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The archaeology of knowledge

Gary Gutting
- pp 227-260
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We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now as mentioned in this paper, and book is the window to open the new world.
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We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, more books you read more knowledge you know, but it can mean also the bore is full.

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How social and critical constructivism can inform science curriculum design: a study from South Africa

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on research conducted to probe learners' responses to a science curriculum informed by social and critical constructivist principles, and discuss the possible implications of such curricula for science education.
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‘With’ not ‘about’ – emerging paradigms for research in a cross-cultural space

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine questions and considerations regarding research design and methodology for researchers working within an Indigenous domain, and explore ideas such as the post-colonial legacies of research for Indigenous people and how this has impacted on the choices being made around research and in particular research methodologies.
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Competing Claims and Contested Boundaries: Legitimating Land Rights in Isiolo District, Northern Kenya

Saafo Roba Boye, +1 more
- 21 Dec 2011 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present contemporary claims in a narrative form, and illustrate how these claims seek legitimacy through reference to historical processes, to first-comer status and to former governments' decisions, to citizenship dues, as well as to "tribal" group rights.
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A Mixed Methods Approach for Identifying Influence on Public Policy

TL;DR: The authors presented a five-stage, embedded mixed methods design for establishing influence on educational policy moving from a policy text outward, using an example analysis of Australia's policy making on boys' education to show how data transformation measures within a larger qualitative study helped identify influence.

Before Addiction: The Medical History of Alcoholism in Nineteenth-Century France

Lauren Saxton
TL;DR: This work explores the medical facts physicians presented concerning alcohol consumption from the disease’s inception up until the outbreak of World War I, and argues that physicians created a complex relationship between alcoholism and personal responsibility over these years.
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Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research

TL;DR: Part 1: Social Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Text Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Texts, Social Events, and Social Practices 3. Intertextuality and Assumptions Part 2: Genres and Action 4. Genres 5. Meaning Relations between Sentences and Clauses 6. Discourses 8. Representations of Social Events Part 4: Styles and Identities 9. Modality and Evaluation 11. Conclusion
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A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems

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Generating Research Questions Through Problematization

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