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The Deficit of Recognition in Educational Narratives and its Biographical Consequences
Full text linkThe subject of the article is narrative, treated as a means of researching, describing, and understanding the social world. Narrative is understood here as both methodological orientation (narrative research) and identity (narrative identity, i.e., a sustained story about the "I"), as well as the outcome of the research, i.e., understanding based on the narratives listened to. The article explores whether school is, or perhaps can be, a space of recognition, answering this question based on the narratives of parents of early childhood education students and striking Polish teachers
L’Égalité des Genres au Sein de la Profession Juridique Au Nouveau-brunswick: Où en Sommenous 10 Ans Plus Tard?
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Self-Creative Aspects of Decision Making in Old Age
Full text linkObjective: The study aimed at data-based exploration of the subtle indicators of older persons’ attitude towards change, investigated in the light of decision-making process that initiates various self-creative activities.Background: Traditionally, older adults are perceived as resistant to change. Their resistance can be destructive but it can also be constructive if it results from reflections over the consequences of changes and their biographical meaning. In the context of self-creation and agency, attitude towards change is not static – it is subject to modifications due to one’s acts of transgression and self-reflection.Method: The study was constructivist qualitative research conducted by means of intensive interviewing. This method enabled exploration of narrative reconstructions of the respondents’ biographies and identification of the processes of giving meaning to their own experiences and identity formation. The study was conducted among five older adults aged 74-84 years.Results: The analysis of the material led to some conclusions regarding two concepts that emerged from the data obtained: older persons’ attitude towards change and self-creative decision making in old age. Thanks to the data obtained, more information was obtained about attitudes towards changes in the context of different approaches to one’s own agency.Conclusion: The study showed that self-creative decision-making mirrors the transgressive or adaptive aspect of one’s attitude towards change, whereas the reflection upon one’s own experiences favors the development of the sense of agency in olde age. A key factor in self-creative decision making is intentionality, that is, conscious formation of identity in line with individual vision of self and the world. The results indicate that the ability to thoughtfully determine one’s attitude towards a change is a determinant of self-creative decisions, whereas lack of reflection leads to passive attitude and existential stagnation
From Data to Understanding: Access to Knowledge as a Requirement for Access to Justice in New Brunswick
Full text linkBetween Survival and Growth… The Pandemic-Diaries and Human Development
Full text linkThis paper presents an original study grounded in narrative and existential approaches to human development. The study aimed to identify strategies individuals used to balance the losses and gains experienced during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as represented in diaries. A repository of 60 personal documents underwent multifaceted semantic analysis, which examined content, form, and meaning-making levels. This analysis was guided by categories developed in two original Coding Sheets. As a result, two distinct types of diaries were identified: Survival Diaries (S-D), featuring references to pure growth and Growth Diaries (G-D). The G-D set was further divided into two subtypes: Compulsive Growth Diaries (G-D-C) and Texistence Growth Diaries (G-D-T). The primary distinction between authors of S-D and G-D lies in their experience of loss-waiting versus liberation-opening, which depends on the positive or negative evaluation of the pandemic and their openness to new, uncertain events. The more detailed components of this distinction include: (a) self-reflection; (b) narrative competencies; and (c) commitment to personal projects. The differentiation between G-D-C and G-D-T was established based on: (a) private concepts of development (media-mediated versus highly personalised); (b) ergodic persistence in deepened intertextual storying experiences; and (c) existential saturation of textualised experiences
