scholarly journals Widowhood and associated risks in under-resourced communities: A Social Work Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 779-789
Author(s):  
Misheck Dube
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Adaptation Mechanism ◽  
Supportive Environments ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Conducive Environment

The perpetual growth in the population of widows globally signals the need for systematic research and interrogation of the phenomenon of widowhood. Under-resourced communities have been side-lined from imperative investigations and systematic documentation to inform practice.  This article discusses the risks associated with widowhood in under-resourced communities of Binga District in Zimbabwe. Following a qualitative research approach and a phenomenological research design, purposive sampling was employed to engage ten widows in one-on-one in-depth interviews. Data were analysed thematically and backed up by existing literature to provide thick descriptions. The findings of the study indicated that widows were exposed to an arsenal of health, psychological, social and economic risks. Many of the risks associated with widowhood are exacerbated by lack of supportive environments and provision of conducive environment to trigger proper adaptation mechanism especially among the young widows in under-resourced communities. The conclusions reached were that widowhood risk factors continue to increase among widows in under-resourced communities impacting negatively on optimal living and adaptation with the widows’ circumstances.

Giving voice to teachers through interpretative phenomenological research: a methodological consideration

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon Boadu
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Methodological Consideration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pedagogical Reasoning ◽  
Educational Issue ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design

PurposeThis conceptual article aims to examine the application of interpretative phenomenology to research on teacher experience. It covers methodological theory and practical interpretative approaches that are pertinent for generating useful insights into an educational issue.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on an illustrative research on secondary teachers' disciplinary and pedagogical reasoning and classroom practices in Ghana, this article explores the author's musings and introspection around carrying out an interpretative phenomenological research and demonstrates how the approach helped to amplify teachers' voices.FindingsThe article demonstrates that the canons of interpretative phenomenology and qualitative research in general, while translatable to practice, need to be regarded as a series of emergent decisions and actions rather than prescriptive set of principles. The article explains that educational researchers must recognise interpretation as the lifeblood of the approach and move beyond the description of essences and explicate participants' experiences of phenomena using workable frames of interpretation.Originality/valueThe article extends the current methodological knowledge base by contributing to international discussions on qualitative research and to an understanding of the applicability of interpretative phenomenological research design to research on teacher reasoning and practice. It also serves as a useful methodological resource for novice researchers.

scholarly journals The (non)-utilisation of information provided by the senior information officers to the researchers in the Gauteng provincial legislature

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
A.C. Netshivhuyu ◽  
Stephens Mpedi Madue
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy Direction ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Law Making ◽  
Cooperative Governance

Members of legislatures are relying on the researchers to guide and advise them on the alternatives to deliver on their constitutional mandates of law making, oversight, public participation and cooperative governance. The researchers are also dependent on the Senior Information Officers for the provision of current comprehensive, unbiased and reliable information in order to develop research and advisory documents to be used by legislators when carrying out their mandates. However, legislators often decry the standard of research and advisory documents, citing the shortcomings which include among others: inadequateness, inaccuracy and lack of credibility of the information upon which they are to base their decisions or policy direction. This study was set out to investigate the extent to which researchers in the legislatures utilise the information provided by the Senior Information Officers (SIOs) and/or the reasons for non-utilisation thereof in cases where information is not utilised. The study used a qualitative research approach to establish meaning from the views of the participants. In-depth interviews were used as a key method of data collection. The findings of this study suggest that the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s researchers do not make full use of the Information provided to them by the SIOs. Furthermore, researchers appeared not to value the role played by the SIOs in keeping the legislators informed but rather as duplicating the researchers’ role.

scholarly journals KEBIJAKAN PENINGKATAN MUTU PENDIDIKAN BERBASIS AL-QUR’AN DI TK DARUL QUR’AN AL-KARIM KARANGTENGAH BATURRADEN BANYUMAS TAHUN 2016-2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Safrudin Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Core Points ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Participatory Observation

Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui gambaran secara utuh dan menyeluruh tentang implementasi kebijakan peningkatan mutu pendidikan berbasis al-Qur’an di TK Darul Qur’an al-Karim Karangtengah Banyumas tahun 2016-2017 serta berbagai aspek kekuatan, kelemahan, peluang, ancaman atau tantangan terhadap implementasi kebijakan dirumuskan dalam tulisan ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara mendalam, pengamatan peran, observasi partisipasi serta dokumentasi. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan beberapa tahap yakni: reduksi data, display data, serta conclusion drawing dan verification.   Hasil penelitian ini memuat dua poin inti yakni: terungkapnya tujuh jenis kebijakan meliputi: kebijakan berbasis shalat sunnah, kebijakan berbasis tahfidz al-qur’an, kebijakan berbasis jum’at language, kebijakan berbasis kreativitas guru, kebijakan berbasis parenting qur'ani, kebijakan berbasis infak, kebijakan pembiayaan berbasis low cost. Selanjutnya kebijakan tersebut di analisis melalui SWOT untuk mengetahui sisi kekuatan, kelemahan, ancaman serta solusi terhadap pelaksanaan kebijakan tersebut.  Kata kunci: Kebijakan pendidikan; Analisis SWOT; Taman Kanak-Kanak.   Abstract This study aims to determine the overall picture and comprehensive about the implementation of education quality improvement policies based on al quran in TK Darul Qur'an al Karim Karang tengah Banyumas 2016-2017, as well as various aspects of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats or challenges to policy implementation formulated in this paper.  This research uses descriptive qualitative research approach. Data collection techniques used in-depth interviews, role observation, participatory observation and documentation.  Data analisys in this research using several stages namely: data reduction, display data, and conclusion drawing and verification. The results of this study contain two core points namely: the disclosure of seven types of policies include: Sunna-based prayer policy, based tahfidz Al Qur'an, Furthermore, the policy is analyzed through SWOT to know the strength, weakness, threat and solution to the implementation of the policy.  Keywoard: Education of Policy; SWOT analisys; Kindergarten.

scholarly journals Nana Diana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
GOVERNANCE: JURNAL POLITIK LOKAL DAN PEMBANGUNAN
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
District Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Research Show

This study aims to see the community participation in the satellite area in the construction and maintenance of Drainage in the Village Marindal II District Patumbak Deli Serdang. The research method used to answer the problem in this research is the method of qualitative research approach. Data obtained through in-depth interviews, literature study and documentation. Informant research comes from the elements of sub-district government and community. The results of the research show that the participation, involvement and utilization of drainage facilities are running well.

THE SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE IN INTERPRETING THE RELIGIOUS DAYS COMMEMORATION BY CROSS-RELIGIOUS OF MALAY SOCIETY IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
Muslimah Muslimah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Spiritual Intelligence ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to describe the form of the religious day celebrations of Malay society across religions and the meaning of commemorating them in educational institutions. This field research uses a qualitative research approach with data collection through in-depth interviews, participant level observation and documentation. The results of the study describe that the form of religious day commemoration activities in SMPN 2 Arut Selatan are grouped into two, namely: commemoration of religious days which are commemorated based on certain moments, for instance are maulid of the Prophet Muhammad, Isra Mi'raj, and celebrations to welcome the Islamic New Year (Islam), Christmas and Easter (Christian Protestant and Catholic); and routine religious activities, for example is prayer with each of the followers of interfaith religions. Furthermore, the meanings of the religious days celebration are grouped into three views, trere are; as the obligation/ necessity of the learning process, empirical religion and individual's religion; as a culture / habit that becomes a system at school; as a requirement for the implementation of religious practices; and as a culture related to the commemoration of religious days.

scholarly journals PENDIDIKAN MULTIKULTURAL DI MADRASAH PEMBANGUNAN CIPUTAT TANGERANG

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhamad Murtadlo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
The Social ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Depth Interviews

