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Showing 1 to 20 of 113 for “"inductive analysis"”.
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Gangs, Race, and ‘the Street’ in Prison: An Inductive Analysis
This thesis investigates the practices and compositions of gangs in Greater Manchester, England. Primarily drawing from qualitative data gathered in two adult, men’s prisons, it explores gang members’ activities, how these practices develop on ‘the street’, and how they are later affected by …
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An inductive analysis of ESG practices and assumptions of materiality amongst South African asset managers
… to them across five industries. Alongside this analysis, asset managers were interviewed for their opinion of ESG as it is currently practiced in the South African market, where they saw barriers to its practice and where potential improvements could be made. The study found alignment between …
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Curriculum-Related Trends in K-12 Adventist Education in the North American Division: An Inductive Analysis of the Profile Surveys--1987-2007
… <p>Method</p> <p>The database for this inductive analysis was generated from various secondary sources, primarily written reports, articles, and SPSS files containing results from the 10 Profile Studies conducted from 1987 to 2007. These were supplemented with archived data from CDs and …
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Headteacher inspectors: boundaries, identity and the potential for system leadership
… semi-structured interviews. Data collection and analysis spanned a five-year period which pre-dated the current drive to co-opt more headteachers as school inspectors. The analysis of the interview transcripts was through a process of induction. Several themes emerged from this inductive analysis …
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The Search for Scholarly Teaching in Elementary Education
… using a hermeneutic orientation. A deductive analysis suggests that we do have scholarly teaching in elementary education, with strong evidence that elementary teachers are scholars of application and integration. An inductive analysis of latent and manifest content suggests that underlying …
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Wild Civility: Cultivating the Foundations of Social Justice through Participation in a Wilderness Program
… and daily journals during the program. Through inductive analysis six themes emerged. Three of these were related to the development of certain foundations of social justice: (a) experienced conflict development and resolution; (b) experienced relationship change and development; and (c) shift …
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Not All Who Wander are Lost: An Ethnographic Study of Individual Knowledge Construction within a Community of Practice
… interviews and participant observations. Inductive analysis of expert and novice stories illuminated experiential patterns and collective traditions that comprise the AT learning culture. In contrast to traditional approaches to knowledge and skill acquisition, this study found …
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The stories of parents whose children have been referred for an assessment for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A narrative analysis
… in-depth interviews that enabled a detailed inductive analysis of each of the unique stories. Findings are discussed in relation to the analysis and related theory, research and policy. The limitations of this research and implications for future projects and Educational Psychology (EP) …
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Nature and meaning of occupation for young men with tetraplegia living on the Cape Flats
… their occupations. Themes which emerged from an inductive analysis of the data: "It's a boring life", "Feeling trapped" and "Struggling to find a way", indicated that the most prevalent experience of occupation, was its limited and monotonous repertoire. Contextual barriers served to restrict …
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The Effects of School Distance on Students’ Academic Performance: A Case of Community Secondary Schools in Makambako Town Council
… purposive sampling technique in which SPSS and inductive analysis procedures were employed to analyze their responses. The study determined that longer distance travelled by students to school made them reach schools late and with empty stomachs. Location of school has lead to mass failure to …
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Perceived barriers to authentic leadership in the South African business environment
… barriers to its successful implementation. An inductive analysis was utilised to identify and discuss emergent themes. The study found that the strongest perceived barriers to authentic leadership were the organisationÕs culture, the need to conform, cultural awareness and the history of the …
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Verlorenvlei vernacular : a structuralist analysis of Sandveld folk architecture
… coast, have been subjected to a structuralist analysis of their form. As elements of human material culture these houses represent the physical objectification of invisible culture. They are the products of a culturally dictated mental process of design, and in their form reflect the successful …
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Educators’ and learners’ views on factors that contribute to poor performance of grade 12 physical science learners in the uMkhanyakude District in KwaZulu-Natal
… performance in Grade 12 Physical Sciences. The inductive analysis of the teachers’ interview transcripts revealed that teachers believed that giving extra support without resources such as well-resourced laboratories, and parental support is sometimes impossible. These key findings can …
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Determinants of Leisure-Time Physical Activity Participation Among African Students Attending a Canadian University
… The transcripts were analyzed by way of inductive analysis, the most common approach for qualitative studies (Thomas, 2006). The results of the study provided insights into African students’ perceived benefits of LTPA and constraints to participation. This thesis sets out suggestions for …
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In-situ informal settlement upgrades through community savings: possibility or farfetched dream in the South African Context
… residing in Diepsloot and Alexandra. Inductive analysis was utilised to interpret the findings of the study in addition to unearthing emergent themes. The study found that a cocktail of impediments exist to in-situ upgrades. Nonetheless, stokvels were found to be a possible avenue of …
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Adopted college students' family adoption communication processes: A mixed methods study
… were used to analyze quantitative data and inductive analysis with open coding was employed to explore qualitative responses. Results suggest (a) many participants have engaged in adoption-related topic avoidance with their parents, (b) unexplored themes emerged related to the types of …
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Being Ourselves: Narratives of Disabled College Students' Interpersonal Experiences with Campus Community Members
… student organizations at their institutions? Inductive analysis from 18 semi-structured interviews revealed five themes: lower(ed) expectations for support and connection, experiencing oppression, coping with oppression, experiencing interdependent friendships, and in-group friendships. …
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The Value of Partnerships as a Mechanism for Systems Change: The Florida Experience (1974-2006)
… and a review of relevant documents. Data analysis included the process of inductive analysis which allowed themes of the study to emerge from the data. Conclusions drawn from the study's findings included: (1) the critical importance of leadership, (2) the importance of relationships, (3) …
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Developing individualized education programs with culturally and linguistically diverse families from low-income homes : a heuristic inquiry of special education teachers
… prolific barriers impeding parent participation. Inductive analysis explored emergent and uncovered themes elucidating what it meant to be a special education teacher.</p>
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Identifying the Physical Education Beliefs of Classroom Teachers
… and synthesized the data. During the data analysis process the researcher looked to discover common themes between the participants’ teaching experiences and beliefs towards physical education by using an inductive analysis approach. The results emerged with themes related to mandating …
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