Discursive Approaches to Understanding Teacher Collaboration: Policy into Practice

Discursive Approaches to Understanding Teacher Collaboration: Policy Into Practice

Applying discursive approaches to health psychology.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to outline the contribution of two strands of discursive research, glossed as 'macro' and 'micro,' to the field of health psychology. A further goal is to highlight some contemporary debates in methodology associated with the use of interview data versus more naturalistic data in qualitative health research. METHOD Discursive approaches provide a way of anal...

Contrasts in Teacher Educators ́ Discursive Positions; an Effect of Changes in Educational Policy Discourses?

Policy to practice: collaboration in the evolution of a nursing health human resources policy.

In 2007, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care made an investment to support full-time employment for new graduate nurses. This paper describes the collaboration of policy makers and researchers in the creation and implementation of the Nursing Graduate Guarantee (NGG). We provide historical context for the development of the initiative and discuss some of the issues related to its ...

NEW APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES Insights into Complexity and Policy