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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Transformative paradigm"”.
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An analysis of the impasse reading disorder in the foundation phase in selected Nkandla Circuit Schools
… and problem-solving (Rahmatirad, 2020). The transformative paradigm was utilised in this study, because the transformative paradigm is well-suited for influencing policy changes. All learners, regardless of their abilities or challenges, deserve equal opportunities to succeed. Supporting …
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A Jig in Three Parts: Identity, Power and Agency in the Therapeutic Relationship between Mental-Health Counsellors and Métis Clients in British Columbia
… from both of these groups. The study used a transformative paradigm and a Two-Eyed Seeing framework to conduct and analyze semi-structured, qualitative conversations with eight individual participants. The literature reviewed in this study pertains to Métis identity and historical injustices, …
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A Wisconsin charter school's enrollment and service of students with disabilities
… grounded in Critical Disability Theory and the transformative paradigm, explores inclusive education within a Wisconsin charter school. It examines the strategies and insights that foster meaningful inclusion, moving beyond surface-level metrics to highlight the human-centered factors that drive …
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The Meaning of Educational Travel in the Lives of Urban Middle School Students in a Low-Income Neighborhood: A Transformative, Sequential Mixed Methods Study
<p>This transformative, explanatory, sequential mixed methods study addresses a gap in the literature regarding the meaning of educational travel in the lives of urban youth in a low-income neighborhoods. The framework for this study stems from educational travel, culturally responsive teaching, …
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Positioning Rights and Duties for Parent Representation at the CAC for Special Education Table: A Result of CBPAR
… research (CBPAR). The work is rooted in the transformative paradigm and articulated through narrative inquiry. Data was collected using observations, questionnaires, interview responses, and document analysis. A literature review identified a dearth of empirical studies on CACs. The six …
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Traditional Practices and Negotiating Settler Colonial Society: An Exploration of Sport and Physical Culture Within the Siksika Nation
… their own hall of fame and history exhibit. A transformative paradigm with an Indigenist, anti-colonial framework guided this research. Information was gathered through sharing circles and one-on-one interviews with elders (of which 31 participated) as well as archival sources such as …
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Evaluation Capacity Building (ECB) as a Vehicle for Social Transformation: Conceptualizing Transformative ECB and Kaleidoscopic Thinking
… developed, tested, and evaluated the concept of transformative ECB (TECB), a social justice-oriented approach, rooted in culturally responsive evaluation, critical adult education, and the transformative paradigm, which promotes not only critical and evaluative thinking, but also kaleidoscopic …
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Incorporating global perspectives into a social studies methods class: a case study
… radical standpoint, and between a traditional paradigm and a transformative paradigm.
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An exploration of the parents' experiences of the inclusion and retention of their disabled children in public schools in the Eastern Cape Province
… group sessions were used for data collection. A transformative paradigm informed the data collection procedures and interactions with parents. Data was analysed through content analysis of the full data set, including the researcher’s reflective journal. Recurring patterns were identified, coded …
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Building communication interventions for children with severe disabilities on cultural resources: an action research enquiry
… sought. The focus of this study, grounded in the transformative paradigm, was on culturally determined processes that can increase and enrich the communicative participation of children with severe communication disabilities in an isiXhosa language and cultural context. The aims of the study were: …
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Enhancing the role of teachers to improve inclusive education in full-service schools, Amajuba District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… change. A qualitative research design and the transformative paradigm was most preferred for suitable participants who emerged during the research process. Participatory action research was endorsed as it spoke about the participation, emancipation and working with real challenges to bring …
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Through Our Eyes: A Photovoice Study of Belonging, Precarity, and Possibility with International Students in Higher Education
… Grounded in critical pedagogy and the critical-transformative paradigm, the research sought to understand belonging, exclusion, and possibility from participants' perspectives, using participant-generated photographs as primary evidence.Methodology: The study employed blended witnessing, an …
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Resource-Efficient Collaborative Training and Inference of Foundation Models in Edge-AI
… (Edge-AI) and foundation models marks a transformative paradigm shift in the design of intelligent systems. Edge-AI enables computation to be performed closer to data sources and across distributed network edges, offering significant benefits in latency reduction, privacy preservation, …
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Motivating adult learners to learn: a comparative study of adult literacy programmes in South Africa and Nigeria
… quantitative and qualitative approaches and, a transformative paradigm that values the objective understanding of the adult learners and facilitators with the use of percentage and frequency counts for the quantitative and summative analysis for the qualitative approaches. Results The …