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Purpose – Locally authored textbooks are used at tertiary South African institutions to assist in marketing research … studies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the readability of locally authored marketing research textbooks in South … textbooks (authored locally) used at South African institutions were identified. Electronic versions of the textbooks were used …
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textbook. If used properly, nevertheless, textbooks are not as problematic as critics claim and can be a useful tool in the … texts, the practicality of using textbooks is especially true in today’s educational environment. This article was written …
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to describe and teach MENA in US World History textbooks, the team engaged in multidisciplinary scholarship on the region … to (1) review and analyze the five most widely adopted high school World History textbooks in the US; (2) share analyses … high school teachers. We argue thorough analysis of existing textbooks, informed by deep understandings of contested …
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Studies of the representation of women in United States history textbooks, both in number and manner in which they … patriarchal lens. This study analyzed a contemporary high school United States history textbook’s representation of women in the … textbooks continued the patriarchal view of women and their roles in society. Although the number of representations of women …
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textbooks and one alternate volume of American history. In all of the American history texts analyzed there were significantly … more males than females in text content and illustrations. These textbooks focused on the contributions of those famous …
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Despite the benefits of historical thinking pedagogy, many teachers continue to require students to read textbooks …
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The bounded rationality theory (BRT) has been perceived by social scientists as a more flexible version of the rational choice theory (RCT), also called expected utility theory. The former has the avantage of taking into consideration the fact that information is generally costly. It corrects...
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Abstract As the idea of citizenship has become a token for increasingly exclusionary manifestations of national identity, this article is a call for higher education institutions to honor their commitment to cultivating global citizens, yet with significant caveats. We argue that the...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to point out that tax fraud, recognized as a scourge by both governments and responsible tax-payers, hits public finances hard with an inevitable knock-on effect on general welfare. Based on this observation, key players interviewed for this paper,...
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in an Egyptian state‐owned company (AML) by drawing on new institutional sociology (NIS) and its extensions. It explains … introduction of new technologies. Originality/value – This paper draws on recent research and thinking in sociology, especially the …
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