Social Mobility - Science topic

Hi frds,

Much research aims at mobilizing 25% of the population for initiating a social tipping point.

Is this reasonable for climate change too?

Climate change seems to be difficult to transport given the intergenerational time lag, complex topic, elitist, moral hazard issues, and unpopular non-mainstreamers who transport the issue.

Additionally, may the saturated sticky demographics make it impossible to let the 25% domino into the rest?

What are your thoughts and research? Can the social tipping point issue be addressed with the complex topic of climate change?

Need to be more involve in my area of interest

Hi everyone!

I´m writing my bachelors thesis and originally wanted to study the effect of tuition fees on socioeconomic/intergenerational mobility. I couldn´t find any suitable theory so I´ll have to figure out a new subject.

I´v now thought about the following themes and would be extremely thankful for recommendations on theory or another interesting subject/viewpoint.

I`ve studied each subject, but am most familiar with economics of education and social/socioeconomic/intergenerational -mobility.

Stay safe!

Br,

Koskelo Sara

For the majority of the population, education is an investment for social mobility. Enrolling and completing school widens opportunities for professional growth. Whether it is a job or an entrepreneurial initiative, the time spent in school and doing school work raises knowledge and ability levels of individuals in their fields.

To provide the utmost opportunity for growth, it seems logical that schools need to keep up or take the lead in a world where change is constant. Educators in K-12 and higher education are hesitant to transform learning experiences to simulate real-world and futuristic professional environments. How many of us remember theories, algorithms, and definitions that we memorized for examinations in K-16?

Still, for many educators, pedagogy is not as important as content knowledge. This, amidst all the research that proves how pedagogy is key to achieving optimal learning. Rote education strategies and tests continue to dominate the world of education. Innovation is not a course offered in academic education programs.

Much has been discussed about the policy that best contributes to the incorporation into the labor market of young workers. In this discussion, I liked to focus the question on three points of view, higher education, vocational or professional training or the promotion by the governments of entrepreneurship and self-employment of young people. Regarding university education, during the last half century it has been seen as a tool for social mobility. However, many countries with high rates of university graduates have high levels of youth unemployment and important percentages of graduates work below their qualifications, while inequalities in the labor market grow. I thank you in advance for your opinions.

What happens to your knuckles when you crack them?

This video explains the process, and mentioned a case report of one scientist cracking one hand and the other hand as control, with no long term sequel:

Is this scientifically proven? Is such habit "safe" or can that lead to arthritis on the long-term?

Parental involvement has seen a great emphasis in early years education as schools look to facilitate parental validation for positive behaviours displayed in school. However very little is done to facilitate this validation later on when students are undergoing pubertal transition to adulthood where the neurocircuitry remains structurally and functionally vulnerable.

I want to know about the effect of some variables like perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, facilitating condition,... (constructs of technology acceptance model) on behavioral intention to adopt mobile based assessment.I plan to assess L2 learners' speaking abilities through the use of mobiles and social media and after that use a questionnaire to know about the relationship between the BI and other variables in the technology acceptance model. Because I cant assess learners' intentions in just one semester (since i cant access enough students) , I have to do the experiment three times in three semester and after each experiment learners should answer the questionnaire. I wanted to know whether its feasible or not? (I have seen in many papers that they use the questionnaire only once so I doubted about the possibility of it).

When I was young hardly anyone took degrees. Only the privileged went to university. Now it has become a necessity and rite of passage. Unfortunately, in the UK, with changes to the attainment of university fees and rising costs, it is costing students far more and they are now entering adult life with huge debt. Universities continually increase their fees, or appear to. There has recently been some expressed concerns about teaching, especially in the traditional, older universities (Where I went to, and with which accusations I am in agreement . The best teacher there, stimulating and innovative, was Italian).

It seems to me that we need to re-look at first degrees, make them shorter and cheaper, with fewer holidays. Make sure there are far more ways open to students, those who want the qualification but can do without the experience, to study rather than say attending in this committed way to a single school/university. This is an extension of school life surely. Weekend study perhaps? As long as the standards are kept up, should there really be a problem?