Implementation of multicultural education in madrasas is a very interesting topic to present in this paper, considering the characteristics of learners which can be said to be more homogeneous than the secular schools. In general, the multicultural education has become necessary to be applied in educational institutions with heterogeneous learners, especially in terms of their beliefs. Multicultural values taught in school will be more easily practiced in the social life among such heterogeneous students. But this is not the case with homogenous madrasas. The development of multicultural values in madrasahs will call for its own concepts and strategies.Using a qualitative research approach with in-depth interviews as the main data collection instrument, this paper tries to formulate multicultural education conducted by the Madrasah Pembangunan, Ciputat, Tangerang, by seeing how the context, concept, and its implementation in educational systems are organized. The findings include, among others, the facts that multicultural education in madrasah is nothing new because multicultural values have been taught in many subjects there. These multicultural values are developed and introduced and required by the students in Madrasah Pembangunan to deal with heterogeneous members of society such as the values of tolerance, empathy, cooperation; and four main properties of Muhammad Rasululllah (Genuine, Trustworthy, Authentic, Intelligent). Other values include confi dence, quality work and competitive.

scholarly journals Peran Model Social Learning Dalam Meningkatkan Kompetensi Petani Garam di Kabupaten Pamekasan

Simulacra ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Umi Hanik ◽  
Mutmainah Mutmainah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
Depth Interviews

<em>This study aims to determine the role of social learning models in improving the competency of salt farmers in Pamekasan Regency. The research approach used is qualitative research with grounded theory. Data collection techniques using depth interviews, observation and documentation studies. The results of the study showed that increasing the competency of salt farmers through social learning models was carried out by presenting examples of behavior from aspects: 1) knowledge (knowledge); 2) skills (skills); 3) self concept; 4) personal characteristics (traits); and 5) motives (motives). The role of the social learning model for increasing salt farmers in Pamekasan Regency is: 1) to increase knowledge so that farmers have several alternative ways to make salt to produce quality; 2) developing the competency of salt farmers through the delivery of information; 3) foster an attitude of helping others; and 4) fostering a cooperative attitude towards outside parties who wish to establish cooperation.</em>

scholarly journals (In)Equality regimes in auditing

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. e3147
Author(s):  
João Paulo Resende de Lima ◽  
Silvia Pereira de Castro Casa Nova ◽  
Ricardo Gonçalves de Sales ◽  
Simone Cristina Dantas Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Universal Category ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Big Four ◽  
Depth Interviews

The literature about diversity in accounting demonstrates the phenomenon of superinclusion in  that it usually focuses on women’s experiences as a universal category but focuses on white women’s experiences. In this text, we argue that intersectional theory is a possible way to address that issue since it is a theory based on considering the interactions between sex, gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality and how those elements and their interactions give rise to an “inequality regime”. Embracing this framework, we aim to comprehend the professional development of members of non-hegemonic groups who have reached the partner position in auditing firms. We adopted a qualitative research approach, conducting six in-depth interviews with Big Four partners. We analyzed our evidence using Acker’s (2006) “bases of inequalities” and “organizing processes that produce inequality” categories, proposing the empirical category “(un)changing inequality regimes?”. This work expands the literature about diversity by deepening the discussion about the inclusion of minority groups in auditing firms, bringing a Latin American view of diversity practices.

scholarly journals Islamic Branding Strategy Through Audience's Reception

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 348-353
Author(s):  
Rahmania Santoso ◽  
Bambang Dwi Prasetyo ◽  
Desi Dwi Prianti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Related Topic ◽  
Audience Reception ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Branding Strategy ◽  
Product Use ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Over Time

Islamic Branding is an approach to branding with Sharia Principles. Over time, Islamic Branding has become one of the strategies used in product marketing. The aims of this research to analyze the related topic towards audience reception and identifying the position of meaning for the Islamic Branding Strategy in Advertising Sahaja Products. This research used a qualitative research approach with the reception analysis method. The method highlights Stuart Hall's two concepts of encoding and decoding. The subjects of this research were seven members of the Islamic organization Nasyiatul 'Aisyiyah. The data were analyzed using two orders of signification by Roland Barthes (encoding) and in-depth interviews (decoding). The results of this research indicated the reception caused by the audiences, in understanding the meaning of the message can vary depending on the intensity of product use. The experience that has been felt and knowledge possessed. Thus, not all audiences can receive the message in full.

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