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Navigating cultural and pedagogical challenges: An autoethnographic study of a Vietnamese EFL lecturer-researcher’s experiences in the Mekong Delta 应对文化和教学挑战：越南 EFL 讲师-研究员在湄公河三角洲的经历自述研究

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/20597991241264836

Le Thanh Thao, Pham Trut Thuy

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Methodological confluence: Weaving Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) and Indigenous research methods 方法论的融合：编织建构主义基础理论（CGT）和土著研究方法

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1177/20597991241256794

Tebogo B. Sebeelo

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Systems dynamics and casual configurations: Using dynamic pattern synthesis for macroeconomic comparative research 系统动力学和随意配置：利用动态模式综合法进行宏观经济比较研究

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1177/20597991241256791

David Alemna, Philip Haynes

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A novel experimental vignette methodology: SMART vignettes 新颖的小故事实验方法：SMART 小故事

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/20597991241240081

Jane Paik Kim, Hyun-Joon Yang

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A dual debrief-based co-autoethnography of a humanitarian delegation member: Supporting Ukraine refugee mothers through ambiguous loss 基于双重汇报的人道主义代表团成员共同自述：帮助乌克兰难民母亲度过模棱两可的失落期

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2024-03-30 DOI: 10.1177/20597991241241845

Bilha Paryente, Rivi Frei-Landau

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Bridging architecture and social sciences to study home-based work: A socio-spatial representation method 连接建筑学和社会科学，研究在家工作：社会空间表现方法

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.1177/20597991241228978

Elizabeth Wagemann, Natalia Donoso-Pardo, Germán Guzmán-Gundermann, Matías Quiroz-Torres

{"title":"Bridging architecture and social sciences to study home-based work: A socio-spatial representation method","authors":"Elizabeth Wagemann, Natalia Donoso-Pardo, Germán Guzmán-Gundermann, Matías Quiroz-Torres","doi":"10.1177/20597991241228978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/20597991241228978","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a methodology that combines methods of architectural representation with qualitative social science research to study housing, particularly, home-based work. Studies of home-based work have specialised in discussing the complexities of sharing the domestic and productive spaces. However, the literature shows that there is a methodological gap in approaching these complexities. Specifically, both social science and architectural techniques separately fail to represent the relationships and conflicts between these two spheres. This article addresses the following question: how to achieve a representation that corresponds to the complexity of the relationship between domestic and productive space in dwellings? To answer this question, our methodology combines the techniques of architecture (sketches, plans, maquettes and axonometries) and social science (observation, interviews and focus groups) to capture the relationship between domestic (reproductive) and work (productive) spaces in households. The method presents three scales of analysis: the micro (household), the meso (part of the neighbourhood) and the macro (neighbourhood). These different scales of analysis were applied in two case studies to test the performance of the method. These are the transitional emergency neighbourhoods built after the 2015 floods in Atacama (Chile). These cases were selected because, for many families, housing is also a place of income generation, and often emergency housing is a place of work, contributing to the economic recovery process after a disaster.","PeriodicalId":32579,"journal":{"name":"Methodological Innovations","volume":"269 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140472886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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All that glitters is not gold: Why randomized controlled trials are bronze standard (at best) in determining best practices for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder 闪光的都不是金子：为什么在确定治疗创伤后应激障碍的最佳方法时，随机对照试验（充其量）只是青铜标准？

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1177/20597991241227844

Jennifer Rae Smith

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Mixed methods integration strategies used in education: A systematic review 教育中使用的混合方法整合策略：系统回顾

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2023-12-25 DOI: 10.1177/20597991231217937

Yi Zhou, Yuchun Zhou, Krisanna Machtmes

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Intelligence tests and the individual: Unsolvable problems with validity and reliability 智力测验与个人：无法解决的有效性和可靠性问题

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.1177/20597991231213871

Anouk van Hoogdalem, Anna MT Bosman

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The presuppositional interview as a means of transparent reflexive practice in grounded theory 预设式访谈作为基础理论中透明反思实践的一种手段

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1177/20597991231212236

N. van Veggel, Janet Allison, Sally Goldspink, H. Engward

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