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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Cultural Approach"”.
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Roman Itineraries: A Cultural Approach.
… Roman itineraria using some of the ideas of transculturalism as a potential analytical framework to better understand them. In particular, to highlight the theme of ‘cultural production as meaningmaking’ seen in some of these navigational aids. Looking at particular examples of Roman itineraria, …
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Shifting gears : redeveloping the downtown's cultural approach
… and towns are often overlooked when thinking of cultural and gathering spaces. Unlike a large city that usually has a vibrant historical and cultural history represented by clustering of museums, theaters, and other gathering spaces, most small cities do not have these cultural centers because …
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A socio-cultural approach to higher education students' experiences with academic literacies
… personal histories and students' broader socio-cultural experience. Three themes: journeying, identity and emotional concerns, have been identified. The themes highlight the complex, nuanced and socially-embedded nature of the participants’ academic lives. In particular, Bakhtin’s notion of …
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Alcohol Self-Help Groups in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: A Cultural Approach
… a unique self-help program specific to the cultural foundation of the local community. This study looks at what specific factors were associated with the groups that attained success, explores local perceptions regarding alcoholism, and delved into what techniques may aid in preventing …
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING MEDIA LITERACY: A CULTURAL APPROACH TO NAVIGATING MEDIA LANDSCAPES
<p>One’s familiarity with the commonplace does not automatically equate to one’s being a discerning, savvy, or knowledgeable consumer of media in any form. Nor does it automatically result in a society of engaged Americans capable of distinguishing between fact and fiction amid the unstoppable …
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Dialectical Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences: Foundations for a Cultural Approach to Communication
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A Study of Female Labor Force Participation and Fertility: A Cross-Cultural Approach
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The Influence of Perspective Taking and Empathy on Students Using the Cultural Approach to History
… teachers have achieved mixed success. The Cultural Approach to History (CAH) has been shown to be an effective teaching strategy from its inception in the late 1960s. Advances in neuroscience revealing how the brain functions in the learning process have been proven to show that stimulating …
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Stakeholders' voices : A socio-cultural approach to describing and extending an understanding of primary education in Mauritius
… The research was conceptualised as a socio-cultural approach. It gave analytical priority to the actions, experiences and perceptions of teachers, pupils, parents and educationists in order to create an account of what Mauritian education was like and meant to individuals involved in or …
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Popular Tradition in the Senegalese Novel
… literary criticism. Consequently, the socio-cultural approach is being re-examined, but it remains, however, the most widely used form of critical analysis in the study of African Literature. Solomon O. Yasere's concept of "cultural formalism" makes the socio-cultural approach more suitable …
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Iambe and Baubo: A Study in Ritual Laughter
The thesis provides an exploration of the cultural semantics of the myth of Iambe/Baubo. It reconsiders the primary sources and outlines the problems involved. A cross-cultural approach to the subject permits a discussion of the Greek myth in the broader framework of comparative folklore and …
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Covered in blue : police culture and LGBT police officers in the province of Ontario
… in the Province of Ontario. Framed by Schein's Cultural Approach to Organizations Theory, a content analysis of open-ended interviews with 21 LGBT police officers showed that most officers believe their status and relationships in their workplaces are more positive today compared to other eras. …
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Mainstreaming Martina : representing lesbians in the '90's
… are being represented is indicative of a new cultural approach to lesbian sexual difference. This approach, "a homosexuality of no importance" (D. A. Miller), is a strategy of partaking of, and enjoying, lesbian difference while at the same time denying its importance and relevance. My …
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The contribution of literacy education in raising the standard of living: A case study of two Namibian informal settlements
… a qualitative paradigm, this study uses a socio-cultural approach to explore the views of selected literacy educators who teach in two informal settlements as well as groups of informal settlement residents who have participated in literacy programmes. The findings of this research undertaking …
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The contribution of literacy education in raising the standard of living: a case study of two Namibian informal settlements
… a qualitative paradigm, this study uses a socio-cultural approach to explore the views of selected literacy educators who teach in two informal settlements as well as groups of informal settlement residents who have participated in literacy programmes. The findings of this research undertaking …
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Cultural translation from Chinese to English: a case study of the problems in the translation and interpretation of selected contemporary texts
… present thesis argues for an "extended (cross-)cultural approach to literary translation". It proposes that socio-cultural elements pertaining to a literary text extend beyond the commonly understood scope and depth of literary translation into the macro-contextual sphere, as they arise before …
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An investigation of significant form: through an application of the "script analogue" to Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books
… found to be significant to the development of a cultural approach to landscape architecture. In particular, attention has been focused on the literary device of metaphor, due to its capacity for referencing and extending traditional landscape themes. While the potential for metaphor as a creative …
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Cinema, Culture and the Social Formation: Ideology and Critical Practice
This study analyses the terms of the Culturalist/Structuralist debate within the cultural approach to the study of communication. It particular focus is the relationship between epistemological first principles and conceptions of ideology, and on the interpretive practices that arise out of that …
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Relaciones humanas the potential for public relations practitioners as cultural intermediaries in Mexico City.
… research, this thesis advances a subjective, cultural approach to public relations research and practice. This study is based on the premise that methodological approaches in public relations research need to be flexible enough so as not to suppress the new meaningful insights, which may …
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