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The Stained Glass Of Knowledge: On Understanding Novice Mental Models Of Computing, Briana Christina Bettin

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Learning to program can be a novel experience. The rigidity of programming can be at odds with beginning programmer's existing perceptions, and the concepts can feel entirely unfamiliar. These observations motivated this research, which explores two major questions: What factors influence how novices learn programming? and How can analogy by more appropriately leveraged in programming education?

This dissertation investigates the factors influencing novice programming through multiple methods. The CS1 classroom is observed as a "whole system", with consideration to the factors present in it that can influence the learning process. Learning's cognitive processes are elaborated to ground exploration into specifically …

We Live In A Society: Violence And Radicalization In The Internet Manosphere, Emily Price

Capstone Showcase

In a world of incels, pick-up artists, and other Men’s Rights Activists, friction between the so-called Manosphere and contemporary feminist thought has led to documented violence with regards to American mass shootings. Starting with the violent outbursts of disaffected young men, I will work backwards to the point of contact between the man and the Manosphere. This piece seeks not to draw a connection between radical MRAs and violence – the mass shooters draw that connection themselves in their manifestos by outlining their dissatisfaction with society as it is, and particularly with what they perceive as a politically correct and …

Of Fire And Stars And Queer Desires: What A Queer Ya Fantasy Novel Represents About Queer Experiences, Savannah Munholland

Capstone Showcase

This paper analyzes the queer YA novel "Of Fire and Stars" by Audrey Coulthurst within the framework of queer theory and representation theory to find what a novel written by a queer author says about queer desires and experiences.

The Evolution Of Revenge: Genre, Feminist Theory And Jennifer’S Body, Sophia Birks

Capstone Showcase

The representation and proliferation of violence against women in media, when applying genre theory, reflects the social climate of rape culture and the social response to sexual violence. Looking at the Rape-Revenge genre through the scope of Feminist Theory, the only way to reintroduce female agency into a trauma led narrative is to reclaim the tropes used to perpetuation female exploitation and a popular culture ambivalent to male on female violence. Within this subversion and deconstruction, a genre benefiting from female trauma finally includes an honest artistic retelling of that female experience. With the intention of the creator in line …

Using Bourdieu In Communication And Forensics Research, Stephen P. Hagan

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

As norms in the forensics community are often unspoken and have few identifiable starting points, habitus and Bourdieu seems an apt place to begin an analysis. Further, such analysis can serve as a potential case study for broader applications of Bourdieu to communication studies. Thus, my goal is to provide an overview of Bourdieu’s work through his interconnecting ideas of habitus, field, and cultural capital and use those concepts to discuss college forensics as a case study of how communicative norms and attitudes are shaped in small collective social structures such as forensics. Building from that application, I explore ways …

Comprehensive Formative Research On Health Beliefs, Practices, And Behaviors In Mali, Breakthrough Research

Reproductive Health

Breakthrough RESEARCH, in conjunction with the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur l’Information en Population et Santé (CERIPS), designed and conducted a mixed method formative study to inform USAID Mali’s health and nutrition programming for the next five years. This project aimed to increase demand for and use of health, nutrition, water, sanitation and health services; increase individual and household adoption of healthy behaviors; and improve household and community capacities to plan, finance, and manage their own health and health systems. This formative research comprised three phases of data collection to reveal the contexts of health behaviors and determinants, motivators, …

The Good Ol' Days: How Sociopolitical Climate Influences Motivations To Seek Historical Nostalgic Media Experiences Versus Non-Nostalgic Media Experiences And The Outcomes Of Those Experiences, Samantha Rosenthal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Nostalgia is a complex cognitive and affective experience and has been described by some as a "social emotion" (Goulding, 2002; Merchant & Rose, 2013; Wildschut et al., 2006). Through nostalgic media experiences, people can develop connections to prior eras or periods in society which are accompanied by a range of emotions and feelings. Perceptions of the past are influenced by experiences in the present. Because of this, it is possible that people's perceptions of their current political climates and society play a role in how they seek and react to media experiences, including nostalgic media experiences. Considering how the political …

