Comparative Studies of Socialization

Academic Socialization: an inter-university comparative study

The purpose of this research was to comparatively study academic socialization among university students in Ilam. This research was a causal-comparative type and its statistical population(N= 8541) included students studying at Ilam National University, Payam Noor University and Islamic Azad University- Ilam branch in the first semester of 2018-19.  The sample size was determined (n= 348) based...

A Comparative Study of New Faculty Socialization in Tertiary Education in Taiwan and the U.S

Language Socialization and Essay Writing: The Appropriation of Academic Discourse in an Iranian English L2 University Class

L2 language socialization asks how learners come to gain the ability to write appropriately and sufficiently in an institutional academic community of practice. In the same line, this study focuses on the process of socialization of an Iranian English L2 essay writing class in the context of higher education. The theoretical backgrounds rely on the socialization and Vygotsky's sociocult...

Barriers and Facilitators of Professional Socialization in Nursing: A Systematic Review

Background and Aim: Professional socialization, as a major issue in nursing, is a process during which novice nurses become professiona nurses with good fanction. Professional socialization of nurses is essential in this caring profession and has a direct link with the quality of provided services. Therefore, aim of this study is to assesed the barriares and facilitators of professional sociali...

Comparative Oncology and Comparative Tumor Immunology

Comparative oncology is a branch of comparative pathology that is relatively new biomedical discipline. The need for a comparative research into tumors across different groups of living beings has arisen from a relatively old notion that most of multicellular organisms may develop tumors. This apparently very simple fact indicate the possible nature of tumor growth, which can be associated with...