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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-163).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Irvine, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-167).

The purpose of this descriptive study in Nogales, Arizona, was to replicate an investigation conducted by Avelina Trujillo (1982) in Tucson, Arizona. This investigation sought the perceptions of selected groups of Mexican-American leaders in Nogales concerning their recollected classroom relationships with their teachers. The investigation was based on a three-part theoretical framework drawn from the literature of psychology, anthropology, and education as established by Trujillo (1982). The theory included the following: (1) Perceptual Processes; (2) Cultural Processes; and (3) Interpersonal Processes. The interview schedule utilized in the Nogales study consisted of 29 statements and associated Likert type scales. Provision was made for comments for each statement. Twenty Mexican-American community leaders in Nogales, Arizona, were identified and interviewed, utilizing the interview schedule. This schedule dealt with the perceived relationships which the participants had with their various teachers. Findings indicate: (1) The participants agreed that their teachers were aware of them and their backgrounds. (2) The participants agreed that their teachers accepted them and their backgrounds. (3) The participants did not feel that their teachers neither encouraged bilingualism nor accepted the participants' native language. (4) The participants noted that their teachers appeared to be sincerely concerned about the academic health and welfare needs of the students. (5) The participants reported that their teachers aspired for them to acquire good educations. (6) The participants reported that their teachers shared with them in their educational and personal problems. The findings from this investigation were compared and contrasted with the findings of the Trujillo (1982) study. The comparison of the data in the two studies was accomplished by computing the differentials (chi square) in perception of each of the 29 items of the interview schedule. Items that were considered to be most significantly different in the two studies were discussed.

Thesis (M. Des.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Higher Education. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-38). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004 & res_dat=xri:pqdiss & rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation & rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR32035.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

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Vienas esminių valstybės apibrėžimo komponentų yra teritorinio vientisumo pabrėžimas. Valstybės teritoriją riboja sienos, kurios žymį vietą ties, kuria baigiasi vienos valstybės galia ir prasideda kitos. Disertacijos tyrimo objektas – latviai, Lietuvos–Latvijos pasienio gyventojai, jų tautinio tapatumo raida. Darbo tikslas: išanalizuoti Lietuvos–Latvijos (iki 1918 m. Kauno ir Kuršo gubernijų) pasienio gyventojų tapatumo raidą 1918–1940 m., įvertinti tautybės ir valstybės santykį šiame pasienyje. Uždaviniai: apžvelgti latvių tautinės mažumos formavimąsi Kauno ir Kuršo gubernijos pasienyje; išanalizuoti Lietuvos–Latvijos sienos nustatymo eigą 1920–1922 m.; aptarti valstybės galios apraiškas Lietuvos–Latvijos pasienyje 1918–1940 m.; išanalizuoti latvių, Lietuvos–Latvijos pasienio gyventojų, tautinio tapatumo apraiškas 1918–1940 m. Darbe analizuojama kaip kito pasienio gyventojų tapatumas 1918–1940 m. Pokytį atskleidžia administracinės linijos svarbos kaita. Iki Lietuvos ir Latvijos nepriklausomybės paskelbimo 1918 m. ta pati administracinė linija skyrė du tai pačiai valstybei, Rusijos imperijai, priklausiusius administracinius vienetus Kauno ir Kuršo gubernijas, o po Pirmojo pasaulinio karo ši linija skyrė dvi nepriklausomas valstybes. Darbe nagrinėjama kaip valstybės sieną suvokė pasienio gyventojai, kurios valstybės įtaką jie patyrė, kaip ir kodėl valstybė kontroliavo pasienio zonos gyventojų veiklą ir kaip tai pasireiškė kasdienybėje. XX a. trečiojo dešimtmečio pradžioje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Each state has its borders. Emphasis on territorial integrity is one of the key components in a definition of a state. Therefore, borders represent a natural part of a state indicating what belongs to the state and what is outside the boundaries of its territory. At the same time existing of a border poses both legal and ethnic problems to population of border regions. Though those problems are not specific to border regions and are faced by people living deeper inside a state, however, population of border regions experience consequences of these problems much more acutely and painfully than people living in the middle of a country. What does it mean to be an inhabitant of a border zone? What does it mean to be a “Lithuanian”? Who is “Latvian”? How did a “Latvian” become a “Lithuanian”? How citizenship is contrasted with nationality? What caused a decision to take Lithuanian or Latvian citizenship? What caused a decision to become a member of one nation or the other? Period 1918–1940 has been selected because the most important moment in formation of national and citizen identity was emergence of the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Latvia and setting of the administrative boundary between these two republics in 1921. Identity as such is not finite; therefore it is important to evaluate factors, which in time had determined decisions of people living in the border region to take Latvian or Lithuanian citizenship, and to analyze the relationship between a... [to full text]