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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"narrative account"”.
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A narrative account of the leadership of Superintendent Cobel from 1989-1993
This study attempts to examine administrative programs and events in the tenure of Superintendent Dr. Larry D. Coble, who served the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District in North Carolina from 1989-1993. The central focus of this investigation addresses four basic questions. First, were the …
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Image, perception and the unconscious
… hidden but also right in front of you. I give a narrative account of my own practice which explores how the theme originated, reoccurred and developed in my work over the years and the way it now features in my practice, along with a deep account of the process and my thinking whilst creating the …
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Exploring the Potential of Video Observation for Enhancing Preservice Teachers’ Reflective Practices
… With the objective of offering the reader a rich narrative account of the video observation experiences of three preservice teachers, the study features three in-depth interviews exploring the tensions, challenges, and triumphs these individuals negotiated through their encounter with this highly …
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Do ̶N̶o̶t̶ Enter, Do ̶N̶o̶t̶ Touch
… pieces. By condensing all this information, a narrative account of the installation presented in May 2017 will be discussed with analysis of the public’s response to it, and the pivotal role this had in understanding fear. I will end with some proposals for future research/practice.
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Barriers to being seen: the interpersonal experiences of AFAB University students with ADHD in South Africa
… employed to synthesise the data and generate a narrative account of the following two overarching themes, ‘compromised connection and vulnerability' and ‘strategising to find connection'. The findings depicted that the participants' interpersonal experiences were marked by frequent invalidation, …
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Pregnancy Loss: Disenfranchised Grief and Other Psychological Reactions
… Support (ISS). The participants also wrote a narrative account of their loss experience. These narratives were content analyzed to delineate common themes. The findings indicated several important factors which may be useful in understanding and assisting in post-loss adjustment.
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A Critical Feminist Examination of Women's Empowerment in the Ghanaian and U.S. Dominant Spaces
… violence. The second paper employs a layered narrative account to illuminate how I was interpellated into the socio-cultural and political landscape within the U.S., placing me at a low level of the U.S. social ladder.
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A Case Study of the Implementation of Ernest Boyer's Basic School Framework in One Elementary School
… interviews, and documents culminate in a narrative account of findings and reflections. By providing details of how one school applied the Basic School framework, this report offers insight into methods other elementary schools could use to more effectively design the implementation …
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis investigation into the subjective experience of being diagnosed with dyslexia in adulthood
… subordinate themes, are expanded into a narrative account of adults’ experiences. The findings revealed that adulthood diagnosis of dyslexia entailed a range of experiential processes that culminated to ‘identity transformation’. These findings can help in deepening understandings of the …
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Partners in grief : couples' narratives of the transition from pediatric paliative care into bereavement
… research. My research question was: What are the narratives of intact bereaved couples whose children have died after receiving palliative care for a life-limiting illness? Five couples were interviewed who had lost their children ranging in age from 1-14 years of age. This loss occurred between 2 …
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Black Power in a "Lily-White" School: The Black Campus Movement at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
… larger historiography of the BCM, and provides a narrative account of how two cultures clashed at a small, predominantly white, Lutheran college in the upper Midwest.</p>
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A qualitative study exploring psychological therapists' experiences of working psychotherapeutically with individuals diagnosed with dementia
… themes along with sub-themes are expanded into a narrative account of participants' experiences. Of particular interest, the concept of identity arose from the narratives. Dementia was conceived to act as a threat to participants' sense of identity preventing them from sustaining their usual roles …
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The journey from neophyte to registered nurse - a Dutch experience.
… to the existing body of knowledge. This narrative account invites the reader to follow the researcher's thoughts and decision-making whilst it simultaneously challenges the reader to confront their personalhistory and beliefs.
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The Society of Friends in Indiana during the Civil War
The major purpose of this study is to present a narrative account of the activities of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, in Indiana during the American Civil War. It is also an attempt to undo a myth that has persisted among many historians for over one hundred years. The Friends' adherence to …
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ICT as political action
This thesis is a narrative account of the development of my living theory of practice as a teacher and information communications technologies (ICT) consultant with a national awarding body. Within my two workplaces I experience myself as a living contradiction when my values are denied in …
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Group Analytic Clinical Mind-lines: an interview study of the working theories of group analytic psychoterapist
… out the findings from the interviews, giving a narrative account followed by the thematic analysis. Chapter 5 discusses these findings in detail in the light of the group psychotherapy literature and the concepts of tacit knowledge and the clinical mind - lines. It is suggested here that the two …
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Technology and ageing: A person-centred study on the introduction and wellbeing impact of handheld tablets to residents of care homes
… findings are organised into three sections: a narrative account of the fieldwork; a case series for the six participants and the researcher; and five overarching themes based on the New Economics Foundation’s Five Ways to Wellbeing actions. The study concludes that handheld tablets can enhance …
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Policy-making, paradigms and change: The origins of the Prevent counter terrorism policy in Great Britain between 2001 and 2011
… on the process. It presents an in-depth narrative account that identified the main decisions, including both formal and informal decisions as well as relevant exogenous and endogenous inputs into the process. It then examines the influence of the decision-making community, including the …
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Christian missions in Eastern New Guinea : a study of European, South Sea Island and Papuan influences, 1877-1942
… it was not possible to provide either a detailed account of the background of the European missionaries involved or a narrative account of major features of missionary activity such as education and health. A certain amount of work is already in progress or has been completed in these fields, …
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Christian missions in Eastern New Guinea : a study of European, South Sea Island and Papuan influences, 1877-1942
… it was not possible to provide either a detailed account of the background of the European missionaries involved or a narrative account of major features of missionary activity such as education and health. A certain amount of work is already in progress or has been completed in these fields, …
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