Kingsley Amis, the British novelist, considered extending degrees to so much of the population a mistake as thereby degrees get diluted, but in the modern world it is essential for as many people as possible to obtain qualifications. Need they be degrees? Amis himself was the product of university life being extended in the UK to the Middle and Lower MIddle-Class (British obsessions of the time), now the poor can can as long as they get into debt. Degrees function after all as a way of influencing and ensuring social mobility.

In Amis' day professional work and jobs in general gave day to day training (TV, journalism), but usually there was little for young entrants to learn compared to today and competition now is fiercer. Amis taught at many of the New Universities of the times (such as Wales) but never acquired a PhD (not generally popular then) nor a BLitt, the equivalent of a Masters. How times have changed!

I identified four theories that relate to my study: Technological Determinism Theory, Uses and Gratifications Theory, Media Dependency Theory and Computer-Mediated Theory?

Also, If I am required to have two theories, what would be the second suitable theory and why?

Thank you. 

I want to address in particular horizontal sectarian mobilization (between minority and majority sects) as well as the top-down sectarian polarization strategy of the government to mobilize sects.

Abstract

Menstrual health and hygiene has strong inferences on the health and wellbeing of a woman in general and of the overall society, in particular. The study of United Nations, 2013 revealed that globally menstrual women make up half (49.58%) of the population. Therefore, it is important to not overlook a phenomenon that a large percentage of the population experiences this on regular basis. The challenge of addressing the socio-cultural taboos, beliefs, and misconceptions about menstruation, is further compounded by the low knowledge levels, understanding and awareness of menstruation health. In 2010, Government of India has launched ‘MHS’ for the promotion of menstrual health and hygiene among adolescent girls in rural areas. Therefore, there is a great demand and need for accurate and relevant communication strategy which have been credited with advocacy, behaviour changes and social mobilizations to approach in combating this issue. In the words of Cohen (1963), the media “may not be successful in telling their readers what to think, but are stunningly successful in telling their readers what to think about”. Thus, this study is an attempt to examine the communication strategy and its efficacy to encompass good menstrual information, knowledge which influences individual or community decisions that enhancing, motivating and mobilizing them towards the use of good health practices and responds to care interferences.

The main objective of the study is to target and tailor menstrual health and hygiene messages to the rural women to find out the best communication strategy. The research will be based on the empirical study, where the researcher will examine the efficacy of the selected medium to be used for the diffusion of health related programme. The study will adopt quasi-experimental method wherein villages of Gaya district of Bihar will be selected through multistage sampling. The sample from the study subject will be selected by probability sampling. The data collection technique will be an interview schedule and focus group discussions of the study subjects. Communication strategies evaluations were reviewed to determine their impact on awareness, information seeking, knowledge, attitude and behaviour change towards the use of good health practices and responds to care interferences. Further the study will be helpful for government and non-government organizations for disseminating health awareness related information and practices.

Key Words: Menstrual Health, Communication Strategy, Gaya District, Empirical Study, Bihar

Hi everybody

I am working on my thesis about "philosophy of money in pattern of social mobility in transition from tradition to modernity in the new wave of Iranian cinema".I need some papers and articles about this subject in all of the world.

Thanks

for example polio and RCH has been given enough emphasis for social mobilization and development communication. Tropical diseases and especially leprosy have rarely been addressed with such vitality. can mass level mobilization and awareness creation about the disease be helpful in eradicating?

Except degree of education and people's reading hours

Doing a research project on how democracy is presented on Twitter in MENA

The aim is to find how, why and where infrastructure is creating inequality/inequity/disparity?

And is there any easy way, how a town planner should try to remove inequality or inequity from the society - what should be the priority as both have different pros? Is there any way, that political interference can also be reduced while providing infrastructure and prioritizing it?

Case study will help, especially from India.

I am doing research on migrants' social mobility in labour market and educational-occupational mismatch in migrants' population. Some of my respondents attain social mobility in  labour market by using their "ethnic knowledge" e.g. mother tongue, cultural knowledge of their country of origin, ethnic social networks etc. Can anyone recommend literature, research on that?

Thank you very much in advance.