India’s ancient philosophy on holistic education and its relevance for target 4.7 of the United Nations sustainable development goals by Shilpa Khatri Babbar, Lara Johannsdottir

“…Extensive and intensive usage of symbolism in Indian philosophy is studied through social constructionism and phenomenology. India’s ancient philosophy on holistic education has a relevance to modern approaches to address sustainability issues such as by addressing specific aspects of the SDGs, or the SDGs holistically, given the goals interconnects, and potential synergies and trade-offs, thereby serving as a prototype for target 4.7 of SDG 4. …”
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CONSTRUCTION OF СATEGORIES ‘STRENGTH’ AND ‘WEAKNESS’ IN RUSSIAN AND POLISH FOREIGN POLICY DISCOURSE by TATIANA VIKTOROVNA DUBROVSKAYA, AGNIESZKA SOWIŃSKA

“…The research draws on assumptions of social constructionism and CDA. The data include recent speeches by Russian and Polish Ministers of Foreign Affairs. …”
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Gender, Sexuality and Practices for the Prevention of STD/AIDS: Discursive Productions of Family Health Care Professionals and Teenagers of São Francisco River Valley by Juliana Sampaio, Leilane Almeida Paixão, Paula Matos Andrade, Tatiany Soares Torres

“…As theoretical and methodological support, we used a qualitative approach in health and social constructionism. Focus groups were conducted, observations and interviews participants in family health units in the cities of Petrolina (PE) and Juazeiro (BA). …”
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A critical analysis of the networking experiences of female entrepreneurs: a study based on the small business tourism sector in Sri Lanka by H. A. K. N. S. Surangi

“…Abstract This study expands on current knowledge through how female entrepreneurs form and develop their networks in the Sri Lankan context. It adopts social constructionism philosophy and narrative design to explore the female entrepreneurs' networking behaviour. …”
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Social construction of body image and weight loss behaviour among overweight adolescents / Suriati Sidek by Sidek, Suriati

“…Therefore, this phenomenological study that was guided by the social constructionism lens, aims to explore the construct of body image and weight loss behaviour among overweight adolescents. …”
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Career Theory and Practice : Learning Through Case Studies / by Swanson, Jane Laurel, author 633007, Fouad, Nadya A., author 482965

“…The fully revised Fourth Edition features expanded coverage of testing and assessments, issues related to intersectionality, new chapters on the Psychology of Working, Social Constructionism, combining approaches from multiple theoretical perspectives, Ethical and Professional Issues, and Integrating Career Development in Different Settings, and an increased focus on substance use and mental health disorders" --…”

Humor as a resource for confronting wartime challenges by Tetiana Khraban

“…Discourse analysis developed in the framework of social constructionism was used for collecting and analyzing data. …”
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Interactions between the Public and Assistance Dog Handlers and Trainers by Bronwyn McManus, Gretchen Good, Polly Yeung

“…A qualitative method, guided by an interpretive approach and social constructionism, was utilised to collect data via semi-structured interviews with six handlers and six trainers of assistance dogs. …”
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Exploring employees’ coping with disability management practices at a South African university by Aletta M. Moll

“…Method: The study design is grounded in the subjectivist epistemology of social constructionism and took on a qualitative approach. …”
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Peace Sociolinguistics: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Pakistani English Newspapers by Shehr Bano Zaidii

“…This sociolinguistic constructivist grounded theory study is underpinned by social constructionism which takes the view that language does not just describe the world but actively constructs it, having real consequences. …”
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The paradigm shift from social action to social interaction by Denis N. Briket

“…The main ideas of symbolic interactionism are presented: the stages of its formation, the concepts that influenced it, and what role it played in the subsequent directions of the paradigm: phenomenology, ethnomethodology and social constructionism. In conclusion, the main trends of the two paradigms are described and a comparative assessment of their significance for modern sociological theory is given.…”
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Discursive Modeling o f a Woman in the Soviet Periodicals for Children by Dubrovskaya, T. V.

“…The object of study is explored in terms of positive propaganda. Drawing on social constructionism, discourse analysis and multimodal analysis, it is argued that the model of the Soviet woman in the magazine for children was organised around the three parameters: professional activity, social engagement, and family and personal life. …”
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Fostering Autonomous Learning Through Peer Feedback by Ema Wilianti Dewi, Siti Roki'ah

“…Peer assessment appeared in social constructionism theory since peer assessment activity involves the joint construction of knowledge through discourse. …”
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Discourses of tourism in the official tourism websites in Southeast Asia by Muhammad Salim, Muhammad Arfin

“…This research employed a qualitative research design underpinned by the Social Constructionism theory. In addition, discourse analysis and multimodality were utilized to describe the discourses of tourism by investigating the integration of language use and visual images in portraying the tourist destinations on the official tourism websites of Southeast Asian countries. …”
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Musiklärares arbete med bedömning och betygsättning – yttre och personliga omständigheter som påverkar praktiker samt möjliga subjektspositioner by Johanna Antonsson

“…The study’s theoretical foundation lies within social constructionism, teachers’ visions and subject positioning are used as operationalised theoretical concepts, and concepts from assessment theory make up the subject specific theory. …”
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From social cognition to social epistemology (in memory of G.M. Andreeva) by Dmitry A. Khoroshilov

“…G.Andreeva discusses the last one, connecting cognitive psychology, social constructionism and activity theory. Theoretical assumptions of social cognition as the process of world image construction are formulated as follows: 1) presumption of general knowledge; 2) active constructive nature; 3) categorization and classification as the basic process; 4) the relationship between discourse and cognition; 5) emotionality; 6) critical orientation; 7) prospective for the clinical analysis of sociocultural realities. …”
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Unaccompanied or Separated Migrant Children and Adolescents at the Colombian–Venezuelan Border: Loss of the Social Moratorium and Its Implications by Carolina Ramírez-Martínez, Neida Albornoz-Arias, Leida Marcela Martínez Becerra, Karla Gabriela Tamayo Ramírez

“…We conduct a theoretical analysis drawing upon key concepts, including the social moratorium, social constructionism, interaction, and moral and cognitive development. …”
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Strategic Control in Iranian Banking: A Historical Look at Past Patterns and Presentation of a New Model by Vahid Khashei, Mohsen Akbari, Masoomeh Qasemi Shams

“…This study has attempted to analyze the models of strategic control model in the banking industry of Iran appropriate to environmental conditions in order to elaborate a strategic control, using a heuristic approach based on the philosophy of social constructionism and the grounded theory approach. In this regard, in the qualitative sector, the results were extracted by MAXQDA software using semi-structured field interviews and interviews with 16 managers, supervisors and experts of four banks operating nationwide. …”
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Solidarity in the Museum: Practices of Representation of Social Problems in Russian Institutions of Contemporary Art by Larisa Evgenevna Petrova

“…The theoretical framework of the study is social constructionism and post-structuralism. The purpose of the article is to characterize the forms and degree of criticality of artistic expression on the example of contemporary art institutions. …”
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How do middle class Pakistani young people construct contemporary international conflicts? by Kazmi, Naveed

“…The theoretical framework used is that of social constructionism, especially drawing on the ideas of Jonathan Potter, Margaret Wetherell, Kenneth Gergen and Michel Foucault. …”
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