous studies have consistently identified an association between higher levels of education and lower levels of anti-immigrant sentiment, but the underlying reasons for this relationship remain unclear. Therefore, this research aims to help explain why education matters for attitudes toward immigrants. LÄS MER
15. Tradition Making and Tradition Breaking : Female students' Perspectives on Education
Sammanfattning : Female students' traditional and non-traditional choices of education is the subject of this study. Facing difficult choices on different levels of the educational system girls often, statistically, make traditional choices, but they also in different ways break traditional patterns. LÄS MER