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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Common experiences"”.
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Common Experiences African American Males Have En Route to Becoming Elementary Teachers
… interviews was to gain insight concerning the common Experiences African American males have en route to becoming elementary teachers. The interviews were audio taped and then transcribed. These transcripts were coded to identify recurring patterns and broader themes. The researcher identified …
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A Phenomenological Study of the Common Experiences of Undergraduate Students in the Mentoring Program at Pan-Atlantic University
AbstractThis phenomenological study describes the experiences of undergraduate students in the mentoring program at Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) and suggests ways to encourage students who do not participate in the mentoring program to take advantage of it. The mentoring program is an initiative …
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Friendship characteristics associated with adolescent friendship maintenance and dissolution
… (mean age = 12.45 years; 118 girls, 82 boys) experiences with their friends were assessed through several written questionnaires. Six friendship features were used to predict friendship outcomes following problems: length of friendship, closeness, common experiences, balance of costs and …
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Decolonizing the Mind with Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Chinua Achebe: Searching for a Voice in Postcolonial African Literature
… Africa which allow for a broad discussion of the common experiences of colonialism, but it is necessary to complement these broad affinities with specific cultural references and historic contexts. This paper attempts to delineate some of the common struggles facing postcolonial African peoples by …
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An exploratory study : the family's experience of the initial interview at the Child Guidance Clinic
… interview schedule which focussed on a number of common experiences of the assessment interview. A thematic analysis was employed to understand this qualitative enquiry into the family's perception of a service sometimes criticised as traditional, elitist and contradictory to the proposal that a …
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Reconsidering the Politics of Nature and Community on the Applachian Trail
… through physical work and dedication to a common goal. Through the work of maintaining a 2,100-mile hiking trail, trail managers come to share common experiences and goals, as well as developing relationships with people and places that make it possible to recognize these maintainers as a …
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The Lived Experiences of First-Year, First Semester Honors College Students Placed on Academic Probation
This study was conducted to examine the experiences of first-year, traditional aged Honors College students who were placed on academic probation at the conclusion of the first semester and how they perceive their current circumstances, reasons for their inability to meet the honors requirements, …
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Exploring problematic online gaming: A qualitative approach
… and interviewed regarding their online gaming experiences. Consensual qualitative research was used to analyze the data. Eleven domains emerged from the data analysis: (a) antecedents to involvement in online gaming, (b) gaming activity, (c) character creation, (d) functionality, (e) perception …
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The new politics of welfare in post-socialist Central Eastern Europe
… variation has occurred in spite of the common experiences of opening their economies to international competition and in spite of political pressure from international organizations and the European Union to adopt similar, pre-packaged policy agendas. To explain this variation, the …
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Intelligence, dominance, masculinity-femininity, and self-monitoring: the use of traits in predicting leadership emergence in a military setting
… Since military individuals seem to share very common experiences and beliefs, the sample appeared to be quite homogeneous making differences between leaders and nonleaders extremely difficult to detect. Future studies should address this potential problem
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Reframing the Narrative: Stories from Adult-Diagnosed Autistic and ADHD Women in Postsecondary Education
… impacts their postsecondary educational experiences. To add to the limited literature on this topic, I conducted a narrative inquiry with eight adult-diagnosed autistic and ADHD women at a large university in the southwestern United States. Over the course of two open-ended interviews via …
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Saving by Lumbee Indians: Toward a theory of financial practices from yesterday and today
… assets by Lumbee Indians? The aim is to identify common experiences in American Indian households that can inform a grounded theory of saving for this population.Grounded theory is used to identify constructs and develop a theory of saving for the Lumbee Indians. The study utilizes Talking Circles …
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MediaConnector : a gestalt media sharing system
Our desire to have common experiences with other people leads us to share media such as photographs and music. With computer networks as the media delivery system we create new opportunities for recording media utilization and ownership. Using traditional and responsive media we explore systems …
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Empowering Women Principals to Find Joy: Nurturing Mental Health and Wellbeing
… administrators to support one another and share common experiences. The preferred solution has the potential to build community, improve wellbeing, and provide opportunities to find joy.
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Understanding RN workforce education in the rural North-Central Region of Michigan
… and analyzed interview transcripts to identify common experiences and shared meanings using methods identified by Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner (1989). Two themes were explicated in this study: "Getting in and Getting out" and "What Difference Does it Make?" The findings in this study challenge …
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Lietuvos partizanų karas: sovietinis, vietinis ir išeivijos pasakojimai /
… of the Soviet policies, instead of the common memory based on common experiences, supported by everyday communication and institutionalised cultural forms, a number of separate narratives emerged, functioning in various geographical and sociocultural spaces – the Soviet one, the …
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Lithuanian guerrilla war: Soviet, non-Soviet and diaspora's narratives /
… of the Soviet policies, instead of the common memory based on common experiences, supported by everyday communication and institutionalised cultural forms, a number of separate narratives emerged, functioning in various geographical and sociocultural spaces – the Soviet one, the …
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Husbands scorned and fathers ignored : a social analysis of the Acts of Thomas
… had in helping other Christians cope with their common experiences. The Acts of Thomas is an apocryphal account of the Apostle Thomas' commission and mission to India. It was composed in the early third century somewhere in the vicinity of Edessa in Roman Syria.The writers of this document within …
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Success Stories of Students of Mexican Descent
… students shared both their positive and negative experiences. The narratives revealed that each student had similar experiences. The study identified common experiences that became themes and through an analysis of the data, nine findings were identified: (listed alphabetically) adversity, …
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Immigrant Therapists’ Perceptions Of Transference, Countertransference, And Racial Experiences In The United States
… variance among the participants, they reported common experiences related to perceived transferential and countertransferential reactions and the role of racial identity in their personal and professional identities since arriving in the US. Additionally, several unexpected themes emerged from …
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