scholarly journals Claiming Identity, Delineating Category

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Alison Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Category Label ◽  
Contemporary World

Identity is an important focus for discourse in the contemporary world, used as an indicator of elements that are felt by an individual to be an important part of how they see and understand themselves. Self-identification commonly employs terms that can also be used to signify an analytic category, and the understanding that underlies these different uses is often neither wholly shared nor entirely distinct. Recognition of different use is thus potentially significant in research related to the groups, behaviours or concepts signified by such terms. This paper utilises concepts of religion(ing) and kink - both terms which can be, and are, used as claimed identities and as analytic categories - to reflect upon the porosity of such concepts when they are deployed in individual and academic narratives. Qualitative research into kink (understood as a marker of identity) is used to explore how personalised practices contribute to religioning processes (understood as a category label). This offers opportunities to consider how personalised practices contribute to the religioning processes of world- and/or meaning- and/or story-making, and also demonstrates the porosity of concepts like kink and non-kink, religious and non-religious, as they are constructed, maintained and/or disrupted within individual and academic narratives.

scholarly journals Minimum Map of Social Institutional Network: a multidimensional strategy for research in Nursing

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (spe) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Diene Monique Carlos ◽  
Elisabete Matallo Marchesini de Pádua ◽  
Ana Márcia Spanó Nakano ◽  
Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Know How ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Institutional Linkages ◽  
Institutional Network

Objective To analyze the use of methodological strategies in qualitative research - Minimum Maps of Social Institutional Network, as proposed to understand the phenomena in the multidimensional perspective. Method Methodological theoretical essay in which we aimed to reflect on the use of innovative methodological strategies in nursing research, supported in Complex Paradigm fundamentals. Results The minimum map of Social Institutional External Network aims to identify institutional linkages and gaps for the intervention work of the surveyed institutions. The use of these maps provided important advances in know-how qualitative research in Health and Nursing. Conclusions In this perspective, the use of minimum Social Intitutional Network maps can be stimulated and enhanced to meet the current demands of the contemporary world, particularly for its flexibility in adapting to various research subjects; breadth and depth of discussion; and possibilities with health services.

scholarly journals MAQASID AL- SHARIAH: THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOLARS OF USUL AL-FIQH AWALIN AND MUTA’AKHIRIN

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
Mohd Yusri Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Important Prerequisite ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The People ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
Legal Texts ◽  
History Of

This article focuses on the history of the existence of the maqasid al-shariah from the era of the Prophet Muhammad S.A. W to the contemporary world. The understanding of the maqasid al-shariah is an important prerequisite for a person to affirm and give the people understanding of the taqlid. This article also looks at how this concept was implemented by the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W especially in interpreting the quranic verse involving legal texts either qat'i or dhoni in new issues that are not qat'i due to the passage of time and current developments. Therefore, this paper concentrates on qualitative research by emphasizing the focus of this study on the approach of the concept of al-shariah in the daily life of the Muslim community in Malaysia in terms of its practice and its approach in contemporary jurisprudence. The results of this paper provide a clear and concise understanding of maqasid al-shariah's interpretations of historical context, applications from the era of the Prophet Muhammad to contemporary times on the need for Islamic jurisprudence to be revitalized in dealing with the issues of taqlid that baset the Muslims.

scholarly journals Multimodality and transculturalism in a proposal of a LIBRAS didactic material for hearing people

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Kate Mamhy Oliveira Kumada ◽  
Ivani Rodrigues Silva ◽  
Fernando Henrique Sato ◽  
Karina Vaneska Pereira de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qr Code ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Deaf Person ◽  
Brazilian Sign Language ◽  
Didactic Material ◽  
The Right ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Bilingual Individual

From the officialization of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), the deaf person acquires the right to be recognized as a bilingual individual and to ensure this condition, hearing professionals from different areas start to learn Libras, which is even established as a mandatory subject for graduation in some Brazilian higher education courses. Thus, discussions involving the language teaching process, the production of didactic materials, transculturalism and multimodality are necessary for this political and sociolinguistically complex context. From a qualitative research, the objective of this article was to discuss the multimodality and transculturalism present in a proposal for a didactic material to teach Libras in a course involving hearing professionals in the healthcare area. For this purpose, the constructed material considered as legitimate resources the writing of Portuguese, illustrations and photographs of Libras signs, as well as access to videos with different speakers of that language from the scanning of the QR Code incorporated in the material. It is understood that all these elements need to be addressed in an integrated way in the learning of Libras by hearing people, as they constitute the reading of the contemporary world, in which visual and digital resources are also part of the language.

scholarly journals Observational studies in health professional education research

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-111
Author(s):  
Joanna Tai ◽  
Juan Fischer ◽  
Christy Noble
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Health Professional Education ◽  
Observational Methods ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Decision Points

Observational studies are not uncommon in health professional education and are frequently associated with ethnography as a methodology. This article aims to provide an overview of how observational studies are used in health professional education research. Firstly, we explore some ways in which observational methods can be used in association with a range of qualitative research stances, and then we focus on the practicalities of undertaking observational research. Next, we use two case studies to illustrate some of the key decision points when designing observational research. Finally, we collate resources and consider the implications of contemporary world events on observational research.

A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Relationship Between Scale-Item Length, Label Format, and Reliability

Methodology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Hamby ◽  
Robert A. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Category Label ◽  
Response Category ◽  
Analytic Investigation ◽  
Scale Item ◽  
Item Characteristics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

Abstract. Using two meta-analytic datasets, we investigated the effect that two scale-item characteristics – number of item response categories and item response-category label format – have on the reliability of multi-item rating scales. The first dataset contained 289 reliability coefficients harvested from 100 samples that measured Big Five traits. The second dataset contained 2,524 reliability coefficients harvested from 381 samples that measured a wide variety of constructs in psychology, marketing, management, and education. We performed moderator analyses on the two datasets with the two item characteristics and their interaction. As expected, as the number of item response categories increased, so did reliability, but more importantly, there was a significant interaction between the number of item response categories and item response-category label format. Increasing the number of response categories increased reliabilities for scale-items with all response categories labeled more so than for other item response-category label formats. We explain that the interaction may be due to both statistical and psychological factors. The present results help to explain why findings on the relationships between the two scale-item characteristics and reliability have been mixed.

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