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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Experiential Knowledge"”.
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Knowing our own minds: the role and value of experiential knowledge in mental health research
… describes a journey through the author's experiential knowledge and research development to a position where an understanding of this contribution is achieved with the assistance of emancipatory and standpoint research paradigms. The ten papers submitted as part of this thesis span a total …
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Consulting the experiential knowledge of practitioners and learners through qualitative research: Implications for developing an online history project with older adults.
Individual difference and diversity among older people alludes to the importance of creating flexible programmes facilitated in welcoming, person-centred, learning environments. In response, I present my ideas for developing a future online local history project involving older adults’ memories of …
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Inclusion of Knowledge Communities in Planning Processes : An Analysis of Green Infrastructure Planning in Maryland, USA.
… created in practice and how the integration of knowledge held by the various knowledge communities, commonly involved in environmental planning practices, are included in the process. This dissertation fills this gap with an analysis of how knowledge communities are involved throughout the green …
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Profiting From Globalization: Pro-Market Reforms, Firm Internationalization Strategy, and Firm Profitability In Developing Countries
<p>Building on Knowledge-Based Theory, I study the relationship between pro-market reforms, firm internationalization strategy, and firm profitability in developing countries. I argue that pro-market reforms augment firm profitability because they increase the competitiveness of local markets, …
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Factors for generating initial construction schedules
… construction planning tool which is founded on experiential knowledge and on engineering and management procedures. In this dissertation a Knowledge-based Systems (KBS) approach is followed for acquiring, formalizing and representing construction scheduling knowledge.
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Meeting Demands for Animal Health: Veterinary Medicine in Rural Southern Ontario, 1862-1939
… World War. By examining farmers’ access to experiential knowledge and veterinary services in southern Ontario, a region known at the time for its significant contributions to both experiential and institutional knowledge production, this dissertation charts the evolution of veterinary …
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Early Childhood development Level 4 learnership: A qualitative study of the curriculum responsiveness to the needs of experienced ECD teachers
… Level 4 Learnership recognized the informal knowledge of experienced practitioners. It focused on whether the curriculum and pedagogy considered the experiences of adult learners and to what extent adult education principles were followed in its delivery. A review of the literature in South …
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Choosing Mastectomy: A Qualitative Exploration of the Increasing Mastectomy Rates in Women with Early-stage Breast Cancer
… advantage and increased operative risks. Experiential knowledge was the most influential factor in patients' decision-making. Previous negative experiences of family and friends with breast cancer, translated into an overestimated risk of recurrence, contralateral cancer, metastasis and …
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PERCEPTIONS OF VULNERABILITY TO SEVERE’ WEATHER IN PANGNIRTUNG, NUNAVUT
… such constructions, along with Inuit worldview, experiential knowledge, governance, institutions, and access to resources, influence perceptions of vulnerability to significant weather events. The research shows the importance of cognitive processes in shaping the way groups define, use, and …
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Challenging the modern paradigm: turning to Aldo Leopold and flyfishing literature for a new approach to landscape aesthetics
… of landscape aesthetics. Leopold's concept of experiential knowledge is discussed as a means of offering our culture a deeper appreciation of nature, but also as a means for landscape architects to improve their own education and design process. Based on the experiences of flyfishers this paper …
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Institutional Responses to Racial Incidents in California Public Higher Education: A Qualitative Historical Document Analysis
… interest convergence, and the recognition of experiential knowledge, the study examined how institutional language functions as a mechanism of power. The findings are structured through four analytical phases. First, the Typological Analysis revealed a highly adaptable yet ideologically …
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Re-addressing the role of knitted textile design knowledge: auxetic textiles from a practice-led, designer-maker perspective
This study reacts to the segregation of knowledge and practice surrounding weft-knitted textiles, their design and applications. This study challenges current disciplinary practices that divide knit into scientific, design and art areas by describing a designer-maker methodology, which is used to …
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A theory of the use of information for environmental planning : the case of Botswana
… dynamic project information context, motivators, experiential knowledge, informational power, strategy for participation and pattern of information use. The pattern of information use is the core category. The dynamic project information context, motivators, experiential knowledge and role context …
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Countering Youth Incarceration: Community Strategies in New Orleans and Cape Town
… cities, which are developing counter-hegemonic knowledge and practices based on the experiences of youth themselves and their base communities. The findings suggests that there are strong similarities between the community-based methods in Cape Town and New Orleans, in which elements of …
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A Humanizing Pedagogy and Curriculum: Lessons from Chicanx/Latinx Student Testimonios in A High School Ethnic Studies Classroom
<p>In this dissertation, I draw on the experiential knowledge of students in a high school ethnic studies classroom at Eastside High School in Los Angeles to distill concrete lessons for educators to bring humanizing teaching approaches the classroom, teacher-student relationships, and their …
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Organizing for Freedom: The Angola Special Civics Project, 1987-1992
… Special Civics Project centering of prisoners’ experiential knowledge led them to organize for an end to life sentencing through a combination of research, political education, electoral organizing, and coalition building. This thesis further asserts that their organizing should be …
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Examining Workplace Discrimination in a Discrimination-Free Environment
… behavior, 2) call attention to the experiential knowledge and evidence that is traditionally excluded in discrimination cases, and (3) to explain how formal anti-discrimination policies can actually be used to legitimize discrimination. Based on the results of this case study, we can …
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