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Autobiographical research

open access: yesEuropean Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 2012
This text is about life narratives, memory and time as basic elements in autobiographical research. Aspects of these have seemed important to me whilst I have been conducting and coordinating a research project involving a team of researchers from Brazil
Maria Helena Menna Barreto Abrahão
doaj   +1 more source

The Politics of Location and Sexuality in Leila Ahmed’s and Nawal El Saadawi’s Life Narratives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article explores Leila Ahmed’s A Border Passage, and Nawal El Saadawi’s Memoirs from the Women’s Prison, A Daughter of Isis, and Walking Through Fire. It contrasts their works and argues that location and genderawareness play an important role in
Aouadi, Leila
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The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source

We’ve Come a Long Way Maybe: Reflections of Women in The Academy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This essay provides narratives of five women in academy – specifically within the communication studies professoriate. They share experiences of equity (or lack thereof), motherhood, identity management, work-life balance, youthfulness, and illness ...
Casey, Cheryl A   +4 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

Women’s Life (Re)decisions. Report from Biographical Narratives

open access: yesPrzegląd Badań Edukacyjnych, 2020
The article is an introductory note from biographical narrative studies among women who declare making significant life changes. The authors wish to examine and describe the mechanisms of life re-decisions whose purpose is a multi-aspect reorientation of
Aleksandra Chmielińska   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coyote\u27s Tale on the Old Oregon Trail: Challenging Cultural Memory through Narrative at the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This essay examines the oppositional narratives presented in a Native American museum in order to explore the efficacy of narrative as both a strategy for resistance to hegemonic narratives of the settling of the West and a medium for sharing culture ...
Miller, Jackson B.
core   +1 more source

Traumatic Microhemorrhages Are Not Synonymous With Axonal Injury

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is caused by acceleration‐deceleration forces during trauma that shear white matter tracts. Susceptibility‐weighted MRI (SWI) identifies microbleeds that are considered the radiologic hallmark of DAI and are used in clinical prognostication.
Karinn Sytsma   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Values in a Large Health Care Organization through Work-Life Narratives of High-Performing Employees

open access: yesRambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2011
Objective— To understand high-performing frontline employees’ values as reflected in their narratives of day-to-day interactions in a large health care organization.
Orit Karnieli-Miller   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The development of the professionalism of adult educators: a biographical and learning perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
To investigate the development of the professionalism of adult educators, we compare individuals’ narratives of their professional work at different times in their biographies. Using data from a qualitative longitudinal study, the paper includes two case
Hof, Christiane, Maier-Gutheil, Cornelia
core   +2 more sources

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