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Education and Urban Inequalities from a Deweyan Transactional Perspective
"Educational inequalities in urban contexts are an important area of study, as many examples exist of the role of city planning and evolution in limiting access to quality education, as well as the impact of displacement, discrimination, and segregation..." – By Elizabeth Mason-Hale, and Carlo Raffo
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From Discourses in Mentoring Literature to Discourses in Mentoring Practice: A Critical Synthesis of Mentoring Research
"Mentoring serves as a prominent practice to prepare students for their profession across various disciplines. The prominence has spurred substantial and rapidly expanding research, leading to a perceived sense of obviousness..." – By Hannelore van der Kloot, Erik Driessen, and Eline Vanassche
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