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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"importance of identity"”.
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Distant Relations: A Study of Identity, Ethics and Power in the Relationship Between Britain and the United Kingdom Overseas Territories
This thesis contributes to new understandings of the contemporary relationship between Britain and the fourteen remaining United Kingdom Overseas Territories. By examining the discourse of social and political elites in Britain and in several Overseas Territories it identifies the significance of …
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J4CK MERED34TH
<p>ESCRIBO ERGO SUM is an analysis of my writing methods, and it seeks to understand the meaning and purpose behind my novel, J4CK MERED34TH. Through this explorative piece, I create parallels between my own life and my work in order to show a much closer history and context for the novel. In it, I …
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Kalabari Masquerade and the gaze: identity and spectatorship in the sculptures of Sokari Douglass Camp
… spiritual realm, where through the effectiveness of his performance he is believed to temporarily be possessed by a higher spirit. The single performer, however, cannot attain this state without the help of audience members. These audience members are composed of mostly female witnesses, who …
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“I wouldn't call it a disorder, it's just that my brain works differently to neurotypical people”: An exploration of how autistic people maintain their well-being and construct mental health support
… in research towards a focus on the voice of neurodivergent people and away from applying therapy designed for a neurotypical population. This research uses a qualitative thematic analysis to explore the experiences of autistic people in maintaining and understanding their own well-being, …
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John Spaghotte
… Schuler discusses his thoughts on how ideas of creativity, literature, and pedagogy helped to develop into his first novel, <em>John Spaghotte of Crumb</em>. Schuler is a native of the Coachella Valley in Southern California and writes from a middle-class appreciation of working and living in …
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Understanding how voluntary expatriates working in SMEs in Germany, perceive, make sense of and respond to their new cultural context
… in the literature surrounding the acculturation of expatriates, the research seeks to understand how voluntary expatriates, who work in SMEs in Germany, perceive, make sense of and respond to their new cultural context. Implementing an overarching grounded theory approach, semi-structured …
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Particles and Waves: Poetic Responses to Place - Psycho-geography and/as practice
Utilising a range of psychogeographic practices, this project comprises a hybrid creative response to the natural landscape of West Wales, using the River Towy as a focal point. It is concerned with an exploration of the importance of identity, and with themes of the spiritual, land, gender, …
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A qualitative study exploring transgender youths’ experiences of using social media
Background The rise of the Internet in recent decades, along with social media and communication platforms, has created an opportunity for transgender individuals to seek out a common alternative identity that may reduce the societal pressure of fitting into a particular gender role dictated by …
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Becoming a paramedic: the experiences of newly qualified paramedics in navigating a changing professional, social and personal identity
… This study sought to understand the experiences of newly qualified paramedics as they transition into the ambulance service workforce. Methods The study used a longitudinal mixed-methods convergent design, with a social constructionist underpinning. Quantitative and qualitative data were …
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STEM Identity, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Engagement: Motivational Pathways Among Undergraduate STEM Students
… 2002), this dissertation examines how STEM identity development, sense of belonging, and self-efficacy jointly support students’ motivation and engagement. Although recent work has expanded multidimensional assessments of STEM identity, few studies conceptualize identity as a dynamic …
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Building Student Development Through Creative Writing Workshops
<p>This qualitative study describes out-of-school education facilitators’ perceptions, beliefs, and values regarding the promotion of personal and social, cultural, and academic and career development through creative writing workshops. The focus on the facilitators of the creative writing …
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Creating Participatory Space through Partnership Exploring the relationship between a faith-based day programming organization and a cohousing community for individuals with and without disabilities
… the individuality and autonomy among members of both groups. This thesis explores how these two organizations attempt to create space for individuals with disabilities to exercise personal agency and independence, as well as encourage mutual relationship building between persons with and …
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The social meanings and implications of the Beta-thalassaemia trait among South Asian women in England.
The AIMS of this study are to: (1) To explore how South Asian women (those who have ethnic origins in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh) make sense of the beta-thalassaemia trait in the context of their everyday experiences and, in turn, how these experiences impact their identities. (2) To ascertain …
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Identity Crafting: A Study of a Pedagogy of Identity Transformation using Experiential Learning Approaches in a Leader Development Context
A burgeoning stream of literature is making a case for ‘humanising’ leadership and arguing for the importance of identity-based transformational leader development programmes. Yet scholarship is fragmented on if and how identity transformation happens in leaders longitudinally post-interventions. …
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Disability, leisure, and work-life balance
ABSTRACT Society is and has always been composed of people of different levels and types of ability. Today, due to legislation and changing attitudes toward disability, the presence of individuals with disabilities is more evident than in decades past. Although their numbers are still considerably …
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Intergenerational Trauma in African and Native American Literatures
The enslavement and persecution of African and Native peoples has been occurring in the U.S. since the 1600s. There have been justifications, explanations and excuses offered as to why one race feels superior over another. Slavery, according to the Abolition Project, refers to "a condition in which …
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Historical shifts in knowledge, skill and identity in the South African plant baking industry : implications for curriculum
The South African economy, as with the rest of the world economy, has been influenced by the trends of globalisation and the knowledge economy (Castells, 2001). The South African plant (large scale) baking industry is an industry undergoing significant change with the introduction of cutting edge …