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A Public Elementary School as a Cultural Context : Japanese Children Learning to Perceive their Environment

Creator:

Sugai, Taichi

Abstract:

This thesis examines the cultural context in which Japanese children are constructing their own perspective of the environment because in the development of environmental education in Japan, the perspectives of children and teachers have not been taken into consideration. Although educators have made efforts to give direction to environmental education,...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Portlandia's Other Children : Refugee Communities in Urban Life

Creator:

Kubein, Adele M.

Abstract:

This research analyzes the relations of ethnic refugee communities and particularly their businesses to gentrification and community vitality in a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. The data indicates that gentrification is not a linear process of displacement of African Americans by Whites seeking affordable housing and new frontiers, but rather is...

Resource Type:

Dissertation