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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"re-authoring"”.
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Re-authoring Empathy: Constructing Narratives of Empathic Understanding and Engagement in Higher Education
In this research study I write stories of empathic experience with 2 research participants. We write as a method of data analysis where we reconstruct our own lived experiences of empathy in order to become more conscious and self-aware in our understanding of how we each learned empathy. These …
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The Use of Re-authoring to Reconcile Fundamentalist Religious Beliefs with Sexual Orientation: A Narrative Study
<p>A narrative qualitative research design was used to understand the journeys of three lesbians with Oneness Pentecostal backgrounds who have reconciled their religious beliefs with their sexual orientation. Three participants were selected who met the following criteria: (a) the participant is a …
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An investigation into the hermeneutical viability of the interpretive practices of the LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
This dissertation explores the various uses of the Bible by the LDS church. In the first chapter, I note the danger of oversimplification for the task at hand, the complexity of the LDS church, and the lack of a published LDS hermeneutic. In chapter two, I investigate two prevailing LDS …
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Theory based design and evaluation of multimedia presentation interfaces
Multimedia (MM) Applications currently suffer from an ad hoc development process. This places the usability and effectiveness of many MM products in doubt. This thesis develops a theoretically motivated design method and tools to address these problems. The thesis is based on an analysis of the …
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Ascribed and Acquired Identities: Women's Collective Renegotiation of Social and Personal Identity Following Brain Injury
"This study examines eleven women's accounts of recovery from and living with brain injury. It is a qualitative depth interview and semi-ethnographic study methodologically grounded in interpretive interactionism and narrative theory. The broad focus is on the ways and contexts in which these women …
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The Lived Experiences of Older Women in Alcoholics Anonymous
… Anonymous (AA). Guiding this inquiry were the following research questions: 1) How do the older women participants experience the AA program? 2) What aspects of AA do older women consider beneficial? 3) What aspects of AA do older women consider detrimental? 4) What do older women …
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A narrative pastoral counselling approach to giving a voice to children with ADHD with anxiety
Children with ADHD is not a new phenomenon in South Africa. An increasing trend of anxiety in children with ADHD in the middle childhood age group of 6 to 12 years, is prevalent in South Africa schools. Existing research on ADHD and anxiety indicates that children with ADHD react differently. They …