scholarly journals Creating and Developing a Collaborative and Learning-Centred School Culture: Views of Estonian School Leaders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Poom-Valickis ◽  
Eisenschmidt Eve ◽  
Ann Leppiman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Continuous Monitoring ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
School Learning

The present study aims to analyse how school leaders perceive their activities in creating and developing a collaborative school culture that promotes the school learning process. The data were collected in semi-structured interviews with nine school leaders and analysed using thematic content analysis. The results revealed that only three of the school leaders focused on the shared values and shared leadership necessary for creating a systematic and analytic approach to organisational and teacher development. The school leaders understood the importance of leading the development of the learning process, but this did not take place as expected in practice. Organisational and teacher development seemed to be unsystematic or not based on the continuous monitoring of processes. The findings of our study indicate that development programmes for school leaders should concentrate more on shaping the views, knowledge and skills needed to develop a collaborative and learning-centred school culture.

The sound of death rattle I: are relatives distressed by hearing this sound?

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bee L Wee ◽  
PG Coleman ◽  
R Hillier ◽  
SH Holgate
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Therapeutic Intervention ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Terminal Care ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
Death Rattle ◽  
Impending Death

Background: Death rattle is the noisy, rattling breathing that occurs in many dying patients. Health professionals intervene because the sound is said to distress attendant relatives. We found no formal study to confirm or refute relatives’ distress, so we decided to ask the relatives. Method: Face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 27 bereaved relatives to investigate their experience of terminal care and what their response had been to the sound of death rattle if this had occurred. Interview transcripts were subjected to thematic content analysis. Results: We found that almost half of the 12 relatives who had heard the sound of death rattle had been distressed by it. The others were either neutral about the sound or found it a helpful signal of impending death. Conclusion: We confirmed that some relatives do find it distressing to hear the sound of death rattle. However, our expectation that relatives are universally disturbed by this sound was unfounded. There is no justification for a ‘blanket’ approach to therapeutic intervention when death rattle occurs. A better understanding is required of how relatives make sense of the sound of death rattle.

scholarly journals Ways of coping with AIDS: opinion of mothers with HIV children

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva ◽  
Vera Maria da Rocha ◽  
Rejane Marie Barbosa Davim ◽  
Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Hiv Positive Women

The research aims at identifying strategies of coping with AIDS used by mothers of HIV positive children to live better with their children's disease. The method used was a descriptive qualitative study. Thirty-three structured interviews were conducted with HIV positive women voluntaries and registered as users in the clinic of the public hospital of reference for the treatment of AIDS in Natal/RN. For data analysis, the method used was thematic content analysis. From the analysis, prevalent categories regarding forms of facing AIDS came up, they were: overprotection and fear; donation; hope; religious belief; underestimation of HIV; hiding the diagnosis; and resignation. This study shows that despite AIDS limitations and barriers, relatives develop strategies that make it possible to face every day problems and live better with it.

Contradicting perceptions of nursing teachers on the neoliberal context of labor

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Arantes Ferreira Brecht D’ Oliveira ◽  
Márcia Tereza Luz Lisboa ◽  
Carolina Cabral Pereira da Costa ◽  
Sheila Nascimento Pereira de Farias ◽  
Thereza Christina Mó y Mó Loureiro Varella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Current Configuration ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Nursing Teachers

ABSTRACT Objectives: To identify and analyze the perceptions of nursing teachers on the new configurations of the job world and the repercussions for their labor activities. Methods: Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory research, carried out at two federal nursing colleges in Rio de Janeiro. Data collection occurred with 27 nursing teachers, between May and June 2016, through semi-structured interviews. The data were treated using the thematic content analysis technique. Results: The results showed contradictions in the teachers’ perceptions about the job world, which has been guided by neoliberal precepts. Such contradictions are characterized by manifestations in favor of incorporating these precepts, highlighting their negative effects on nursing teaching work. Final considerations: There are incongruities in the way of perceiving the current configuration of the job world, proposing more and profound reflections on such a work scenario.

scholarly journals TEACHERS’ PASTORAL ROLE IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF ORPHANED LEARNERS

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Auma Ogina
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Pastoral Role ◽  
Do So

This article discusses a study that explored the way teachers perceive and describe their roles in responding to the needs of orphaned learners. The participants in the study were three secondary and two primary school teachers. The data on the teachers’ experiences were collected through semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed that, although some of the teachers struggle to fulfil some of the orphaned learners’ needs, most were unable to cope with the roles of teaching and learning and care giving. The study identifies a lack of skills for supporting grieving learners and the resources needed to do so effectively. The implications of the findings are that there is a need for teacher development in terms of equipping teachers with the knowledge and skills required for pastoral care. It may also be prudent for the state to consider appointing counsellors and social workers at schools to assist teachers and orphaned learners.

scholarly journals Fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer from the perspective of health professionals

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Cristina Miyauti da Silva ◽  
Luís Carlos Lopes Júnior ◽  
Lucila Castanheira Nascimento ◽  
Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Assistant Nurses

