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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"the talk"”.
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Black Body Memory: A Philosophy of the Talk
<p>This project offers the term Black body memory to point toward the threatened existential disposition of Black people in society today. Moreover, Black body memory points to the narrative paradigm of a shared experience. While popular conceptions theorize race as a social construction, the lived …
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Talking the talk: New Zealanders remember the Vietnam War
… in Vietnam, most in an active combat role. The war was a politically and socially divisive issue for New Zealanders in general, but it can be argued that its greatest impact has been on the veterans themselves. This thesis will establish, analyse and explain what some of these New Zealander …
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How Parents and Their Adolescent Children "Talk the Talk" in Religious Conversations
… parent-child religious conversations to explore the elements and bidirectional processes of parent-adolescent religious conversations. It employs qualitative analyses of interviews with highly religious parents and adolescents representing the major Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) …
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Having 'The Talk': Parents' Decision Making Related to Communication with Children about Sex
… parents report wanting to communicate with their children comprehensively, adolescents often report this communication does not meet their needs. This study uses symbolic interactionism to explore how parents understand and make meaning of family communication about sex and how these …
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“They Talk the Talk but They Don’t Walk the Walk”: A Qualitative Inquiry into Police Officers’ Perceptions of Stress and Stress Management
Police officers have one of the most stressful jobs in existence. However, information pertaining to stress management programs is limited, especially within a Canadian context. Furthermore, little is known about the processes through which officers construct their perceptions of stress and stress …
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Talking posh, acting posh? The construction of gendered identities and identifications in the talk of multilingual undergraduate students on an academic writing programme
This thesis gives an account of a qualitative study exploring the negotiation of gendered identities with primarily British-born multilingual undergraduates, as newcomers to higher education. From a feminist poststructuralist perspective, I examine how the participants are both positioned/ take up …
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“The Talk” The impact of police contact on youth reports of parental engagement in preparation for encounters with police among a racially diverse sample of youth
… youth, from a police stop to victimization at the hands of law enforcement. Encountering police can be a particularly traumatic event that may justify why some youth report parental engagement “The Talk” (e.g., families sharing with their loved ones how to prepare for police contact to remain …
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"Walking the talk" in the integration of chronic disease prevention management: dietitians' perspectives regarding diabetes management in adult peritoneal dialysis programs in Ontario
… health outcomes and reducing costs. Currently, there is a paucity of data examining diabetes management (DM) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) programs. This study, carried out in 2010-11, describes dietitians’ perspectives regarding DM in PD programs in Ontario. Purposeful sampling of dietitians …
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Understanding ‘stuckness’ : Descriptions and interpretations of how EFL speakers and a native speaker co-manage talk-in-interaction
Taking turns in keeping the talk going is a co-managed accomplishment. When the talk does not flow, the moment is noticeable and accountable. I am proposing the use of a new term, ‘stuckness’, as an organizational concept which describes certain moments in NSNNS talk when participants temporarily …
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The Care of Others
<p>TABLE OF CONTENTS The Book of Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Care of Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Talk . . . . . . …
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A case study examining the transformative impact of a civil discourse program at a Midwestern state university
Adopting the first five phases of Mezirow's transformative learning theory (Mezirow, 1978; 1990; 1994; 1997; 1998; 2009; 2018) as a framework, this study examined the impact of a Midwestern university civil discourse program on participants' transformative learning. The study sample included …
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A needs-analysis for international art students: talk in critiques
The purpose of my research is to provide a rich description of critiques—planned activities or periods of time in which feedback is given to student-artists on their artworks—as part of a needs-analysis to determine how best to equip incoming international students to engage in such critique tasks. …
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Characterization of Uplink Transmit Power and Talk Time in WCDMA Networks
… web browsing, gaming, WLAN, and MP3 players, the current consumption of a handset is ever increasing. Of the many components, the RF power amplifiers receive the most attention as they draw significant battery current and continue to represent the largest power load on the battery. In order to …
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So what brings you to the clinic today?' : talk in family intake interviews
This research examined the ways in which families constructed presenting problems in the talk of their first session at a psychology clinic. It also looked at the ways in which they constructed individual subjectivities during the interviews. Six families self-selected for therapy and were then …
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Mentoring trainee music teachers
This study analyses the relationships between Secondary school music trainee<br/>teachers and the mentors who are primarily responsible for training them to teach music. The methodology was an in-depth collective case study of a sample of trainee music teachers and their mentors, adopting primarily …
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Talking as restorative justice : a conversation analysis of victim-offender meetings
The purpose of this research was to examine the restorative justice meeting as a form ofinstitutional talk, identifying significant asymmetries in the talk, and acknowledging how thiscontributed to achieving restoration. This study used audio-recordings of five restorativejustice meetings organised …
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