Digital Solutions and Machine Learning Can Improve Niche Market Reach by Zoltán Somosi, Noémi Hajdú

“…The goal of this social constructivist research was to find an answer to the question of whether the segmentation and targeting options of the Google Ads advertising system can sufficiently ensure this. …”

Enduring Effects: Name Mispronunciation and/or Change in Early School Experiences by Tina Bonnett, Bonika Sok

“…In reflection of this, an Intrinsic Case Study, underpinned by a Social Constructivist Philosophical paradigm, was conducted to assemble the experiences of three adults in Ontario, Canada, who had their names mispronounced or changed in early educational experiences. …”
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Where are the female developers? Exploring the gender issues in open source software innovation process by Mahmod, Musyrifah, Mohd Yusof, Shafiz Affendi, Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi

“…Despite the growing literature on Open Source Software (OSS) innovation, knowledge about gender issues within the OSS innovation process is inadequate.This paper begins with some introduction on OSS innovation process, it then continues with the discussion of the current problems on gender and OSS innovations.The paper argues that appropriate feminist approach may be useful in augmenting the understanding of OSS innovation process through the lens of social constructivist’s theory.Finally, the paper summarized with some preliminary consideration of how these concerns may be applied to OSS innovation process.…”
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The Tiger’s Wife – Promoting Intercultural Understanding by Olja Milosevic

“…Thus, this work of literature allowed for social constructivist negotiation. This reinforces the premise that learning takes place because of interaction in a group and highlights the potential for literature to act as a bridge for intercultural understanding.…”
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The European Cooperation is Facing New Challenges - Some Impact on Citizenship Education in the Netherlands by Henk Oonk

“…In contrast to current opinions we argue that to reach not only the higher levels of secondary schools but also the lower levels a too strong social-constructivist approach is not effective. Complicated European issues need a good instruction by the teacher in combination with an attractive didactical approach that builds on a common core European orientation curriculum improving students’ knowledge and skills and thus enhancing opinions and attitudes.…”
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Inclusive, Interactive Classroom as Student-Learning Facilitator by Celia Lo, Allison Monge

“…Using principles underlying the social constructivist approach, we redesigned an undergraduate course on social problems, seeking to employ three learning activities (online assignments and small-group and class discussions) to facilitate knowledge construction by students and promote their intellectual capabilities and critical-thinking skills. …”
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Teachers’ perspectives on promoting learner autonomy for vocabulary development: A case study by Norah Almusharraf

“…This study draws on a social constructivist framework and transformative learning theory, both of which approach the learner as an agentive self and in the socio-cultural context of language learning. …”
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TEACHER IDENTITY AND TRANSNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: A CASE OF AN EFL TEACHER FROM GEORGIA TEACHING IN TURKEY by Emel Küçükali

“…These changes were investigated from social constructivist perspective in terms of culture, professional development, reflectivity, motivation, theory-practice integration and collaboration. …”
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Using Bourdieu in Critical Mediatization Research: Communicational Doxa and Osmotic Pressures in the Field of UN Organizations by André Jansson

“…It is argued that the Bourdieusian theories of doxa and fields can make valuable contributions to a critical perspective on mediatization, one that moves beyond the divides between institutionalist, social-constructivist and materialist understandings (e.g., Bourdieu, 1972/1977). …”
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Organizational Changes and their Presumptive Effect on the Military Families by Aida Alvinius, Sofia Nilsson, Camilla Sjölén, Gerry Larsson

“…The way the problem of organizational vulnerability is presented, however, neglects considerations of employees’ work-life balance and serves to make effects of organizational changes at the individual level invisible. Founded on a social constructivist perspective, the study therefore argues that this neglect of work-life balance in official discourse on organizational change may be counterproductive to the proposed aim of a reduction in organizational vulnerability.…”
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L’identité et ses dilemmes by Davide Sparti

“…While Parfit seems unable to explain who is responsible for establishing the patterns of connectedness among successive selves, the social constructivist view has difficulties in accounting for our subjective specificity. …”
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Digital learning and the ESL online classroom in higher education: teachers’ perspectives by Noble Po-kan Lo

“…Through undertaking thematic analysis of six interviews with English language teachers at a university in Hong Kong, this study explores how teachers view the benefits, challenges and personal and professional consequences of the shift to emergency remote teaching during the pandemic. Taking a social constructivist approach to the topic, the study also seeks to uncover how teachers view such provisions as being improved under future emergencies and with respect to online English language teaching moving forwards generally. …”
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The mentoring experiences of professional staff in higher education: evidence from a South African university by Yaw Owusu-Agyeman

“…This study examines how the mentoring experiences of professional staff in a South African university enhance their social integration and professional development. Drawing on social constructivist theory, semi-structured interview were used to gather insights from 41 professional staff. …”
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Vulnerability Through Resilience? by Tobias Schmidt

“…This paper demonstrates this possibility by means of a social constructivist notion of vulnerability and resilience. …”
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Rights Language in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Has Right to Health Discourse and Norms Shaped Health Goals? by Lisa Forman, Gorik Ooms, Claire E. Brolan

“…We analyse these reports through a social constructivist lens which views the use of rights rhetoric as an important indicator of the extent to which a norm is being adopted and/or internalized. …”
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Before allyship: A model of integrating awareness of a privileged social identity by Jude Bergkamp, Lindsay Olson, Abi Martin

“…According to the available literature, an essential barrier to social privilege integration is its implicit and covert nature that prevents consistent consciousness due to hegemonic forces.MethodsThis study explored the process, from initial social privilege awareness to the moment of the study, through individual interviews. A social-constructivist, grounded theory approach was utilized as it was aligned with the understudied phenomena oriented around social justice.ResultsThe result is a developmental model of social privilege integration that explicates accumulated exposures to privilege, the resultant threat to and protection of personal identity, and the conducive factors that lead to reconciliation.DiscussionImplications of this theoretical model include the importance of a developmental perspective to cultivate an understanding of individual prejudice attitudes and discriminatory behaviors, as well as a roadmap toward equitable change. …”
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Mobile phones, risk and responsibility: Understanding children’s perceptions by Emma Bond

“…Based on the accounts of thirty young people in the UK aged between 11 – 17 this study adopts a social constructivist perspective to offer a theoretical framework which explores how children themselves actually use mobile phone technologies and understand and manage risk in their everyday lives. …”
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No One Smiles at Me: The Double Displacement of Iranian Migrant Men as Refugees Who Use Drugs in Australia by Belinda A. Green, Yalda Latifi

“…Drawing on relevant sociological and feminist theories namely a social constructivist and intersectional framework, this article explores ways in which migrant Iranian men as ‘refugees’ ‘who use drugs’ navigate the complex terrain of ‘double displacement’ in the Australian contemporary context. …”
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Towards a Role-Oriented Governance Approach: Insights from Eight Forest Climate Initiatives by Mareike Blum, Sabine Reinecke

“…In this endeavor, the role concept offered a valuable and handy analytical tool for empirically operationalizing governance performance, which is principally compatible with both institutional and social constructivist approaches to legitimacy.…”
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«Hard to Be a God»: the Evolution of Political Images of Vladimir Putin by Ekaterina Dmitrievna Zabrodkina, Veronika Vladimirovna Pasynkova

“…The authors refer to the discourse analysis (textual and visual analysis) of the empirical materials and the social-constructivist approach. The empirical material of the article include academic and journalist publications, articles and interviews published by Russian mass-media, official texts and videos of Russia’s politicians, statistical data and surveys’ results, as well as photos and documentaries.…”
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