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Showing 1 to 20 of 105 for “"Interpretive Paradigm"”.
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Appreciative Democracy
… citizen participation. It is framed by the interpretive paradigm. Twenty city managers or their designees from cities of between 40,000 and 250,000 citizens were interviewed. Specifically, respondents were asked twelve semi-structured interview questions. Content analysis was used to …
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Intranetbasierte Gruppendiskussionen. Entwicklung eines theoretisch-methodologisch fundierten Konzepts einer Methode zur prozessorientierten Evaluation von Studium und Lehre an deutschen Hochschulen
… on structuration and discourse theory and the interpretive paradigm to derive principles for designing and evaluating a research method for processoriented university evaluation. An evaluation of the introduced method of intranetbased group discussions indicates a number of positive …
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An Investigation of the Integration of Science, Mathematics and Technology within a Technological Design Context
… research is aligned with the elements of both interpretive and critical theory paradigms. The focus of the interpretive paradigm rests on how students construct meaning from their personal experiences and their world view. Critical theory is used to create a platform for integration by …
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Investigating the structural and cultural conditions that reproduce coloniality and inhibit decolonisation at a private higher education institution in South Africa
… discourse analytical approach. Working within an interpretive paradigm, the study gathered data through semi-structured interviews involving the PHEI lecturers whose agential association purposively placed them at vantage points to assess the structural and cultural elements that stunt the …
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Efficacy of educational assistants’ programme in support of teachers in rural schools at uThukela district
… The qualitative research was used within an interpretive paradigm that was context-dependent. There was also the use of in-depth interviews for data collection, and for the data analysis, a thematic method was used. The study findings included a variation of ideas on the EAs programme. The …
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Knowledge Deficits in Manufacturing and Their Effects on New Employees
… organization? The study was addressed from an interpretive paradigm. A qualitative case study methodology was used to examine one department in a south Texas fortune 500 company that supplies alumina to the organization’s global production system. The global production system is the largest …
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An investigative research into merger of school programmes in the Department of Education in Vhembe District for the academic years 2010 to 2016
… 1996. This study was conceptualised within the interpretive paradigm, subsumed under a qualitative research design. Data was collected through interviews and document analysis. The population of the study was eighty-five (85) schools identified for merger in the Vhembe District. Purposive …
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Reputation management for regulatory agencies focused on government relations
… and legal procedural. Through a constructivist/interpretive paradigm viewpoint, data was gathered through six semi-structured interviews with current and former non-elected government Alberta Department of Energy civil servants. The Alberta Utilities Commission is referenced throughout the paper …
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Living with mental illness: A descriptive study of individual adult experiences of living with mental illness in Zomba, Malawi
… illness in the adult Malawian context. Using the interpretive paradigm, content analysis was used to uncover the lived experiences of mental illness. This study was based on the philosophy that meaning of a phenomenon is best understood if studied within its specific context and within Parse's …
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Young children's expressions of spirituality : an ethnographic case study
… in pre-school contexts. Located within an interpretive paradigm, this ethnographic case study of children aged two and three years in a day nursery, explores the language(s) of spiritual expression. A socio-cultural (Vygotsky, 1978) perspective of the child underpins the study that …
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Exploring the Impact of the MassTransfer Program: A Look at Latina/ Latino Student Transfer Success at a Two Year Hispanic-Serving Institution into a Four Year Non-Hispanic University in Massachusetts
… using qualitative research situated in an interpretive paradigm. Laura I. Rendón’s Validation Theory and Latina/Latino Critical Race Theory were utilized to explore Latina/Latino student transfer success. Increasing the diversity of the student body without institutional changes designed to …
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Talking about medical talk : exploring experiences regarding communication in HIV
… need. A qualitative research design within an interpretive paradigm was followed. The primary aim of the study was to describe and explain communication in a paediatric outpatient HIV I AIDS clinic from the multiple perspectives of caregivers, counsellors and doctors. Semi-structured interviews …
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Cultura organizacional: una mirada desde los gerentes universitarios de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales de la Universidad de Carabobo
… The object of study was approached from the interpretive paradigm, with a qualitative approach. The ontology was based on the dialogic apprehension of the experiences of being, epistemology followed the experiential-vivencialism empiricism and social constructionism, the methodology was based …
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Exploring employee well-being among precarious (fixed-term) call center workers
… This qualitative study was conducted in the interpretive paradigm and utilised an exploratory descriptive approach to understand the phenomena under study. Nine (9) fixed-term employees from three (3) different servicing call centres in the business were interviewed telephonically for this …
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Experiences of informal women caregivers in caring for people living with HIV and AIDS in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
… descriptive and exploratory study based on the interpretive paradigm. The study population was informal women caregivers looking after spouses or relatives at home who were living with HIV and AIDS (staged at World Health Organization clinical stages III and IV), some on antiretroviral therapy …
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An assessment of the effects of the shortage of water supply in Vhembe District
… was conducted along the qualitative dictates and interpretive paradigm. A phenomenology research design guided this study. A structured interviewed guide was used to collect data from 20 participants in District Municipality. The participants were purposively selected. The collected data was …
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The leadership role of the principal in creating a culture of teaching and learning in the rural public schools of Mopani District, Limpopo Province
… needs. This study was conceptualised within the interpretive paradigm, subsumed under a qualitative research approach. A qualitative case study was used with four rural public high schools. A total of sixteen participants were purposefully selected, made up of four school principals, four deputy …
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Student engagement challenges encountered by international postgraduate students at one South African university
… was a qualitative case study situated in the interpretive paradigm. Tinto’s Social and Academic Integration Theory and Kahu’s Conceptual Framework of Student Engagement guided the study. A purposive sample of 22 former (11) and current (11) IPGS and one (1) representative from the …
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Development of Aftercare Guidelines to Support and Prevent Relapse of Rehabiltated Substance Abusers in Madibeng Sub-District, North West Province, South Africa
… West Province, South Africa. Methodology An interpretive paradigm informed the study; thus, a qualitative approach using explorative, descriptive, and contextual designs was adopted. This study was conducted at the Beethoven Rehabilitation Centre (BRC), North West Province, South Africa. The …
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Examining Nurses’ Perceptions of Hospital Orientations and Their Transition to Practice
… nursing program. Methods: Within an interpretive paradigm, a descriptive, exploratory, qualitative methodology was used to conduct semi-structured interviews. Eight RNs who graduated from an undergraduate nursing program and completed a hospital orientation within the past two years …
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