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Showing 1 to 20 of 172 for “"life stories"”.
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Life Stories in Everyday Practice: A Feminist Communication Study of Life Stories at the Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College
"In this particular community of practice life story fragments played an active role in the development of ""community"" and in the ability of fellows to engage in effective cross-disciplinary dialogue. Stories-on-the-fly grounded academic subject matter in the lives of the fellows, and often …
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Life Stories and the Search for Educational Possibilities
The stories that people tell about their lives in the context of educational relationships draw attention to the possible experiences through which their lives could grow in meaning. In this collaborative reconstruction of one person’s life history, I present an interpretive retelling of several …
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Life Stories of Aboriginal Juvenile Prostitutes in Taiwan
… after discharged from the center. The results of life stories identified risk factors and protective factors for aboriginal girls entering and leaving prostitution. Risk factors are: poverty, parents' poor marital relationship, domestic violence, child maltreatment, culturally deviant moral …
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Staying the course: the life stories of eight entrepreneurial women
… how, within their varied personal contexts, the lifelong learning experiences of seasoned entrepreneurial women were shaped by socio-cultural influences, significant individuals, gender, and learning challenges. Theories and research on lifelong and biographical learning, entrepreneurial …
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Identity Journeys: Life Stories of Women Adopted Transnationally As Children
… adoption on the developing child and across the life span. In order to expand and illuminate the adopted woman's story and perspective, this qualitative study explored the life stories of 20 women of color between the ages of 25-38 who were transnationally adopted as children before the age of …
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Documentary filmmaking as an ethical practice: looking for life stories
… Filmmaking as an Ethical Practice: Looking for Life Stories, I look back over two decades of my own media practice and draw concrete lessons from the experiences I had, as I faced ethical dilemmas while working. Conventional documentary too often falls into extractive practices, focussing on a …
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Digital life stories: Semi-automatic (auto)biographies within lifelog collections
Our life stories enable us to reflect upon and share our personal histories. Through emerging digital technologies the possibility of collecting life experiences digitally is increasingly feasible; consequently so is the potential to create a digital counterpart to our personal narratives. In this …
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The Small Histories project: the internet, life stories and ‘performances of reconstruction’
This project revolves around Small Histories, an online web-based software system for the uploading and sharing of life stories: http://www.smallhistories.com. I created Small Histories to explore the ways in which the internet can facilitate the urge to tell, share and compare one’s personal …
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Identity in Sociocultural Context: Life Stories of Korean Youth in New York City
… youth has never been studied through their life stories. Thus, the goal of this research was to understand the identity of Korean youth in New York City through their life stories. I investigated how their life stories developed and what influences affected their identities while growing up …
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Engaging the Brave and the Bold: Exploring the Discourses of Disability Through Life Stories
… of disability that emerge from participants' life stories. This study interviewed 20 participants using a modified version of McAdams' (1993) Life Story Interview Protocol. Utilizing Relational Dialectics Theory and a thematic discourse analysis, two primary discourses emerged from participant …
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Life Stories of Nikkeijin Seeking Better Opportunities: The Motivation of Brazilian Immigrants in Japan
… language (JSL). This qualitative study shows the life experiences of four nikkeijin who arrived in Japan at different ages (8, 18, 25 and 42 years old). It is a very richly descriptive study about the experiences of nikkeijin learning JSL. Through interviews conducted over the Internet using …
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On electric owls : implicit life-stories of robots and their impact on human empathy
… one design criteria for such robots: implicit life stories or the ability for a robot to experience the world we share, be transformed by that experience and communicate that experience to us. Through the construction of novel robots that can have implicit life-stories, and through human …
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The Life Stories of Teachers in Post Compulsory Education: A Narrative Exploration of Teacher Identity
This thesis centres on a narrative inquiry of the life stories of teachers in Post Compulsory Education with the aim of exploring how the ‘self’ is constructed within discursive environments. The study adopts a dialogical approach to narrative identity formation as an ongoing process of becoming …
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Reconceptualizing Social Capital Theory: Life Stories of Kazakhstani Youth from Rural or Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds
… developing higher education systems. Drawing on life history narratives of prestigious university graduates from rural or lower socioeconomic backgrounds in Kazakhstan, my research examines how the graduates use social capital in pursuing their education and career. Guided by Bourdieu’s critical …
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Telling life stories and creating life books: a counseling technique for fostering resilience in children
… on the efficacy of telling one's personal life story as a counseling technique, especially in the school setting. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (l) to describe and implement a technique for school counselors to use in individual counseling sessions to foster resilience in children …
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Experiences with cultural capital in education : exploring the educational life stories of first-generation postsecondary students
This study used a life history research design to explore first-generation university students' educational life stories and experiences with cultural capital. The project sought to examine how 3 first-generation university students experience cultural capital that is privileged in Ontario's …
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The Maintenance Of Ethnic Culture And Manifestations Of Ethnic Identity In The Life Stories Of Finnish Immigrants
… that ethnic identity manifests itself in their life stories. Ten qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Finnish immigrants and children of Finnish immigrants, and emerging themes were identified in the data. The results indicate a strong ethnic identity among Finnish …
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