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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Strauss and Corbin"”.
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Promoting normal birthing : aspiring to develop a midwife-led scope of practice
… their scope of practice when caring for women and babies during normal birthing. The grounded theory approach of Strauss and Corbin (Corbin & Strauss, 2008; Strauss & Corbin, 1998, 1990) was employed to inform data collection and analysis, including the use of participant observation and …
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The Double Heuristic Method: perspectives on how teachers deal with an alternative model for teaching in the VET sector.
… investigate how teachers in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Australia deal with the Double Heuristic Method (DHM) as an alternative model for teaching in the VET Sector. The context is set within a vocational educational landscape globally, highlighting approaches in the delivery of …
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A grounded theory of individualized learning practices in New Jersey higher education
… in data provided by faculty, administrators, and institutional document analysis, concerning why and how faculty and administrators at three New Jersey higher education institutions use individualized learning practices. Individualized learning practices, as defined in this study, are the …
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A qualitative study examining the experiences of children living in a residential treatment program
… of this research project was to gain an understanding of the child's experience living in residential treatment and to explore the child's understanding of treatment and the therapeutic process. Limited information on this topic has been found in the research literature, therefore this study was …
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Genderová proměna časopisu Vlasta v roce 1991 a 2010
… editorial in the journal Vlasta topics in 1991 and 2010 and how tthe communist regime influenced the thematic transformation of magazine in Czechoslovakia. In my work I also examine whether Vlasta magazine in 1991, presents a feminist ideas that have a negative connotation, as Osvaldová …
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The Recognition of Child Abuse: Expert Providers' Experience
… was to construct a substantive theory, using the Strauss and Corbin grounded theory method, to describe the core processes and domains that are central to the recognition of child abuse. Ten health care providers who were established experts in the area of child abuse were interviewed. A …
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Reflective practice: key to the future of nursing?: a comparative study of the nursing practice of graduate and non-graduate nurses
… of qualified nurses were compared, a graduate and non-graduate group. Nursing practice was analysed at an individual, team and professional level. Data was collected using audio taped diaries, semi-structured interviews and observations of each nurse whilst engaged in direct patient care. From …
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Managing risk; how doctors, nurses and pharmacists optimise the use of medicines in acute hospitals in Northern Ireland: a grounded theory study.
… was produced which explains how doctors, nurses and pharmacists work to optimise the use of medicines in acute hospital settings in Northern Ireland. Seventeen semi-structured, one-to-one interviews were conducted with doctors, nurses and pharmacists. Concurrent data collection and analysis was …
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A case study: organizational culture of a division I intercollegiate athletic department
… education. Major culture change has not occurred and few studies have examined culture within Division I athletic departments (Schroeder, 2010). The specific aim of this study was to understand how the following elements of a collegiate athletic department interact with one another: institutional …
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A descriptive theory of the big accounting firm
… that dominated accounting developments in the UK and the US for most of the 20th century. Its focus is theory creation and most of the dissertation exposition does not focus on the theory per se. Instead, most of the exposition is devoted to communicating the pathway of the reflexive …
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An in-depth examination of extant literature pertinent to nurture groups and an exploratory study, using grounded theory methods, of young people’s views and experiences of a secondary school nurture group
Harriss, Barlow and Moli (2008) recognise that a considerable number of children and young people in the United Kingdom are attributed with having social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBDs). The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE, 2001) explain that children, who experience …
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‘Everything in Motion, Motion in Everything’: The experience and process of negotiating development transitions
This study seeks to understand how people experience and negotiate estrangement from nuclear family members during adulthood. The central research aim was to arrive at a theoretical account of how people psychologically experience and manage estrangement within the meaningful context of their …
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Factors that Influence a Woman's Choice to Remain in or to Leave a Male-dominated Major
Grounded theory methods of Strauss and Corbin (1990) and multidimensional scaling techniques (Kruskal & Wish, 1991) were used in this investigation to study the factors that influence a woman's choice to remain in or to leave a male-dominated major (Zuckerman, 1981). Focus group interviews were …
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Modes of resourceful behavior: A holistic approach to the adaptive process with implications for occupational therapy intervention
… modes of resourcefulness was developed and went through the content validation process. Methods of tool development and validation described by Benson and Clark (1982) were used. Occupational therapy clinicians and academicians were consulted on categorization of instrument components. …
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Writing their lives : exploring the connections between high school English teachers' life histories and writing instruction
… life stories of six high school English teachers and the ways those teachers think about and practice writing instruction. Multiple interviews were conducted with each participant over a period of two months, during which the participants shared stories from their lives and talked about themselves …
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THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
… One-half initially attended a tribal college, and one-half Native American students who initially attended a non-tribal college. The qualitative process involved face-to-face interviews with the participants at the seven Montana tribal colleges. The resources included: mentoring programs, …
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THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
… One-half initially attended a tribal college, and one-half Native American students who initially attended a non-tribal college. The qualitative process involved face-to-face interviews with the participants at the seven Montana tribal colleges. The resources included: mentoring programs, …
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Significant events and themes in the development of marriage and family therapists: a qualitative study
… or about the individual development of marriage and family therapists (Benningfield & Benningfield, 1992; Simon, 1992). This qualitative research study explored the development of marriage and family therapists (MFTsS) using one-on-one in depth interviews that were videotaped. The purpose was to …
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Meanings and motivations among older adult mall walkers: a qualitative analysis
… the grounded theory methodology suggested by Strauss and Corbin (1990) to analyze and explore the meaning of and motivation for mall walking among a group of older, rural, independently living adults. Interviews were conducted with 14 respondents aged 62-81 and participant observation was …
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Accounting information in micro manufacturing enterprises in Libya.
In an attempt to understand the accounting information generated and used for planning and control, a programme of research was conducted in selected micro manufacturing enterprises (less than 10 employees) in Libya. This research is an exploratory study as it represents the first attempt to study …
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