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate health professionals' knowledge about the concept, assessment and intervention in fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer. Method: exploratory study with qualitative approach, with 53 health professionals (10 nurses, 33 assistant nurses, 3 physicians, 3 nutritionists, 2 psychologists and 2 physical therapists). Semi structured interviews were held, which were recorded and analyzed by means of inductive thematic content analysis. Results: the data were organized around three themes: knowledge of health professionals about fatigue; identification of fatigue and interventions to relieve fatigue. Conclusion: the results indicate the health professionals' limited knowledge about fatigue, as well as the lack of investment in their training and continuing education. Most of all, the lack of research on the theme in the Brazilian context remains a barrier to support improvements in care for this symptom in children and adolescents with cancer.

scholarly journals The psychology of turning points in tennis

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (71) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Ana Soares ◽  
Chris Harwood
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Turning Points ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Practical Level ◽  
Tennis Match ◽  
Research Grant

The psychological strategies used by players to deal with these turning points will determine how effective players are in using these situations to their advantage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the concept of turning points and understand more clearly the strategies applied by elite players to deal with turning points during a tennis match. A series of semi-structured interviews was conducted with nine elite professional players from five different countries, followed by a thematic content analysis of the interviews. The analysis revealed four key themes: positive turning points situations, negative turning points situations, strategies to capitalise on positive turning points and strategies to cope with negative turning points. On a practical level, strategies are suggested that coaches and psychologists can use to help players managing turning points. This research was partially supported by an International Tennis Federation Sport Science Research Grant.

What makes decision-making difficult for oncologists faced with critical situations? The socio-affective side of the physician–patient relationship

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1396-1409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Léa Restivo ◽  
Claire Julian-Reynier ◽  
Laura Peyla ◽  
Thémis Apostolidis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Medical Problem ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Physician Patient Relationship ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Difficult Decision

The aim of this qualitative study based on a Social Representations approach was to explore experienced oncologists’ representations of difficult decision-making situations. In total, 22 semi-structured interviews with oncologists were conducted and analysed by performing a thematic content analysis. The thematic content analysis brought to light the main medical problem involved such as uncertainty, the lethal nature of cancer and physicians’ specialties, as well as the psychosocial ones, such as patients’ non-medical characteristics and the patient–physician relationships. This analysis also showed the painful tensions experienced by specialists in the context of decision-making situations when the medical arguments conflict with the psychosocial ones. These findings suggest that in order to understand more clearly the complex processes involved in difficult medical decision-making situations, studies on physicians’ expertise should include the socio-affective climate involved in each patient–physician relationship.

scholarly journals Perception of the nursing team about the pain of the parturient: perspectives for care

Rev Rene ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greice Machado Pieszak ◽  
Marlene Gomes Terra ◽  
Andressa Peripolli Rodrigues ◽  
Lizandra Flores Pimenta ◽  
Eliane Tatsch Neves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Obstetric Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Nursing Team ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Objective: To understand the perception of nursing about the pain of childbirth. Methods: This qualitative descriptive study used semi-structured interviews with the nursing staff of a teaching hospital of Rio Grande do Sul Data were analyzed according to thematic content analysis. Results: it was found that professionals recognize the importance of offering comfort methods to ease the pain of childbirth. However, some of them perceived the pain as suffering and not as a physiological process. Pain accentuated in women who felt unsafe, scared and without the presence of a companion. Conclusion: the humanization of obstetric care is still a challenge for professionals, institutions, and society. The incorporation of good practices and that nursing assume its role as a facilitator of the delivery process is suggested.

Social Media in Pedagogical Context

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Vivitsou ◽  
Kirsi Tirri ◽  
Heikki Kynäslahti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Local School ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Enhanced Learning

This study discusses the meanings underlying a Finnish and a Greek language teacher's pedagogical integration of social media. As the research spans across the physical and the virtual pedagogical meeting, our review of the literature is also based on a two-level approach. The first level links metaphor with the pedagogical thinking, being the set of values and purposes underlying teachers' decisions. The second examines the meanings of the digital deriving from arguments that seek to explain the relationship between pedagogy and technology. In this study the authors view metaphors as research vehicles and apply content analysis to draw upon the Finnish and the Greek language teacher's speech and make their meanings visible. To this end, the authors analyze and discuss findings of data resulting from two semi-structured interviews. The patterns arising from the discussion of digitally enhanced learning experiences indicate that metaphors can be shared, reflecting overlaps in notional categories (e.g., sociality and action). More powerful metaphors relate to context-dependent situations. These powerful metaphors emerge when issues characterizing the local school culture are tackled in the teachers' talk.

scholarly journals Beliefs and taboos related to the care after delivery: their meaning for a women group

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Stefanello ◽  
Ana Márcia Spanó Nakano ◽  
Flávia Azevedo Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Postnatal Period ◽  
The Body ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mother And Child

OBJECTIVE: To identify the meaning of care in the puerperal phase, within the family context. METHODS: It is a qualitative research, developed with 12 puerperal women and their relatives, who helped them with care after delivery. Data collection was performed by means of semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed based on the technique of thematic content analysis. RESULTS: In the postnatal period, care needs to be doubled, as it affects mother and child, besides the body vulnerability, which is open to diseases. In articulation with these ideas, the recommendations and restrictions as components of postpartum care are justified. CONCLUSION: Care in the puerperal phase is a feminine practice filled with beliefs and taboos that grants women with power of agents in this process, since she bears the knowledge of many generations at the same time that they act as subjects and reinvent the previously established systems, constructing themselves as mothers.

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