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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Living theory"”.
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Embedding Mindfulness Practice Within a Higher Education Organisation: a Living Theory Influenced Approach
… Methodology/Approach: The main thread was a Living Theory influenced approach through a recognition of my personal core living values: equity, freedom and compassion. This insider-practitioner insider-researcher study has integrated a methodology and methods also of: action research, …
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Helping Eagles Fly: A Living Theory Approach to Student and Young Adult Leadership Development
This thesis offers an explanatory account of my living theory of educational leadership in fostering and sustaining student and young adult leadership processes in educational and community settings. Grounded in my research to address my concern for the marginalisation and voicelessness of young …
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Effective Learning Support in Higher Education: My Living Theory of student-centred learning support in National College of Ireland.
This thesis is the product of my living theory of effective learning support practices in National College of Ireland. As a journey of improvement, it describes how I came to be a learning support tutor and attempted to put in place educational practices and resources that were equally accessible, …
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ICT as political action
… is a narrative account of the development of my living theory of practice as a teacher and information communications technologies (ICT) consultant with a national awarding body. Within my two workplaces I experience myself as a living contradiction when my values are denied in practice, in …
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Incarnational Reality as an approach to missional theological education and training
The purpose of this thesis, using a Living Theory methodology, was to confirm if my own approach of Incarnational Reality to missional theological education and training results in transformative learning for my students. This approach has come out of my own experience which I define as ‘God in …
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Transformation in teaching : listening to every voice
… of one researcher's practice using the living-theory approach to action research. Initially, my focus was to improve my practice by asking how I can facilitate transformative learning experiences with the teachers with whom I work. As part of this search, I examined the contradictions …
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Developing Children’s Vocabulary and Expressive Language Skills Through Play
… the reflective process enabled me to generate a living theory. This living theory then allowed me to identify the ways in which I could align my practice more closely to my values. The findings that emerged from this study were centred upon: • Collaborative learning as a way to extend vocabulary …
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An exploration of the teaching and learning opportunities to promote resilience in the primary classroom.
… friends. By engaging in reflective practice, a living theory was developed that demonstrates my core values. Findings include insights into the following: Teacher modelling of resilience Developing meaningful relationships in the classroom Cross-curricular links Promoting learner agency …
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Exploring the creation of holding environments at work through a business & executive coach training programme in a university setting in the context of organisational transition, development and change
… research project lays the groundwork for a living theory of practice related to the creation of holding environments at work in the context of organisational transition, development and change. I understand holding environments at work to be interpersonal or group based relationships that …
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How can I, as an early childhood educational leader, cultivate a Community of Practice in my setting?
… they have also supported me in constructing a living theory of my practice by providing a rationale and awareness as to why I had previously engaged in such practice.
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How can I engage collaboratively with my pupils to enhance their enjoyment of Oral Irish?
… transformed from a didactic style and I am now living closer to these through the use of collaborative and autonomous teaching methods. Data collation was qualitative in nature through various tools such as questionnaires, reflective journals, observations and website statics. The findings …
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Bouncing Back: Teaching Resilience in the Primary Classroom
… the reflective process, I was able to generate a living theory which allowed me to live in the direction of my values. Findings that emerged from the study were in relation to: • The power of drama in exploring resilience • The importance of teacher modelling • The need for explicit teaching of …
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How can I use Student Voice to Enhance my Understanding of the Learning Experiences of the Child?
… samples of children’s work. The generation of a living theory was formed through engagement with the reflective process which enabled me to live in the direction of my values. The findings which emerged from the research resulted in three main themes which include: • Teacher as facilitator • The …
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Supporting Children to Recognise and Manage their Anxiety
… with anxiety. My objective was to test my living theory of social justice to empower children to develop self-regulation skills for immediate transformation and potentially lifelong application. My Intervention entailed six one-hour lessons that aimed to give children with no anxiety …
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How Can I Develop Children’s Empathy through the Implementation of a Fictional Literature Programme?
… of another and feeling an emotion with them. My theory intimates that the most effective interventions at doing so are Role Plays and Dramas, Making Connections, Lingering Questions, Post your Senses and Diary Entries. Vitally, I also observe that each of these are underpinned by the choice of …
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Internationalising Chinese Maritime Higher Education: Developing Content and English Language Integrated Teaching and Learning
… teacher training and experience allowed for a living theory approach to improving both own teaching practice and that of new-found colleagues. The outcomes of this PhD study are multiple: The ethnographic account of the development process in the form of this PhD thesis. The establishment of a …
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The Contextual Variety existing between English primary school Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) within the East-Midlands Region
… of practitioner-research, underpinned by "Living Theory", using an interpretative paradigm which gathered data from three distinct sample groups of SENCOs at three points in their careers: SENCOs at the start of their National Award for SEN Coordination, those who had been trained and had …