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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"constructivist paradigm"”.
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Enhancing the employability of young adults from socio-economically challenged contexts
… their employability. The study is embedded in a constructivist paradigm with elements of social constructivist and pragmatism with an interpretive stance. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were implemented, using a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test comparison group-design to explore …
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The Processes of Learning and Teaching Cimbveka: Enhancing Music Education Practices in Primary Schools of the Southern Region of Mozambique
… of ethnographic content analysis and the constructivist paradigm was useful to analyse the data. The ethnographic content analysis was important in interpreting the information collected through the CPE and conversational interviews as those data carried more of the participants' …
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Communities of Practice as a Knowledge Translation and Exchange Strategy: A Qualitative Secondary Ethnographic Analysis
… a secondary qualitative analysis that used the constructivist paradigm and an ethnographic approach to explore the culture and success factors of two Communities of Practice (CoPs). The CoPs, housed by the Seniors Health Knowledge Network (SHKN), worked in wound care and complex care resolution …
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Living expressions: An initial understanDing
… based on interviews with the participants. A constructivist paradigm guides the research with intentional avoidance of a priori theory, and institutes an emergent design with the human as instrument. The purpose of the study was to foster a greater understanding of a new and unusual formal …
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Educator Professional Development in Universal Design for Learning and Social-Emotional Learning: A Collective Case Study
… and Social-Emotional Learning. Using the constructivist paradigm and a theoretical framework of collective case study, various aspects of professional development experiences were explored. Webinar design features, relevant content, significant take aways, and future training were all …
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Effect of using a nursing-essential advanced organizer in a collaborative learning activity to learn pathophysiology
… based on multiple theories from the constructivist paradigm. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of the intervention by retrospective analyses of exam scores using identical exam items found in corresponding exams in 2008 and 2009. Independent two sample …
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Exploring the cultural understanding of mental illness: A study in the Ovaherero community, Opuwo urban area, Namibia
… in Opuwo, Kunene Region, Namibia. Grounded in a constructivist paradigm, the research employed a qualitative ethnographic design to explore participants’ culturally embedded perceptions. Fifteen adult Ovaherero-speaking participants aged 18 years and older were recruited through convenience and …
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Exploring internship barriers at a midwestern HBCU : a qualitative study
… Employing a qualitative methodology and constructivist paradigm, I gathered data through interviews with current and past internship participants and qualified non-participants. The results revealed systemic barriers, support system effectiveness, and student motivations. Factors that …
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Implementing Technology in a Fifth Grade Classroom: School and Home Perspectives
… technology in a fifth grade classroom using a constructivist paradigm. The same computer configuration that students used in the classroom was provided for them at home, along with an Internet dial-up connection. The technology was used as an adjunct to the classroom and was utilized when …
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Making Meaning of Empathy: A Qualitative Study of Empathy Education at UTMB
… and social environments. Using a qualitative constructivist paradigm with a focus on the social aspects of empathy, I will explore how the concept of empathy is defined and operationalized by medical students at UTMB who volunteer at a student-run free health clinic. Through participant …
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Personal constructions of gender and the impact of childhood sexual abuse on adult male survivors
… guided by qualitative methods associated with a constructivist paradigm. All men reported numerous long-term effects similar to those reported by female survivors with no clear relation to gender. Results, however, also suggested that variations in male survivors' personal meanings of masculinity …
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Using sociocultural and cognitive lenses the nature of reading scaffolding provided by an experienced district literacy coach during an upper elementary small group reading intervention
… by an experienced district literacy coach. A constructivist paradigm informed this study's methodology. One experienced district literacy coach and five fourth-grade students participated in this descriptive case study (Merriam, 2009). The coach was observed during the course of the …
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"It was time to put the trauma aside" : how Cuban-American women cope with sexual assault
… vary greatly. Thus, the current study used a constructivist paradigm to understand the lived experiences of Cuban-American women survivors of sexual assault from their perspectives by using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis approach. Participants were 5 Cuban-American women who …
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A qualitative exploration of Latino immigrant integration in the rural Midwest : long-term resident and immigrant perspectives
… newcomers. The work is situated within a social constructivist paradigm, utilizing the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework and Interactive Acculturation Model. Focus groups were conducted with 28 participants (11 long-term community residents, 17 Latino immigrant newcomers) in a small farming …
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Leveraging DEI to Enhance Collective Creativity and Organizational Learning at Jiva Consulting
… within the energy industry. Grounded in a constructivist paradigm and guided by Appreciative Inquiry methodology, the research engaged current Jiva team members through a focus group, semi-structured interviews, and a collaborative dissemination process. The inquiry was guided by the …
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Exploring the Effect of Digital Brand Engagement in Self-Concept (BESC) on the Continued Usage of Branded Digital Possessions
… usage continuance intention. Situated within a constructivist paradigm, the second study involved connective ethnographic research and semi-structured interviews, enhanced by projective techniques, to take an abductive approach to understanding how technology is used by Smartphone users to …
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A Qualitative Exploration of Interagency Collaboration and Transition Outcomes for High School Students with Disabilities
… during the transition to adulthood. Guided by a constructivist paradigm, this study drew upon interviews, observations, and document analysis involving different stakeholders, including transition specialists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and other professionals within a school district …
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The intelligence of seeing : an enquiry into the relationships between perception theory, communication theory and the practice and teaching of drawing
… semiotics. Within the parameters of a constructivist paradigm of research, a new drawing-teaching programme is designed, tested over a period of two academic years, and evaluated using the recognised criteria of authenticity proposed by Egon Guba and Yvonna Lincoln. Two classes of data …
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Inserting financial instability in strategic management of commercial real estate companies: A corporate perspective on the meaning of the phenomenon of financial instability
… Crisis (GFC) 2007/08. Within the social constructivist paradigm, the study adopts a hermeneutic phenomenological research approach using the theoretical lenses of van Manen's ‘lifeworld existentials' and Weick's ‘properties of sensemaking'. The corporate definition of FI that emerged from …
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