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Forced retirement transition : a narrative case study of an elite Australian Rules football player

- Demetriou, Andreas, Jago, Andrew, Gill, Peter, Mesagno, Christopher, Ali, Lutfiye

  • Authors: Demetriou, Andreas , Jago, Andrew , Gill, Peter , Mesagno, Christopher , Ali, Lutfiye
  • Date: 2020
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology Vol. 18, no. 3 (2020), p. 321-335
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  • Description: Retirement from elite sport is a complex and often-problematic process. The current study explores a negative case study of an athlete recently retired from a team sport (Australian Rules Football) in order to generate knowledge on how to improve the retirement process. Three semi-structured interviews were undertaken less than 5 years post retirement, and archival career records were gathered from online sources. Data were coded to construct a narrative account of the participant’s career and retirement. Narrative analysis also revealed that the retirement transition from elite sports for this athlete was problematic and caused considerable personal distress. We suggest that the means of improving retirement transition and reducing harm to players include fostering alternative life narratives and increasing self-complexity, utilising norm appropriate communication strategies, and recognising retirement as a potential grieving period for loss of community. © 2018, © 2018 International Society of Sport Psychology.

Narrative pedagogies in Science, Mathematics and Technology

- Hobbs, Linda, Davis, Robert

  • Authors: Hobbs, Linda , Davis, Robert
  • Date: 2012
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Research in Science Education Vol. , no. (2012), p. 1-17
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  • Description: Despite years of research, there remains serious concern regarding the engagement of students in science, mathematics and technology education. In this paper, the authors explore how narrative pedagogies are used in science, mathematics and technology in order to make the subjects meaningful. The paper focuses specifically on the role and aesthetic nature of narrative as a pedagogical approach in these school subjects and between school sectors. Case study methodology was used to compare the findings of two independent studies investigating the role of narrative-based pedagogies in mathematics and science (first author) and technology (second author). Based on this comparison, this paper proposes two perspectives on narrative-based pedagogies that deal with the connection of students with the subject: inward-looking that situated the learner within the story generated around artefact creation, and outward-looking that situated the stories of the content into students' lifeworlds. The use of this comparative lens enabled a higher level of analysis that could not have been achieved by each research programme, generating a broader narrative that provided deeper insight into the teaching and learning experience. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

A web-based Narrative construction environment

- Yearwood, John, Stranieri, Andrew, Osman, Deanna

  • Authors: Yearwood, John , Stranieri, Andrew , Osman, Deanna
  • Date: 2008
  • Type: Text , Conference paper
  • Relation: Paper presented at NILE 2008: 5th International Conference on Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments, Edinburgh, Scotland : 6th-8th August 2008 p. 78-81
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  • Description: This paper describes a web-based environment for constructing narrative from story snippets contributed by a community of interest. The underlying model uses an argument based structure to infer the next event in the narrative sequence. The approach makes use of both events and higher level story elements derived from Polti’s dramatic situations. Dramatic situations used are consistent with a theme, and events are generally constrained by the dramatic situation. The narrative generated is a function of the event history, the dramatic situations chosen and the plausible inferences about next events that are contributed by a community of interest in the theme. At this stage, a player’s actions are simulated using a random selection from a set and the implementation of a nonsense filter. Example outputs from the system are provided and discussed.
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Starting with stories : The power of socio-ecological narrative

- Wattchow, Brian, Jeanes, Ruth, Alfrey, Laura, Brown, Trent, Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy, O'Connor, Justen

  • Authors: Wattchow, Brian , Jeanes, Ruth , Alfrey, Laura , Brown, Trent , Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy , O'Connor, Justen
  • Date: 2014
  • Type: Text , Book chapter
  • Relation: The socioecological educator : A 21st century renewal of physical, health, environment and outdoor education 1 p. 3-21
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  • Description: In this first chapter we felt it important to introduce the editors of the book via a series of short autobiographical stories. In each case the author has chosen a few influential experiences that they believe have been crucial in shaping the development of their socio-ecological outlook as educators and researchers. In other words, in this first section of the book we are putting practical, lived experience prior to the theoretical explanation of what it means to be a socio-ecological educator. In this first chapter of Part I we want to lead with example and narrative. We then explore and reinforce the message with sound theoretical discussion of the crucial concepts that make up this unique perspective on educational philosophy and practice. In Part II of the book, different authors from a variety of backgrounds and work contexts explore socio-ecological ideas and practices via a range of case studies. Finally, in the conclusion chapter we summarise the book and reflect on the incorporation of a socio-ecological approach into educational and research settings.

Palliative care education and its effectiveness: a systematic review

- Li, Wendy, Chhabra, Jasleen, Singh, Smita.

