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Socialization into single-parent-by-choice family life

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Poveda, D; Jociles, M.I. y Rivas, A. (2014). Socialization into single-parent-by-choice family life. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 18 (3), 319-344. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josl.12085/abstract This paper examines family interactions between mothers and children in single-parent-by-choice (SPBC) families in Spain. The data is part of a larger multi-sited ethnographic study focused on emergent family structures… Continue reading

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Immigrant students and the ecology of externalization in a secondary school in Spain

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Poveda, D; Jociles, M.I. y Franzé, A. (2014). Immigrant students and the ecology of externalization in a secondary school in Spain. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 45 (2), 185 202. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aeq.12058/abstract We examine how counselors, teachers, and other professionals at a secondary school in Madrid (Spain) understand cultural diversity and work… Continue reading

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Some of the challenges and experiences of formal education in a Mobile-Centric Society (MCS)

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The aim of the paper is to describe some of the challenges faced by schools, or by formal education in general, as a consequence of today’s mobilecentric society (henceforth MCS), the term we will use to denote the new, networked learning ecology that has arisen from the massive penetration of digital media in everyday life. After revisiting some of the ideas of McLuhan and Vygotsky in the light of this new technological scenario, we describe five traits of the MCS and the challenges – illustrated through educational practices – that we believe schools will face if they wish to preserve their function of individualization and socialization. Continue reading