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Outline of a Theory of Practice.
Arthur W. Frank,Pierre Bourdieu +1 more
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This article is published in Contemporary Sociology.The article was published on 1980-03-01. It has received 14683 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Practice theory.read more
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Narratives of practice and the construction of identity in teaching
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a narrative analysis showing how "Dan" draws on available resources to construct himself as a teacher and how this process is shaped by the institutions in which he is situated.
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Another bad day at the training ground: Coping with ambiguity in the coaching context
Robyn L. Jones,Mike Wallace +1 more
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A Model of Collaborative Knowledge Building
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Home and Homelessness
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A Theory of Culture for Demography
TL;DR: The use of culture as an analytic principle might elevate contextualization to a higher level as discussed by the authors, although an explanation grounded in a culture may not always be a good fit for the real world.