Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how social representation theory (SRT) can
be used to understand the concept of resistance to change. SRT is a growing theory in …

In this paper I offer a review and a reflection on Gender Identities and Education: The Impact
of Starting School (Lloyd and Duveen, 1992) as a means of examining the detail and …

Some theories dealing with the social construction of reality refer to epistemic and affiliative
needs. These latter are considered as two fundamental human motives underlying such …

Due to the difficulties of understanding all the aspects of creativity, the study of this complex
phenomenon has been placed at the crossroads of various disciplines. Among these, social …

The central core theory establishes that the organization of a social representation depends
on a distinction between central and peripheral cognitions. Only the first ones are …

In times of global influence, compulsory education in the Nordic countries has promoted
democracy as choice since the 1990s, as enhancing an individual good. Supporting …

Analisar os processos migratórios e o seu impacto no quotidiano das pessoas tornou-se
essencial para compreendermos a sociedade contemporânea. O sistema educativo, os …

This commentary goes over the research on the sociogenesis of social representations of
intelligence (SRI), following the hypothesis that representations tend to turn an unfamiliar …

Abstract Guided by the Social Representation Theory, this study aims at investigating rural
social representations among farmers in State of Espírito Santo Brazil by analyzing the …

Este trabajo es parte de una investigación exploratoria-Proyecto UBACyT-cuyo objetivo es
indagar sobre los procesos de construcción de realidades sociales e identidad en" jóvenes …