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Showing 1 to 20 of 310 for “"Practising"”.
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Practising-as-inquiry: developing self-as-practitioner
… and my experiences of my practice. Through practising-as-inquiry I interpret, discover and make the value, benefits and impact of my practice to me and others, and thereby resource and harvest the ethos, praxis and autopoiesis with which I further develop my capacity to intervene in my own …
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Practising politics in the Pacific islands : insider perspectives
Politicians are influential yet contentious figures whose daily activities are the subject of considerable speculation and intrigue, and whose motivations are often denigrated as morally questionable, if not reprehensible. While conjecture about the value of politicians has an easy resonance with …
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Practising politics in the Pacific islands : insider perspectives
Politicians are influential yet contentious figures whose daily activities are the subject of considerable speculation and intrigue, and whose motivations are often denigrated as morally questionable, if not reprehensible. While conjecture about the value of politicians has an easy resonance with …
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Teachers’ professional learning: perspectives and reflections of practising teachers
This thesis uses a case study to explore teachers’ professional learning in one secondary school in the south of England. An interpretive, qualitative case study approach was adopted. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and staff biographies to explore the key …
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Crossing over: theorising Mehta’s film trilogy; practising diasporic creativity.
… “Crossing Over: Theorising Mehta’s Film Trilogy, Practising Diasporic Creativity” articulates a critical-creative research discourse. It crosses over in terms of traversing critical scholarship on genre and audience, assuming multiplie cultural positions, as well as in bridging the theory/practice …
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Practising critical pedagogy through the lens of constructive-developmental theory
The research question addressed here is ‘How to identify and effectively implement a developmental pedagogy that contributes solutions to, rather than causes of, inequality’. The research is conducted using first person, educational emancipatory action research. Both the research method and …
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Reading and Writing with a Tree: Practising ‘Nature Writing’ as Enquiry
This thesis reframes, or reforms, ‘nature writing’ (‘Nature Writing Reformed’) through the practical and theoretical recombination of human, tree, and page. Understandings of ‘writing’, ‘nature’, and their phrasal relation in ‘nature writing’, are explored through a sustained enquiry into the …
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Practising identity : emerging adults, digital social technologies and contexts for self
The emergence of digital social technologies throughout the lives of digital native emerging adults has had significant implications for the identity practices of these individuals, and consequently creates a diverse and emergent space for researching digitally networked practices. The …
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Practising inclusive education in an Indian context: Taking the agenda forward
Despite widespread interest in education for children with disabilities, research in India has predominantly been focussed on issues around access, attitudes of teachers towards students with disabilities and challenges to implementing inclusive education. However, there is a need to move away from …
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Straddling paradigms: an interpretive hermeneutic exploration of the experience of midwives practising homeopathy
This study aimed to explore the experiences of midwives who were also homeopaths as they attempted to straddle the different philosophical and practice paradigms they encountered in each domain. It also explored the implications of their experience on their practice. Over recent decades the …
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Re-mapping the Arctic: contemporary approaches to practising cartography across diverse knowledge traditions
… and wider social science that might assist the practising of cartography under this philosophy – the possibilities for ‘working with multiple ontologies’. For example I explore the opportunity for working with complex adaptive systems, and suggest that a contemporary understanding of how …
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The experience of mothers practising kangaroo mother care in the East London hospital complex
… ten at FH. One participant at each hospital was practising intermittent KMC. The findings of this qualitative study demonstrate clear consensus for the questions posed. The findings confirmed that KMC was positively received by mothers in a public hospital setting in South Africa but in order for …
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Collaborative CoRe design for year 10 electricity and magnetism: Professional development for enhancing practising science teachers' PCK
… and development (PLD) intervention for enhancing practising science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for teaching Year 10 (14-15-year olds) Electricity and Magnetism in New Zealand. There were three case study teachers in this study, each of whom were practising science teachers with …
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Attitudes towards the library and information profession among practising librarians and information workers in the Western Cape
An investigation was undertaken into the attitudes held by library/information workers towards their profession because it was considered that the strength of these attitudes may affect not only the self-concept and work performance of individuals, but also the quality and dimensions of the support …
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How Do Practising Astrologers Understand the Epistemic Nature of Astrology and What Impact Does This Have on Their Practice?
This dissertation examines astrologers’ perceptions of the nature of astrological knowledge, considering the epistemological paradigm of astrology and the potential impact of that paradigm on astrological practitioners. It investigates how Western horoscopic astrologers understand and work with the …
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Practising knowing in emergency departments : tracing the disciplinary and institutional complexities of working, learning and knowing in modern emergency departments
In this thesis I examine ‘knowing in practice’ (Gherardi 2006) in emergency departments (EDs) and present a new conceptualisation of how knowing in practice is done. In particular, I examine how nurses and doctors draw on recognised disciplinary practices and adapt these in the institutional …
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