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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"social constructionism"”.
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Pipelining: Problematizing the Social Constructionism of Disability in Supported Employment
… disabilities who are seeking employment. From a social constructionist perspective, this thesis examines how the IPS model became focused on internal factors at the expense of people who are disabled and seeking employment.
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A Social Constructionism Study Using Discourse Analysis of Rural Elementary Principals' Perceptions of a State Law on Reading Literacy by Grade Three
… law titled the Read by Grade 3 (RBG3) Act. Social constructionism was used with discourse analysis to determine the significant findings of the data. Further analysis of the data was conducted to discover possible contributing factors to the perceptions. Three main themes were identified: …
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Illinois Legislative Policy-Making: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Social Construction of Health Issues Related to Women
… this study substantiate previous research into social constructionism and the framework of problem definition and provide an example of how each can apply to the study of women's health issues. Implications of the results can help improve the public health community's ability to predict, and …
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Tapatybės konstravimas migracijos aplinkoje: šiuolaikinis lietuvių ir britų moterų romanas /
… the strange milieu - London. They represent the socially constructed identity and milieu of individuals who live in the postmodern and global world. The theory of social constructionism (Manuel Castells, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann) allowed to analyse these novels adequately. In this …
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A home for all? : exploring discourses that inform the construction of belonging in contemporary South Africa
… reproduced, challenged and negotiated within the social action of language. This is explored by investigating the situated meanings individuals assign to events, places, institutions and people in relation to their experiences of belonging and exclusion. Poststructuralism, phenomenology and social …
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Reconstructing the Meaning of Fidelity: A Qualitative Inquiry into Swinging Relationships
… by swingers. Symbolic interactionism and social constructionism provide the theoretical frameworks the study. Computer mediated communication was used to conduct the interviews. Analysis of the data revealed three themes: swinging is only for committed couples, the reinforcement of …
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A comparative literary analysis of cattle praise poetry of the Tonga people of Bweengwa and Chivuna
… to arrive at findings and these include: social constructionism, ethnopoetics, literary onomastics and the main approach being formalism. The study was undertaken to establish the similarities and differences between the cattle praise poetry of Bweengwa and that of Chivuna. The non-cross …
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A comparative literary analysis of cattle praise poetry of the Tonga people of Bweengwa and Chivuna
… to arrive at findings and these include: social constructionism, ethnopoetics, literary onomastics and the main approach being formalism. The study was undertaken to establish the similarities and differences between the cattle praise poetry of Bweengwa and that of Chivuna. The non-cross …
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'reel' Gangs Or 'real' Gangs: A Qualitative Media Analysis Of Street Gangs Portrayed In Hollywood Films, 1960-2009
… 1960 to 2009. Using the theoretical framework of social constructionism and cinematic realism, a content analysis of 25 `street gang' films was conducted to (a) determine the comparability of depictions of street gangs in Hollywood films with those characteristics of defining a street gang in the …
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Indigenous Engagement in Canadian Organizations: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging for Indigenous Employees
… Nations, Inuit, and Métis employees. Grounded in social constructionism, the study followed an action-oriented, qualitative approach, engaging Indigenous employees and organizational leaders through interviews and focus groups. The findings reveal that current diversity, equity, and inclusion …
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Exploring the Use of Inclusive Teaching Strategies to increase the Effectiveness of Adult Learning Programs related to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within Canadian Public Sector Organisations.
… ethnography, and with the theoretical frame of social constructionism this research allows for a focus on the relationship between individuals and a particular aspect of their life i.e. corporate training. Participants were identified through convenience and purposive sampling. The findings …
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Engaging feminism : a pedagogy for Aboriginal peoples
… feminist theory, an analysis of patriarchy, and social constructionism to demonstrate how Aboriginal women continue to be marginalized, and how feminism may be a source of empowerment for Aboriginal people.
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Exploring Medical Expert Testimony and its Contribution to Miscarriages of Justice An Examination of the Flawed Pathological Evidence of Dr Charles Smith
… criminal trials. The theoretical framework of social constructionism was used in a cross-case pattern analysis to provide a foundation for examining the problematic expert testimony of Dr. Charles Smith in eight cases of unexplained child death. The findings suggest that Dr. Smith's expert …
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Legal Marriage, Civil Unions, Registered Domestic Partnership and Well-being among Same-Sex Couples
… this study examined individual, relational, social, and familial components of well-being. Individuals in legally recognized same-sex relationships were recruited for this study. Participants were asked to complete an internet-based survey. Social constructionism provided the theoretical …
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Resilience In Arab American Couples in the Wake of the Terrorist Attacks on New York City: A Family Systems Perspective
… resiliency model grounded in systems theory and social constructionism, I interviewed 18 Arab American couples from the New York and New Jersey areas. I applied a phenomenological method of inquiry to gather the experiences of Arab American couples in order to understand the protective processes …
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Crime that is organized: A Case Study on Gangs in Chicago's Impoverished Ghetto
… I argue for a paradigm shift against general social groupings of organized criminal groups operating throughout the United States. Using Social Constructionism to drive a literature review conducted by way of Discourse Analysis, I spotlight ways in which broad characterizations of "organized …
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Att bygga broar över kulturgränser : Om svenskars kommunikation med icke-svenskar vid arbete utanför Sverige
… principal theoretical approaches are discussed. Social constructionism is used to critically analyse the traditional concepts of "national culture", "culture", and "Swedishness". The other approach is a return to mainstream communication theory as a conceptual cornerstone in studying …
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Youth experiences using the South African financial system
… the financial system to understand which broader social dynamics contribute towards young people's financial and social outcomes. The research took the form of a field study based on a qualitative research approach using an contextual social constructionism lens to conduct a thematic analysis to …
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Millennials Making Meanings: Social Constructions of Sexual Harassment regarding Gender and Power by Generation Y
… action, and the way we, as a society, treat this social problem. Millennials, or those born between 1980 and 2000, will be the next generation of working adults that will influence the way sexual harassment is understood and defined both legally and socially. The Millennial generation is typically …
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Anwendungen des Sozialkonstruktivismus. Kritikpotential und psychologische Praxis
… Theorie und Praxis des Sozialkonstruktivismus (�Social Constructionism�, vgl. Burr, 2003). Zunächst versuche ich zu zeigen, daß dessen psychologische Erklärungsmöglichkeiten bislang nicht ausgeschöpft worden sind. Wie anhand der Begriffe Handlung, Subjektivität und Identität beispielhaft …
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