  • Authors: Li, Wendy , Chhabra, Jasleen , Singh, Smita.
  • Date: 2021
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Public Health Vol. 194, no. (2021), p. 96-108
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  • Description: Palliative care education (PCE) is an important public health approach to palliative care and is crucial to improving its utilisation. The present study aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of PCE and its effectiveness. A systematic review approach, including narrative synthesis, was used to review qualitative and quantitative studies published in the English language between January 1969 and January 2019, focussing on PCE programs. Thirty-nine research studies were included in the systematic review. The target audience of the included studies were mostly healthcare professionals, followed by family caregivers. Definitions of death and palliative care, symptom management and communication were leading themes in the reviewed PCE programs. The educational resources used in PCE programs were mainly self-developed teaching materials, with some programs utilising eLearning resources. The included PCE programs were effective in improving knowledge, attitude and confidence in palliative care and the satisfaction of participant learning experience. PCE is a useful tool to improve knowledge of, confidence in and attitudes towards palliative care amongst healthcare professionals and carers. To make palliative care a public health issue, PCE should be expanded to the public and policy-makers.

The comprehension of emotions in narrative texts : The role of embodied knowledge

- Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando

  • Authors: Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando
  • Date: 2007
  • Type: Text , Thesis , Masters
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  • Description: "This work explores how current embodied theories of cognition can account for the comprehension of narrative texts. Theoretically, this thesis develops a framework for the study of narrative text comprehension by linking current advances in embodied theories of cognition, discourse processing, and neurosciences. Experimentally, two experiments are reported in which participants were required to read passages of text implying emotional states. The coherence of critical sentences in relation to the preceding text was manipulated in terms of both the emotional adjectives used and the sensory-motor component. In the first experiment, three tasks were used to index the effect of the manipulations on the critical sentences. The first was an on-line naming task in which response times to name emotional labels which matched the implied emotional state of the texts were recorded. [...] The second experiment used backward masking in the naming task with the aim of providing a more sensitive index of the effect of the text manipulations on on-line processing."
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The integration of narrative and argumentation for a scenario-based learning environment in law

- Stranieri, Andrew, Yearwood, John

  • Authors: Stranieri, Andrew , Yearwood, John
  • Date: 2005
  • Type: Text , Conference paper
  • Relation: Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, Bologna, Italy : 6th - 11th June, 2005
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  • Description: Narrative or story telling has long been used to structure and organise human experience. In contrast to logical models of reasoning, narrative models enable complex situations to be understood and recalled by humans readily. There is also some indication that narrative models represent the way in which jurors weigh up the veracity of legal evidence. In this work a narrative model is integrated into a logical reasoning model for the purpose of advancing a learning environment that promises to be engaging and effective. The narrative model includes a representation of the point of a story and a simple story grammar. The learning environment is designed to enable the automated generation of plausible scenarios representing a variety of family law property division cases told from the point of view of numerous characters.
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Enhancing learning outcomes with an interactive knowledge-based learning environment providing narrative feedback

- Stranieri, Andrew, Yearwood, John

  • Authors: Stranieri, Andrew , Yearwood, John
  • Date: 2008
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 16, no. 3 (2008), p. 265-281
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  • Description: This paper describes a narrative-based interactive learning environment which aims to elucidate reasoning using interactive scenarios that may be used in training novices in decision-making. Its design is based on an approach to generating narrative from knowledge that has been modelled in specific decision/reasoning domains. The approach uses a narrative model that is guided partially by inference and contextual information contained in the particular knowledge representation used, the generic/actual argument model of structured reasoning. The approach is described with examples in the area of critical care nursing training. A study of the effectiveness of this approach on learning outcomes was conducted with final year nursing students and provides evidence of improved learning outcomes.
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'Do you love the town you live in?' : narratives of place from Australian mining towns

- Eklund, Antoinette, Eklund, Erik

  • Authors: Eklund, Antoinette , Eklund, Erik
  • Date: 2008
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Vol. 3, no. 7 (2008), p. 53-58
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  • Description: This article combines the authors' disciplinary locations in history and literary studies, exploring personal narratives as revealed in oral history from residents of Australian mining towns. These narratives operate as a kind of counter or vernacular history, presenting hidden stories not well represented in Australian national history and culture. We argue that regional vernacular knowledge, borne of local experience and culture some distance from the major cities, is somewhat difficult to access through predominantly city-based, profesional academic networks.

Narratives of access: A critical exploration of how institutional interactions with students affect regional student participation in higher education.

