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On the plurality of discourses
… They believe that language is divided up into discourses corresponding to traditional areas of philosophical interest, like ethics, physics, aesthetics and mathematics. They think, moreover, that these can be categorised in terms of various hallowed philosophical notions like truth, belief, …
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Discourses in Autism Assessment and Diagnosis
This thesis explores the range of discourses in which parents and professionals engage when a child is assessed and diagnosed with autism. The main focus is on the parents’ meaning-making in recognition of the investment parents have in the topic. It also takes an anti-discriminatory and …
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Understanding Samoan discourses of Family Violence
… in Samoan communities. Understanding the discourses that lie beneath the surface of Samoan explanations of family violence is essential for meaningful long-term interventions.
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Transplant anxieties : discourses about bone marrow
This minor dissertation examines the various discourses in the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) network in South Africa. The organisations in the network which were observed using participant observation were the South African Bone Marrow Registry and the Sunflower Fund to complement this, the …
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Memory and Neoliberal Discourses in Chile
Deemed "The Chilean Miracle," President Pinochet under a campaign of violence and terror effectively transitioned the socialist Chilean economy to one of South America's most prosperous capitalist economies. Most recently, Chilean entrepreneur, SebastÃan Piñera, won the country's executive office …
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Discourses and realities of online higher education : a history of [discourses of] online education in Canada’s Open University
… Online education, according to dominant discourses in higher education, is commonly expected to (a) enhance educational accessibility to university education and (b) improve the quality of university instruction. And, this expectation further produces an imperative for its rapid adoption …
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Finnish media discourses on Calais, France 2016
This research studies the main media discourses and representations of migrants and refugees in Calais, France in the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The topic is related to wider socio-political events that took place especially during the years of 2015 and 2016, when more refugees arrived in …
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Palestinian filmmaking in Israel: negotiating conflicting discourses
… to both the Zionist and the Palestinian national discourses. Broadly, my analysis shows that while as with Palestinian cinema at large the films discussed in this thesis engage with issues of history, space and resistance they are nuanced in ways which relate to the specific circumstances of …
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The discourses of teaching and learning online
This research investigates the discourses of e-learning and the way in which these discourses underpin the practices in the field. Having reviewed the relevant literature and looked at the teaching practices in two case studies, I propose that the collaborative learning discourse is very …
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Discourses of Widening Participation and Social Inclusion
… texts and practices. I argue that dominant discourses of social inclusion, which emphasise equality of opportunity brought about through participation in paid employment, lead to an under-valuing in policy terms of learning programmes that seek to promote the wider benefits of learning. I …
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Black Discourses in an Expository-Narrative Protocol
The results of using this model in a ninth grade class were reported in this study. A number of observations and comments on gap closing were included.
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Neoliberalization of educational policy discourses in Chile
… might contribute to shape national policy discourses, understanding their intricacies, the meanings and articulations of the words chosen, and ultimately, their solutions, requires considering the forces involved in the policy creation, their discursive struggles, along with their …
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Queer: discourses of gender, sexuality, and normativity
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Recent discourses on vigilantism within South Africa
… will provide an overview of the three major discourses on vigilantism in South Africa; within academic literature, the media and public arena, and from the South African state itself. In doing so, I hope to contribute to the understanding of how vigilantism is depicted, described and …
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Psychological trauma : discourses of childhood sexual abuse
… and the forms these fears take. Interpreted as discourses of female control, every girl is placed and has to place herself in relation to these discourses, in which she invests in various ways. The conclusion is that the individualization of specific events of sexual abuse obscures the everyday …
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Accounting for child sexual abuse : male discourses
This study explores discourses which relate to child sexual abuse and which seek to excuse or justify it. It is hypothesized that these discourses are wide-spread and are not held simply by a small minority of offenders. Similar discourses emerged in two very different groups of male subjects. The …
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Discourses of citizenship: civic awareness among young people
Die Einführung von Bildungsstandards und ein output-orientiertes Bildungssystem haben in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen. Ein Problem ist, dass diese Tests selten über die Meinungen von Experten hinaus gehen. Als Alternative hat diese Studie das Ziel, die Theorie nach den Lebenswelten der …
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Warring Discourses in The Picture of Dorian Gray
… is a tension and unique interplay between the discourses of ethics and Decadence as applied to the artistic life. Wilde's attraction to Catholicism also plays a prominent role in his treatment of characters. Although the author's intent remains ambiguous, the course of the novel leads one to …
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Young people leaving care: plans, challenges and discourses
… adults can offer. It is proposed that neoliberal discourses of individual responsibility and continuous self-improvement constrain systems which encourage young people to leave care before they are ready. Two concepts of chop (abrupt change, such as end of school phase) and churn (disruption, such …
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