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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Social Research Methods"”.
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A study on the work of MIT Mechanical Engineering graduates
… work lives using qualitative and interpretive social research methods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with several alumni from the MIT Mechanical Engineering department. Main topics discussed in theses interviews were current work activities, career motivations, important job skills, …
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FACULTY AND DEAN PERSPECTIVES ON SUPPORTING AND SUSTAINING THE P-12 TEACHING PROFESSION
… In this qualitative study, I use visual social research methods to examine how deans and faculty in research-intensive university schools and colleges of education (SCEs) perceive the relationship between the current state of the teaching profession and both their individual and …
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Synanthropic survival: low-impact agriculture and White-shouldered Ibis conservation ecology
… of nests. Livelihoods were assessed by social research methods including household income surveys. A literature review found a subset of threatened bird taxa now dependent on traditional farming following the loss of natural processes. Agricultural change, driven by external agribusiness …
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The Management of Oppression: Focussing on relationships between refugees and the British state in Newcastle upon Tyne
… The thesis advances a novel perspective on ‘social capital’, understood as purposive and sustained forms of non-contractual engagement, with implicit norms and values. Social capital is ‘unmasked’ as a way of understanding and intervening in relations at an individual level, in order to …
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Consumer Symbolicum: The Advertising Legacy of Pierre Martineau (Social Research, Marketing)
… professional life to legitimizing qualitative research (currently known as social research, or "VALS," i.e.--Values and Lifestyles research) in advertising. In 1953, after nearly twenty years in editorial writing and retail advertising management at the Memphis Press Scimitar, he was appointed …
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The role of St. Patrick in Downpatrick: from traditional pilgrimage to contemporary parade
… It explores this matter through a research study of Downpatrick, a place where one might expect religion, and specifically the life and character of St. Patrick, to be the outstanding feature of its annual rituals of pilgrimage and parade bearing his name in the town's title. It …
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The role of preparation using case-related materials in court interpreting
… faithfully. Adopting a multi-disciplinary, mixed methods approach, the study draws on legal, interpreting and social research methods, triangulating findings from quantitative and qualitative analyses of survey and experimental data. The findings of the national survey of court interpreters reveal …
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Social Impact Assessment of the Natural Forest Protection Program on forest-dependent communities and households in Western China - Case studies in Gansu Province and Chongqing Municipality
Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is the process of analyzing, monitoring and managing the social effects of planned or implemented development interventions. The primary purpose of SIA is to bring about a sustainable and equitable biophysical and social environment. SIA is a prerequisite in FAO and …
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Urban Change, Sexual Politics and Women’s Activism in Spain, 1958 to 1982
… in Spain. These collectives helped transform the social, political and urban landscape and the self-perceptions of those involved. Yet they have been largely ignored both by mainstream accounts of twentieth century Spain and by histories of feminism. The former sub-discipline is more likely to …
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Curriculum Reform in Post-Soviet Armenia: Balancing Local and Global Contexts in Armenian Secondary Schools
… interviews and observations that completed research for this study.</p><p>This sophisticated system of analysis created a depth examination of curriculum reform at both policy and implementation levels in Armenia. Multiple interviews, including policy discussions with numerous officials from …
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Contexts of Short Animated Documentary Production in the United Kingdom
This research looks at the evolving space of animated documentary production in the UK, with a focus on its community of practice and the related communities of practice that overlap with and within it. In recent years there has been an increase in scholarly attention paid to the history of …
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The commodification of Tibetan dance: The experience of ‘Ecological Migrants’ in the Three-River Headwater region of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… exploratory nature of this study, qualitative social research methods and inductive analytical techniques have been applied. This qualitative study used a combination of in depth interviews (n=34) and field observations to interpret the cultural tourism/Tibetan dance phenomenon in the …