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Fluid Methods to Make Sense of an Unknown: An Emergent Grounded Theory Study of Cultural Wellbeing

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What is an appropriate structure for reporting a study of educators’ perceptions of cultural wellbeing, following an interpretive paradigm, and a grounded theory methodology?

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Emery, S., Fielding-Wells, J. (2018). Fluid Methods to Make Sense of an Unknown: An Emergent Grounded Theory Study of Cultural Wellbeing. In: Kember, D., Corbett, M. (eds) Structuring the Thesis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0511-5_18

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