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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Socio-Cultural Context"”.
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The boria : A study of a Malay theatre in its socio-cultural context
… elements in the boria and analyse them in the context of modern Malaysia. Central to the study is a description and analysis of the boria as a drama form today, with particular concentration on characters, stories, songs and music, together with the mechanics of performance. An attempt is made …
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Psychological Essentialism in context: The influence of socio-cultural context and self-identity on essentialising social categories
… Study 1’s results raised the hypothesis that cultural contexts may determine different perceptions of social groups: in the study the Informativeness measure did not load under Entitativity and was negative for Natural-Kind-ness, showing a tendency for subjects from multicultural contexts to …
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How the healthcare-seeking socio-cultural context shapes maternal health clients' mHealth utilisation in a Kenyan context
… how interventions work/do not work in different contexts are not fully understood. Socio-cultural factors are one of the most cited reasons for variance in uptake and utilisation of such technologies. To date, research explaining how socio-cultural factors shape mHealth utilisation is sparse. …
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Nursing perspectives on women, health and work in the socio-cultural context of poor communities in Northeast Thailand.
… of this research. Only by understanding the context, the living experiences and the understandings of the women themselves is it possible to construct effective health intervention programmes. Thus the purpose of the study was to understand women's health and work in the sociocultural context …
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An examination of privacy in the socio-technological context of Big Data and the socio-cultural context of China
… of Westin, Altman and Nissenbaum and the cultural theory of Hofstede, this study investigated the compliance of Chinese businesses’ privacy policies with relevant Chinese laws and the information provided in the privacy policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Internet …
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The Far Reaching Impact of Transformative Learning: A Critical Ethnographic Case Study
… of its participants and its influence on their socio-cultural context. Results revealed that participants did not necessarily experience a disorienting dilemma as contended by Mezirow (1978, 1991, and 2000). Rather participants experienced a series of integrating circumstances that led to the …
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Repetition overused as an academic writing strategy : a case study of Xhosa-English second language speakers
… on critical theory to situate repetition in its socio-cultural context.
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Women abuse : exploring women's narratives of violence and resistance in Mitchell's Plain
… to their experiences, within a particular socio-cultural context. Interviews were conducted with 15 participants who volunteered participation in response to advertisements. All research participants resided in Mitchell's Plain or surrounding areas. In-depth, narrative interviews were used …
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“All This Was My Life”: Constructing Textual Self-Identity in Diaries
… experience, relating the self to a greater socio-cultural context.</p>
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How a Museum Exhibit Functions as a Literacy Event for Viewers
… is New Literacy Studies (NLS). NLS considers the cultural issues surrounding literacy experiences. NLS assumes that language arts reflect cultural differences and literacy involves the process of constructing meaning (Barton, Hamilton, & Ivanic, 2000; Gee, 2000; Street, 1995). This model of …
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Propensity to engage in interracial dialogue on race: A descriptive study of participants and contributing factors
… findings. This study was conducted within the socio-cultural context of race relations in the United States where the problem of racism has defined the national character, has arguably been the most divisive force in the country's consciousness, and remains its central social problem. …
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A comparison of the trauma and autobiographical narratives of female rape and non-sexual assualt survivors
… narratives attenuates the influence of socio-cultural context and subjective differences. The primary aim of the current study was to explore whether there were commonalities and differences in the trauma and autobiographical narratives in a sample of South African adult female survivors …
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Factors impacting on the motivation on Omani students to learn English as an L2.
… local model of L2 motivation which employs a new contextualised perspective. It is based on the socio-cultural backgrounds of the learners and their social relations. This model not only incorporates insights from major debates in the field, but it is also in harmony with recent trends of L2 …
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Towards self-discovery: Elucidating adolescent intra-psychic tensions
… one relates to one's vulnerable parts within the context of a multifaceted sense of identity. I conclude the research by situating this finding in its socio-cultural context and by relating it to existing theory pertaining to the phenomenon of multiplicity of mind.
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Integrating new values into Mongolian public management
This dissertation explores the socio-cultural and institutional environment of the public sector organizations of Mongolia that have strong influence on current public administration reform results. This study applies the Cultural theory and Value theory. The strong hierarchy favoring rule-bounded …
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A qualitative exploration of the experiences of Black Caribbean MSM living with HIV
… on the UK. Sexuality, gender and ethnicity and cultural background are some of the factors which give rise to different experiences of living with HIV; not all experience is well documented. Psychological support is an important part of HIV care; knowledge of socio-cultural context can assist in …
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A Teacher/Mother’s Journey Toward Liberation: An Autoethnographic Account
… autoethnography. It allowed me to understand the socio-cultural context of education in a deeper, more nuanced manner. Weaving the personal and the professional ultimately allowed me to understand the impact of these shifts on my professional identity and classroom practice. Using Freire (1970) …
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The Legacies of Marcel Duchamp and Vladimir Tatlin in Dan Flavin's Fluorescent Light Installations of the 1960s
… this period, particularly focusing on how the cultural knowledge about them was mediated to Flavin. Along with the larger socio-cultural context, I also address Flavin's personal motivations and his idiosyncratic personality that shaped his unique literalist materialism and lurking …
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Learning to Teach: A Case Study of Kindergarten Teachers in Hong Kong
… elements (the teacher as a person, the school context, the teacher education program, and the socio-cultural context) that interacted with one another to shape their teacher knowledge. They began to learn about teaching long before receiving teacher education. On-the-job learning enabled them …
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