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Showing 1 to 20 of 5327 for “"Inquiry"”.
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Modality and inquiry
The possibilities we consider or eliminate in inquiry are epistemic possibilities. This dissertation is mainly about what it is to say or believe that something is possible in this sense. Chapter 1 ('Epistemic Contradictions') describes a new puzzle about epistemic modals and uses it to explore …
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An online participatory action research inquiry into online inquiry-based music learning
The purpose of this study was to better understand what is happening when learners are unsuccessful in using online open education resources (OERs) for self-directed learning. Supporting self-directed learners is an important step towards realizing the open-education goal of equalizing educational …
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Issues in Inquiry-Based Science Education Seen Through Dewey's Theory of Inquiry
To understand the issues of inquiry-based education, I adopted John Dewey’s theory of inquiry as the analytical framework to examine science learning activities, students’ interactions, and education standards. Educators have tried to engage students in meaningful learning, but the analysis …
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Storytelling in Appreciative Inquiry
… of story and storytelling within Appreciative Inquiry, a method of organizational change that orients around a consensus model building on individual and collective strengths instead of focusing on overcoming problems. Interviews with 12 Appreciative Inquiry practitioners were conducted, …
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Validity in Qualitative Inquiry
… the increased use of qualitative methods of inquiry in educational research and evaluation, relatively little is known about validity in qualitative inquiry. This dissertation includes an examination of the concept of validity as it applies to qualitative inquiry and a discussion of the …
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Correctional supervision: a penological inquiry
This study is intended to assess correctional supervision in the KwaZulu- Natal province, since the inception of correctional supervision in the early 1990s and also to investigate the political, economic and societal changes that resulted in the development of diverse perceptions (opinions). …
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Young Children's Authentic Inquiry Practices
… studies investigating young children’s authentic inquiry practices. The first article provides a literature synthesis of over two hundred and fifty in-depth cases of K-6 facilitated authentic inquiry learning environments. These cases reveal the wide-ranging authentic inquiry practices that are a …
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An inquiry into virtual materiality
“We shape our tools, and thereafter they shape us," this Mcluhanism demands that when we create, we do so thoughtfully. This thesis examines artists' relation to VR tools for 3D shape modelling and their needs regarding VR creativity. A new interaction model is presented for sculpting in VR …
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Inquiry, Efficacy, and Science Education
… a role in society today. The use of effective inquiry-based instruction is not a widespread practice among K-12 classrooms. Many secondary and post-secondary science instructors see the valuable link between students asking questions and the development of critical thinking. Inquiry-based …
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Chaos Criminology: A Critical Inquiry
<p>There has been a push since the early 1980’s for a paradigm shift in criminology from a Newtonian-based ontology to one of quantum physics. Primarily this effort has taken the form of integrating Chaos Theory into Criminology into what this thesis calls ‘Chaos Criminology’. However, with the …
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Inquiry of Graphene Electronic Fabrication
<p>Graphene electronics represent a developing field where many material properties and devices characteristics are still unknown. Researching several possible fabrication processes creates a fabrication process using resources found at Cal Poly a local industry sponsor. The project attempts to …
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An action inquiry into negotiated learning.
This study employed action inquiry, since its aim was to improve both understanding and practice in the area of classroom negotiation between pupils and teachers, Action inquiry entails practitioner observation, practitioner interaction and practitioner intervention; in this study it was …
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Justice through service: An action inquiry
… Aotearoa New Zealand. The purpose of the action inquiry was to work with the staff in the Agency during the establishment of a residential service for women and their children. In particular, the action inquiry involved working with the staff as they enacted their mission for 'justice through …
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On Nietzsche’s genealogical mode of inquiry
… methodology, the genealogical mode of inquiry, which came to fruition in On the Genealogy of Morals. The precise nature of the genealogy, as a mode of inquiry, is a site of contest amongst scholars, with the central debates pivoting around four questions which arise upon considering the …
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Reframed teacher leadership: A narrative inquiry
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Countering Teacher Attrition with Appreciative Inquiry
… to explore the projected impact of Appreciative Inquiry practices on teacher retention as perceived by teachers who left the profession early. An interpretative phenomenological analysis design was used as the research method. Via purposeful sampling, six individuals who completed at least one …
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