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The Efficacy of Phenomenography as a Cross-Cultural Methodology for Educational Research
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Willis, Alison S. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2018
This paper demonstrates that the phenomenographic methodology -- the study of variations of lived experience -- has the capacity to manage cultural and paradigmatic differences between researchers and participants in cross-cultural research. The process of cross-cultural research presented herein makes a contribution to the existing body of…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research, Experience
Transformational Learning and Community Development: Early Reflections on Professional and Community Engagement at Macquarie University
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Rawlings-Sanaei, Felicity; Sachs, Judyth – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) at Macquarie University offers undergraduate students experiential learning opportunities with local, regional, and international partners. In PACE projects, students work toward meeting the partner's organizational goals while they develop their capabilities, learn through the process of engagement,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Transformative Learning, Community Development, Foreign Countries
I Learned More than I Taught: The Hidden Dimension of Learning in Intercultural Knowledge Transfer
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Chen, Fang; Bapuji, Hari; Dyck, Bruno; Wang, Xiaoyun – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: Although knowledge transfer is generally conceived as a two-way process in which knowledge is transferred to and from the knowledge source, research has tended to focus on the first part of the process and neglect the second part. This study aims to examine the feedback loop and how knowledge is transferred from the knowledge receiver to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transfer of Training, Learning Theories, Problem Solving
When Communities Collapse: Implications for Rural America.
Fitchen, Janet M. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
The decline of agriculture in the 1920s and 1930s was compounded by the subsequent collapse of the rural social community, leaving the rural poor without a community and thus exacerbating and prolonging their poverty. Present restructuring of agriculture in the United States may have a similar impact on rural communities. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Trends, Community Change, Community Development
Diversity, Equity and Community in Educational Reform.
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Keith, Novella Z. – 1994
Educational equity demands are progressively being framed in terms of multiculturalism and diversity within the educational process. This change of focus means that strategies aiming to secure rights should make room for others that emphasize the building of relationships, mutual knowledge, and community. For schools in poor, inner-city…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Economic Climate
Steps towards Participation: The Social Support of Learning Trajectories
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Edwards, Anne; Mackenzie, Lin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
In this paper we argue that interventions aimed at preventing social exclusion need to be informed by detailed analysis of the formation, disruption, reformation and support of trajectories of participation in the opportunities for action provided. We draw on evidence we gathered on the lives of two women who used an inner city drop-in centre to…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries, Interviews