- Ostini, Jenny, Partridge, Helen, Kelly, Kate, Owen, Sue, Jeffries, Sandra

  • Authors: Ostini, Jenny , Partridge, Helen , Kelly, Kate , Owen, Sue , Jeffries, Sandra
  • Date: 2020
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Student Success Vol. 11, no. 1 (2020), p.
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  • Description: This article examines the narratives that drive university staff understanding of the concerns and experiences of regional and remote students at five universities in Australia. Interviews were conducted with thirty university staff members over a period of three months in 2018. Reflexive thematic analysis of the stories told by staff of supporting regional students found that staff used the lens of access to create meaningful stories for themselves and others in how they supported students. Access is defined as a multi-faceted term encompassing access to people, Internet, study materials and equipment and study environments. Access is facilitated by a sense of belonging or identity as a student and limited by the lack of this. Our analysis of “belongingness” draws on Bourdieu’s concepts of habitas to start to unpick the interactions between higher education institutions and the student that develop student identities as scholars and centres the narrative on the student as a person, wrestling to gain many forms of access within complex social situations.

Narrative-based interactive learning environments from modelling reasoning

- Yearwood, John, Stranieri, Andrew

  • Authors: Yearwood, John , Stranieri, Andrew
  • Date: 2007
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Educational Technology and Society Vol. 10, no. 3 (2007), p. 192-208
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  • Description: Narrative and story telling has a long history of use in structuring, organising and communicating human experience. This paper describes a narrative based interactive intelligent learning environment which aims to elucidate practical reasoning using interactive emergent narratives that can be used in training novices in decision making. Its design is based on an approach to generating narrative from knowledge that has been modelled in specific decision/reasoning domains. The approach uses a narrative model that is guided partially by inference and contextual information contained in the particular knowledge representation used, the Generic/Actual argument model of structured reasoning. The approach is described with examples in the area of critical care nursing training and positive learning outcomes are reported. © International Forum of Educational Technology & Society (IFETS).
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How preschoolers comprehend the emotional dimension in narrative texts

- Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando, Jimenez Heredia, A. T.

Dramatic level analysis for interactive narrative

- Macfadyen, Alyx, Stranieri, Andrew, Yearwood, John

  • Authors: Macfadyen, Alyx , Stranieri, Andrew , Yearwood, John
  • Date: 2008
  • Type: Text , Conference paper
  • Relation: Paper presented at NILE 2008: 5th International Conference on Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments, Edinburgh, Scotland : 6th-8th August 2008 p. 17-22
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  • Description: In interactive 3D narratives, a user’s narrative emerges through interactions with the system and embodied agencies (characters) mediated through the 3D environment. We present a methodology that identifies and measures four factors in interactive narrative where agency is present. We describe a technique for measuring drama, agency and engagement and compare the centrality of a designed interactive narrative with the emergent participatory narrative. This methodology has application as an analytic device for any interactive narrative where agency is fundamental. The adoption of the FrameNet semantic resource and the interpretation of interaction in narrative, situate this work in the domain of 3D interactive narratives, mixed and augmented realities and polymorphic narratives that cross forms of media.
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Transgressive decor : Narrative glimpses in Australian prisons, 1970s-1990s

- Wilson, Jacqueline

  • Authors: Wilson, Jacqueline
  • Date: 2008
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Crime Media Culture Vol. 4, no. 3 (2008), p. 331-348
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  • Description: This article presents a number of examples of prison inmate graffiti photographed by the author in Australian decommissioned prisons. The images are examined with regard to aspects of the sociology and social psychology of the prison environment. Abiding themes of prison life are identified and discerned as factors contributing to the content of the graffiti. These include especially power relationships, sexuality, revenge, violence, boredom and the simple desire for some form of entertainment, however fleeting.
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“Bumps in the Road”: A Pilot study of a therapeutic technique for the integration of unresolved family loss and trauma

- Watts, Gabriella, Lewis, Andrew, Serfaty, Irene

  • Authors: Watts, Gabriella , Lewis, Andrew , Serfaty, Irene
  • Date: 2021
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Frontiers in psychology Vol. 12, no. (2021), p. 635574-635574
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  • Description: The ability to sustain a coherent narrative about experiences of trauma and loss is a prominent feature of secure-autonomous attachment states of mind as assessed in narrative tasks such as the Adult Attachment Interview. The current study examines the clinical application of the concepts of narrative coherence and discourse segregation within a therapeutic intervention for whole families. Bumps in the Road is a family drawing task, which aims to facilitate the co-construction of family narratives about adversities such as trauma, loss and hardship. The technique aims to increase the family’s narrative coherence about such challenging events. The paper first presents a description of the task itself together with the discourse theories of defensive processing of adverse events. The study also presents pilot quantitative findings from 19 parents on the psychometric properties of a coding system of the families’ discourses in undertaking the task and the therapist’s techniques in administering the task. The predictive association of coding of the narratives were examined as predictors of change in internalising and externalising symptoms in the referred child, using the Child Behaviour Checklist. Findings showed that therapist competence in administration of the task did significantly predict the magnitude of treatment efficacy. The current study is the first presentation of this novel therapeutic task and sets a platform for further research on the use of narrative tasks and the formal coding of discourse in therapeutic work with children and families.
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