MIND THE GAP Greenland: Is there a gap between educational goals of the government and the aspirations of young people in Narsaq?
Mind the gap is a thesis based on fieldwork conducted in Narsaq, Greenland in July 2013 and compares the rationale behind the government’s high priority to increase educational standards of the population with the reluctance of young people in Narsaq to answer that call. Young people in Narsaq, like...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/6477 2023-05-15T16:26:28+02:00 MIND THE GAP Greenland: Is there a gap between educational goals of the government and the aspirations of young people in Narsaq? Fridfinnsdottir, Elin Thora 2014-05-23 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6477 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6477 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_6077 openAccess Copyright 2014 The Author(s) Narsaq Greenland Education VDP::Social science: 200::Social anthropology: 250 SVF-3904 Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2014 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:53:58Z Mind the gap is a thesis based on fieldwork conducted in Narsaq, Greenland in July 2013 and compares the rationale behind the government’s high priority to increase educational standards of the population with the reluctance of young people in Narsaq to answer that call. Young people in Narsaq, like the population of rest of Greenland are going through a period of great changes, both environmentally and politically. This thesis examines how these changes will affect the young people in Narsaq and their educational prospects and aspirations. The findings of this study are in line with a mixture of Alan Barnard’s general hypothesis on foraging mode of thought and Merete Watt Boolsen’s social inheritance theory. Some of the findings can be explained by applying Barnard’s hypothesis on foraging mode of thought as there is still a strong sense of the traditional life style of Inuit hunter and gatherers among Greenlanders even if they now live in towns. And Merete Wall Boolsen’s theory of social inheritance helps explain how hard it is to go against your culture when it comes to education, as the parents of many young people in Narsaq lack higher education and there are few positive role models in the area who do. Master Thesis Greenland greenlander* inuit Narsaq University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Greenland |
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Mind the gap is a thesis based on fieldwork conducted in Narsaq, Greenland in July 2013 and compares the rationale behind the government’s high priority to increase educational standards of the population with the reluctance of young people in Narsaq to answer that call. Young people in Narsaq, like the population of rest of Greenland are going through a period of great changes, both environmentally and politically. This thesis examines how these changes will affect the young people in Narsaq and their educational prospects and aspirations. The findings of this study are in line with a mixture of Alan Barnard’s general hypothesis on foraging mode of thought and Merete Watt Boolsen’s social inheritance theory. Some of the findings can be explained by applying Barnard’s hypothesis on foraging mode of thought as there is still a strong sense of the traditional life style of Inuit hunter and gatherers among Greenlanders even if they now live in towns. And Merete Wall Boolsen’s theory of social inheritance helps explain how hard it is to go against your culture when it comes to education, as the parents of many young people in Narsaq lack higher education and there are few positive role models in the area who do. |
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MIND THE GAP Greenland: Is there a gap between educational goals of the government and the aspirations of young people in Narsaq? |
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MIND THE GAP Greenland: Is there a gap between educational goals of the government and the aspirations of young people in Narsaq? |
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MIND THE GAP Greenland: Is there a gap between educational goals of the government and the aspirations of young people in Narsaq? |
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MIND THE GAP Greenland: Is there a gap between educational goals of the government and the aspirations of young people in Narsaq? |
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MIND THE GAP Greenland: Is there a gap between educational goals of the government and the aspirations of young people in Narsaq? |
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