There is a growing interest among the higher education principals and policy makers to improve teacher evaluation methods and more important than that to use the evaluation data. A number of research studies implied the ineffective instruction of ESP courses in Iran (Atai, 2002; Eslami, 2005; Hayati, 2008; Ahmadi, 2008; Sherkatolabbasi & Mahdavi, 2012; Boniadi, Ghojazadeh & Rahmatvand, 2013). T...

The research deepens the role of new technologies in construction geographical imaginaries investigating dimension offer related to cultural heritage city Palermo. study was conducted using qualitative methods and provided for application two techniques: participant observation semi-structured interviews. By interpreting results produced, contribution aims highlight predominance an urban image,...

Religion has substantial - positive and negative - influence on South Africa's HIV context. This qualitative study explored possibilities for positive church engagement in paediatric HIV care in a rural district in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Opinions, attitudes and experiences of various stakeholders including religious leaders, healthcare workers and people infected/affected with/by HIV w...

This article reports on the relationship between becoming information literate and body in Kente-weaving landscape. A mixed approach of incorporative ethnographic participant observation semi-structured interviews with 24 participants through their roles as either master weaver, junior weaver or novice at Bonwire Kente Centre. Thematic analysis an embodied-practice to literacy (IL) frames this ...

Abstract This article explores the routine precautions taken by sex workers (SW) in Switzerland, a country which work is legal activity. It based on approximately 1100 h of non-systematic participant observation spread over 18 months and 14 semi-structured interviews with indoor outdoor SW. The findings show that SW use series overlap situational prevention techniques for increasing perpetrator...

the present article aims to conduct an ethnographic study of the confrontation between the local culture and global commodities in baneh. theoretically, this article suggests that confrontation with the global should be understood in relation to neoliberal market, identityand collective ideologies. thus,while carrying out a participant observation,we interviewed fifteen people in baneh. the res...

The present work reflects the relationship between city and culture regarding organization of cultural festivals in public spaces and, particular, “MiritiFest”, Abaetetuba. Therefore, it is proposed to reflect on Abaetetuba/PA, especially with regard strategies adopted view holding event space “Praça da Bandeira”. Methodologically, we a qualitative approach, considering degree depth that want p...