Art as a meaningful environment: an integrative model of aesthetic engagement and interpretation. [PDF]
Dolese MJ.
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Deepening the real options debate: Real options as dynamic optimization
Abstract Research Summary Is real option theory useful for management research? This topic was hotly debated two decades ago. Real options were said to be inapplicable to management research and to lack conceptual distinctiveness. Whereas responses to the claim about the non‐distinctiveness of real options were disparate, the concern about the theory's
Arkadiy V. Sakhartov +2 more
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"Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?" Reclaiming public health's defining metaphor to counter the commercial determinants of health. [PDF]
van Schalkwyk MCI +3 more
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Cultivating and embracing plurality in abductive inquiries within strategy research
Abstract Research Summary Abduction offers a mode of scientific inquiry that focuses on formulating explanations for unexplained phenomena. By building a bridge between philosophy of science and strategic management research, this article offers a pluralistic view of abduction, highlighting abductive triggers as the starting point in seeking ...
Prithwiraj Choudhury +2 more
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Anchoring links in Chinese pre-service teachers' role beliefs about typically developing students and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a metaphorical analysis. [PDF]
Xin W, Wang X, Zhang Z, Cao L.
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ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
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The Falling Tone That Rolls Down the Hill and Gets Slumped: Vertical Mapping of Lexical Tones with Motion and Valence. [PDF]
Gao F, Ngai CH, Zhou H.
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Contemporary and Future Challenges for Structured Democratic Dialogue
ABSTRACT Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD) is a participatory problem structuring methodology grounded in Structured Dialogic Design Science. It was created to help diverse stakeholders co‐construct influence maps that reveal leverage points and support coordinated action.
Yiannis Laouris, Gerald Midgley
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Framing Effects of WAR Metaphors in Mountaineering [PDF]
Koristeći se primjerom ratnih metafora u diskursu o alpinizmu, ovaj rad istražuje pojavu metaforičkog uokvirivanja, učinke na razmišljanje koje ono može polučiti te poveznice tog fenomena s fenomenom otpora metafori. Metafore pružaju interpretativni okvir koji može utjecati na percepciju određene aktivnosti.
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ABSTRACT This paper addresses a gap in the application of systems thinking to higher education programme design. We use the Complexity Theory of Outcome Creation (CTOC), a structured model for working in complexity, to analyse Simon Fraser University's Semester in Dialogue (SiD)—an innovative undergraduate programme applying the ideas of dialogic ...
Diane T. Finegood +2 more
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