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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Critical realist ontology."”.
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Deep mediatization in education: school teachers’ voices using a critical realist ontology
… that sustain such claims. The described ontology neglects the shaping force of reflexivity and people's own concerns as a mediatory element between agency and structure in the relationship between technology and people and institutions. Considering those shortcomings, I adopt critical …
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The role that courage plays in an experiential learning process
… do not. This theory was developed within a critical realist ontology and it used a constructivist grounded theory methodology to emerge the key variables that formed the theory. Prior to the grounded theory study, a pilot study was conducted to develop the conceptual framework for the …
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Teacher identity, activism, and empowerment: Entanglements with climate in Aotearoa, New Zealand
… more-than-human world. This thesis promotes a critical-realist ontology for education to navigate the complex entanglements between social and material assemblages. The theoretical preparations for this research included a critical discussion of the epistemic relativism in constructivist …
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Integrating social and environmental sustainability into the operations of a multinational gold mining company: A case study of AngloGold Ashanti
… from the perspective of a head office role, a critical realist ontology and grounded theory epistemology. A mid-range grounded theory and CIMO design proposition argue for interventions that trigger mechanisms fostering mutual meaning between stakeholders regarding social and environmental …
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Change in a university department through the practice lens : an ethnographic study of factors inhibiting and scaffolding success
… social practice theory underpinned by a critical realist ontology, this thesis reports a single-site ethnographic study into the factors which scaffold and inhibit change within a science department in a research-intensive university as a consequence of the implementation of a management …
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Conceptualizing a vision of the good life among mid-career faculty.
… constructivist grounded theory within a critical realist ontology, the research sought to uncover the conceptual structures and generative mechanisms that shaped their vision of the good life. Thirty post-tenured faculty from diverse institutions across the United States participated in …
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Conceptualizing a vision of the good life among mid-career faculty.
… constructivist grounded theory within a critical realist ontology, the research sought to uncover the conceptual structures and generative mechanisms that shaped their vision of the good life. Thirty post-tenured faculty from diverse institutions across the United States participated in …
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The Policy Reassembly of Afghanistan’s Higher Education Sector
… To this end, during the course of this study I critically analysed higher education strategic planning, and interviewed a policymakers, consultants, donors, and Ministry of Higher Education officials, in order to better understand the policy purpose of Afghan higher education. This process led …
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A Comparative Study of Marxism and Critical Realism
In my thesis I attempt to compare Marxism with critical realism. My conclusion is that critical realism is incapable of supporting Marxism. My understanding of Marxism is based on Capital. In Capital, the method of social exploration employed by Marx is historically contextual. Capitalism provides …
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A field analysis of a 14-19 educational partnership
… measures for the 14-16 age group. A critical realist methodology was used as the ontological and epistemological basis (Bhaskar 1998; Bhaskar 2008). Since such a methodology does not have a preferred underpinning theoretical framework, results were predominantly analysed through the …
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Sales Promotion: A Managerial Perspective.
… written for practitioners. In this thesis the ontology of critical realism has been used to develop a conceptual framework that treats sales promotions as individual entities taking place within organisational and market structures. This conceptual framework has been used to analyse empirical …
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Analysis of the land administration and housing management systems in view of adequate self-built incremental housing development in Lesotho
… view of SBIH using an approach based on a critical realist ontology. It relies on overarching theoretical and analytic lenses of conflicting rationalities and spatial planning. Ethnographic case study research methodology (ECSRM) is adopted, using a mixed-methods approach. Multiple …
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Conceptualising organisation development: practitioner and academic perspectives. A UK study
… were applied. The work is situated within a Critical Realist ontology and in the research strategy three methods were applied. Content analysis was carried out on job advertisements in the trade press from over a four decade period. This method was used to gain information on changes in …
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Between the lines: A critical realist discourse analysis of inclusive education policy development in Malaysia from 1996 to 2018
… over time in Malaysia. The research hinges on a critical realist ontology and critical theory to provide critical explanations of the workings of invisible structures and power in influencing inclusive education policy development in Malaysia. It draws on critical realist discourse analysis …