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U.S. Student Motivations to Study Abroad in East Asia: A Regional Comparison
Get PDFMany factors influence student motivations to study abroad. This qualitative study examines U.S. student motivations to study abroad in East Asia (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan), through the lens of push-pull theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior. The study finds that both theories accurately portray student motivations to study abroad in East Asia and that there are important distinctions between student motivations depending on their choice of host country
Heritage Diplomacy: A Case of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan & the United States
Get PDFThe newer concept of heritage diplomacy is outlined in this paper by first evaluating the various definitions of it presented by scholars in the existing literature. I then attempt to assess how it is postulated to benefit bi-lateral diplomatic relations. The postulated benefits identified are then explored, analyzed, and applied through the lens of a case study between the United States of America and Jordan. The objective of analyzing heritage diplomacy through this particular lens is to identify whether or not heritage diplomacy is capable of cultivating/preserving positive diplomatic relations between states. The paper confirmed that heritage diplomacy has the power to postulate fruitful benefits between the United States and Jordan
The Belt & Road Initiative, The Impact on Kenya by way of the maritime route.
Get PDFAs China gains power and projects itself across the globe, the struggle to control perception of this new power grows. The majority of current literature regarding Diplomacy and International relations pertaining to the Belt and Road Initiative, specifically the maritime route in Kenya is written from either a Western or a Chinese perspective. The existing literature primarily focuses on the effects of MSR infrastructural projects in Kenya and China’s role not only in Kenya but also in the rest of Africa. This research attempts to better understand the effects of China’s role in Kenya, and if China provides a better business partner for Kenya rather than the West as was previously the case. This research strives to evade Chinese and Western attempts of persuasion concerning the issue, rather focusing on the effects of already realized Maritime route infrastructural projects and how they have affected Kenya. This paper finds that although Chinese infrastructural projects do present issues, it is too early to say if these projects are as detrimental as some say and requires further study
System Support for Early Grade Teacher Mentors in Cambodia
Get PDFThe early primary education system in Cambodia is working to expand its teacher mentoring network. This quantitative and qualitative study examines the motivational factors of school-based early grade literacy mentors and master mentors who have played these roles in a pilot program implemented by a United States Agency for International Development-funded project during the 2021-2022 academic year in Cambodia. The study finds that mentors are motivated to perform the mentoring roles for intrinsic reasons such as improving student education and peer learning. It also finds that there are areas of improvement for mentor selection, workload assignment, financial remuneration, and recognition for the mentor network to successfully scale-up to the entire nation.
Key words: Cambodia, early primary education, literacy, teacher mentoring, motivatio
Global Changemakers - Hope for the Future
Get PDFThis exploratory qualitative research study explores the journey of changemakers and the role of formal and informal curricula in shaping students\u27 understanding of social change and motivating them to take action. In addition, it investigates transformative experiences encountered through critical reflection and experiential learning and the steps universities could take to equip future changemakers with the necessary tools, skills, and mindset.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three male and two female students as well as one female teacher at Ritsumeikan University. The findings suggest that formal and informal curricula significantly shape students\u27 understanding of social change and motivate them to take action. Critical reflection and experiential learning are key components of the changemaking process, helping students develop the skills, confidence, and necessary networks. This research provides significant implications for higher education institutions and policymakers seeking to create and support changemakers
La Ausencia/Presencia de la Asexualidad y la Sexualnormatividad en la Educación Sexual Integral en las Escuelas Secundarias en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / The Absence/Presence of Asexuality and Sexualnormativity in Comprehensive Sexual Education in Secondary Schools in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Get PDFEste proyecto investiga el lugar de la asexualidad en la Educación Sexual Integral en el nivel medio en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Desde una mirada basada en la teoría queer, este trabajo analiza los lineamientos curriculares del nivel medio y entrevistas a personas involucradas en la ESI, y concluye que la asexualidad, como todas las identidades queer, no aparece en los lineamientos y aparece muy poco en la ESI en general. Además, cuando aparecen las identidades queer en la ESI, se presentan dentro del marco de la tolerancia y no discriminación, y por el modo de hacerlo, terminan reforzando la norma cis, hetero, y alosexual. La ausencia de la asexualidad en el currículum y la asociación de la diversidad con no discriminación perpetúa la sexualnormatividad, o la idea de que sentir atracción sexual y tener interés en relaciones sexuales es una necesidad fundamental en el ser humano. Sin embargo, siguiendo a autores que retoman la teoría queer y la aplican en el ámbito educativo, yo planteo que la consideración positiva de la asexualidad en la ESI podría colaborar a desmantelar las normas dominantes de la sexualidad y ser liberadora para todes.
