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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"difficult conversations"”.
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Examining Difficult Conversations in Environmental Conflicts
This dissertation explores difficult conversations in environmental conflicts. Environmental conflicts emerge over complex environmental issues, and the resulting decision-making processes are fraught with difficult conversations among diverse individual and organizational actors. Such difficult …
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Staging difficult conversations: research-based catalyst scripts in educational spaces
… such as mental, physical and sexual abuse may be difficult to discuss and prove triggering for both youth and adults, due to the nature of the topic. Herein lies the quandary: how might adults engage in these sensitive conversations with young women and men without resorting to narratives that …
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The Play of Silence and Talk in Difficult Conversations about Literary Texts
… may be understood as a generative aspect of difficult conversations about literary texts. Being in silence, being with others in a class discussion setting disrupts the expectation that deep enriching discussions about literature will occur. Hermeneutics begins in disruptions to expectations …
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Difficult conversations on the frontline. Managing the tensions between care and control: are communication skills enough?
… which may be evident in the ‘micro-process’ of conversations where difficult matters are being discussed. The study asks whether identifiable ‘moments of avoidance’ occur during these conversations at points of heightened tension between care and control. Results suggest that despite good …
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From Polarisation to Pluralism: An Action Research Study at Artisan
… Artisan Church, can engage more effectively in difficult conversations. Using engaged action research––including a World Café and interviews––the study examined current engagement approaches, challenges, and enabling factors to support constructive dialogue and community belonging. Findings …
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Doing the work of the "woke" : writing center tutoring and social justice
… “niceness” may inhibit them from engaging in difficult conversations about social justice issues with their clients. This information has implications for writing center directors and their approach to tutor education.
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More than tolerance: development through dialogue on race and cultural differences : a guide to learning in facilitated small groups
… oppression/superiority, d) facilitation of difficult conversations, e) the use of Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) as an assessment tool (Hammer and Benne~ 2001 ), f) the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) as a conceptual model (Bennett, 1993 ), g) adult …
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Affect in Resiliency Planning: A Conversation with Broad Channel
… affective experiences of place is essential in conversations about the future of places under climate change, especially in communities and neighborhoods resistant to the conversation about climate change’s impacts on their futures in the first place. This project focuses on Broad Channel, the …
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Go Wish- Pediatrics : Pilot Study of a Conversation Tool in Pediatric Palliative Care
<p>Problem: Difficult conversations and decisions are an unfortunate reality for parents caring for children facing life threatening conditions. Confusing, inadequate, and inconsistent communication by health care providers makes advance care planning difficult in pediatrics.<br /> Design: A mixed …
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Reconceptualizing the Role of Identity in Social Work Education Through Liberation Pedagogy
… and the role that emotional regulation has in difficult conversations which shapes behavior and action. Findings: quantitative analysis using both linear mixed models and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed a lack of statistical significance between groups due to unexpected sampling issues …
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Parent-adolescent communication and relationships in the context of childhood cancer
… children’s desires to protect one another from difficult conversations and the impacts of effective communication or avoidance on psychosocial and relational outcomes. However, a crucial gap exists in the literature surrounding children and adolescents’ and their parents’ experiences of and …
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Preparedness for end-of-life in patients with advanced metastatic cancer enrolled in a clinical trial (phase I/phase II)
… literature identified a positive impact of ACP conversations on patients with cancer including increased decision making for EOL care preferences. Unfortunately, there is little or no information available on their preparedness for EOL, indicating a gap in literature. This study aims to describe …
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Museum, memory, and mental health: making sense of contestation over the interpretation of violence in the Contested Spaces exhibition at William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, South Africa
… Through performance, hosting seminar conversations at which key artists engaged with their works, and inviting students, township residents, mental health practitioners and government officials to the gallery, I drew in new audiences. Immersive and experiential methods produced …
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Museum, memory, and mental health: making sense of contestation over the interpretation of violence in the Contested Spaces exhibition at William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, South Africa
… Through performance, hosting seminar conversations at which key artists engaged with their works, and inviting students, township residents, mental health practitioners and government officials to the gallery, I drew in new audiences. Immersive and experiential methods produced …
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Critical Praxis: Using My Own Whiteness and Experiences to Challenge Issues of Racism and White Privilege
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Autoethnography is a genre of research that alternately focuses its attention outwardly on the social and cultural, and inwardly on the personal life experiences of the researcher in an attempt to raise one’s consciousness and prompt action about the issue under study. This …
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A mixed methods study of teacher evaluation reforms and micropolitics in Illinois
… retirements, avoidance or discomfort to hold difficult conversations regarding teacher underperformance, and the increased workload and paperwork involved with the teacher evaluation process and development and monitoring of improvement plans. Finally, principals reported that, although …
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Mental health nursing attitudes towards patient involvement in risk assessment as part of recovery focused care
… for this include lack of time, avoidance of difficult conversations, and a lack of perceived value to the documentation. Interviews with service-users showed a strong wish to be involved in the risk assessment and the care pathway, however the study also indicated that patients had limited …
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Allyship Readiness Scale Development and Validation
… on personal privilege, regulate emotions in difficult conversations, and act in solidarity with marginalized groups. However, Empathy was removed following exploratory factor analysis due to conceptual and statistical overlap with other dimensions. A comprehensive, multi-study scale …