This project investigates the place of asexuality in Comprehensive Sexual Education in the secondary level in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. From an outlook based in queer theory, this work analyzes the curricular guidelines of the secondary level and interviews with people involved in ESI, and concludes that asexuality does not appear in the guidelines and very infrequently in ESI in general. In addition, when queer identities do appear in ESI, they are presented within a framework of tolerance and no discrimination, and because of this presentation, they end up reinforcing the cis, hetero, alosexual norm. The absence of asexuality in the curriculum and the association of diversity with no discrimination perpetuates sexual normativity, or the idea that experiencing sexual attraction and having interest in sexual relations is fundamental to being human. However, following the authors that reconsider queer theory and apply it in an educational environment, I suggest that the positive consideration of asexuality in ESI could collaborate in dismantling the dominant norms of sexuality and be liberating for everyone
Consumo Verde ¿Para Quién?: Las tierras, cosmovisiones, y personas escondidas detrás de la Fiebre del Oro Blanco / Green Consumption, For Who?: The lands, world views, and people hidden behind the White Gold Rush.
No full textLa “Transición energética” a consumo verde ha sido reconocida globalmente como el camino necesario para evitar lo peor de la crisis climática, pero es una solución que depende en un aumento del litio. La manera más usada para extraer el litio genera impactos destructivos en los ambientes que contienen el recurso, y en Sudamérica, donde los habitantes son mayormente indígena. Usando las comunidades de Salinas Grandes y Laguna de Guayatayoc en Jujuy, Argentina como un caso práctico, este proyecto propone analizar cómo el discurso hegemónico del consumo verde invisibiliza a gente indígena, y cómo estas comunidades resisten entendimientos occidentales y lucha por la justicia ambiental. Primeramente, este trabajo expone el papel del neoliberalismo en el discurso hegemónico del consumo verde y de cómo esos discursos redefinen territorios y entendimientos indígenas. Después, examina cómo las comunidades indígenas articulan sus conexiones con sus ambientes y cómo entienden las amenazas que la extracción del lito genera para sus territorios. Finalmente, el proyecto mira a cómo las comunidades organizan su lucha y las implicaciones teóricas que su lucha tiene para entendimientos hegemónicos neoliberales y la justicia ambiental
Using Community Organizing Best Practices to Redesign the DART Organizers\u27 Institute
Get PDFThis Training-of-Trainers Course-Linked Capstone project explores three approaches to community organizing from three different scholar-practitioners. It begins with the father of grassroots organizing, Saul Alinsky’s, neighborhood-based and congregation-based approach. Alinsky’s approach is followed by Alicia Garza’s approach; Garza is the founder of the international Black Lives Matter movement. It ends with author and organizer adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy approach. This paper will synthesize all three approaches, ultimately identifying four recommended approaches to community organizing: power, motivation, emotion, and centering impacted voices. The four recommended approaches will be used to evaluate the new organizer training (Organizers’ Institute) for the Direct Action and Research Training (DART) Network, and then to redesign the initial week of the Organizers’ Institute
The U.S. Government\u27s Global Food Security Strategy and the Effectiveness of Agriculture-Led Growth Through the Perspectives of Climate Change and Sustainability
Get PDFThe United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Global Food Security Strategy Fiscal Year 2022-2026 addresses food security in developing countries. The U.S. Global Food Security Strategy set forth by USAID lays forth a strategy for increasing food security in twelve targeted low-income and developing nations. How well the USAID policy does this with consideration of climate change, sustainability, and socio-economic well-being is crucial to examine given the fact that climate change impacts and predictions are now affecting food systems at all stages, from growth through production. The following discussion combines elements of a policy brief and research paper to provide analysis and critiques of this policy. This paper will argue that one of the policy’s primary objectives, inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth, is a generalized approach that may not lead to success in all of the target countries. This is in part due to the role agriculture plays in contributing to climate change. Rather than agriculture-led growth, the policy should instead work to address food insecurity through customized solutions for each target country or region and avoid promoting a single strategy. Additionally, the policy could be improved by incorporating alternative food sources to aid in expanding the availability of food and help shift away from a sole focus on agricultural production. With these two policy alternatives, the U.S. Global Food Security Strategy will be better positioned to succeed in mitigating food insecurity globally
Opportunity Discrimination: Resettlement Efforts Made by NGOs in the United States
Get PDFSocial identity plays a key aspect in life. This research tests whether homogeneity between refugees and their host communities correlates to the immigration process and resettlement success. The analysis helps form a conclusion that people want to help those who look like themselves before those who appear more foreign. This is related to the central theories of social identity and prejudice stemming from stereotyping. Data collection comes from interviews with staff at a number of NGOs in the United States. The immigration and resettlement policies of these NGOs have been researched, and members were interviewed on the reformation of their policies. The data was then compared and contrasted to inspect differences among the organizations and any link of racial diversity or other social identity to the lenience of policies for certain groups of refugees. The analysis concludes that there is a level of positive correlation to homogeneity making immigration easier for certain ingroups of people. The distinctiveness of the theory of varying social identities being applied to the immigration of refugees is important to discuss, for discrimination is a concept we need to battle for the equality of humanity. The data and conclusions from this conduction can be further used in future research of social identity and discrimination refugees face.
Keywords: discrimination, refugees, homogeneity, migration, resettlement, social identit