“I Don’T Want To Hear Your Language!” White Social Imagination And The Demography Of Roman Corinth, Ekaputra Tupamahu

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

This article aims to deconstruct the hidden pervasive whiteness in biblical scholarship and to propose another way to reimagine the linguistic dynamic of Roman Corinth from an Asian American perspective. It highlights the legal and historical interconnectedness of whiteness and the dominance of English. English is a critical marker of whiteness in the United States. In this context, immigrants are expected to conform to and assimilate themselves with whiteness by performing English. This particular racialized context has influenced and resulted in a scholarly historical reconstruction of immigrants in Roman Corinth as “Greek speaking im/migrants.” Immigrants can come from many different …

Colonial Patronage: Evolutions In The Critique Of Sartre’S “Orphée Noir”, Gus Huiskamp

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

One of the most interesting and controversial episodes in the history of the Négritude literary and philosophical movement came when two white, French authors prefaced the texts of two of the movement’s most significant authors. Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Orphée noir” is one of these texts in question, and it served as the preface for Léopold Sédar Senghor’s Anthologie de le nouvelle poésie nègre et malgache de langue française. In one sense, one might characterize Sartre as a friend to the Négritude movement, exposing it to the francophone mainstream and thereby helping it gain traction in Western academia. Viewed a different way, …

Deindividuation In Anonymous Social Media: Does Anonymous Social Media Lead To An Increase In Non-Normative Behavior?, Shayn S. Davidson, Amy Bradshaw Hoppock, Rebecca A. Rohmeyer, Joseph Keebler, Christina M. Frederick

Publications

This research presents several aspects of anonymous social media postings using an anonymous social media application (i.e., Yik Yak) that is GPS-linked to college campuses. Anonymous social media been widely criticized for postings containing threats/harassment, vulgarity and suicidal intentions. However, little research has empirically examined the content of anonymous social media postings, and whether they contain a large quantity of negative social content. To best understand this phenomenon an analysis of the content of anonymous social media posts was conducted in accordance with Deindividuation Theory (Reicher, Spears, & Postmes, 1995). Deindividuation Theory predicts group behavior is congruent with group norms. …

Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach To Relationships, Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, Katherine S. Thweatt

Open Educational Resources Collection

Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships helps readers examine their own one-on-one communicative interactions using a mindfulness lens. The writing team of Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine Thweatt incorporates the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions. The 14 chapters in this book cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course: family interactions, interpersonal dynamics, language, listening, nonverbal communication, and romantic relationships, as well as exploring emerging areas such as self-compassion, body positivity, friendships, and “the dark side”. The writing takes on a purposefully informal tone to engage readers. …

การออกแบบสารในการสื่อสารภาวะวิกฤตของศูนย์บริหารสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโรคติดเชื้อไวรัสโคโรนา 2019 (ศบค.), ธวัช เวศตัน

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษาเรื่องการออกแบบสารในการสื่อสารภาวะวิกฤตของศูนย์บริหารสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาด ของโรคติดเชื้อไวรัสโคโรนา 2019 (ศบค.) ผู้วิจัยมีวัตถุประสงค์ในการวิจัย 2 ประการ ได้แก่ (1) เพื่อวิเคราะห์การออกแบบสารในการสื่อสารภาวะวิกฤตของศูนย์บริหารสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโรคติดเชื้อไวรัสโคโรนา 2019 (ศบค.) และ (2) เพื่อวิเคราะห์กลวิธีทางภาษาในการสื่อสารภาวะวิกฤตของศูนย์บริหารสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโรคติดเชื้อไวรัสโคโรนา 2019 (ศบค.) ใช้วิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ (Qualitative Research) การวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา (Content Analysis) และการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก (In-depth Interview) ผลวิจัยพบว่าเมื่อเกิดภาวะวิกฤตการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโรคติดเชื้อไวรัสโคโรนา 2019 รัฐบาลได้มีการจัดตั้งศูนย์บริหารสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโรคติดเชื้อไวรัสโคโรนา 2019 (ศบค.) ขึ้นมาเพื่อบริหารจัดการภาวะวิกฤตดังกล่าว ในการสื่อสารกับประชาชนนั้น การออกแบบสารประกอบไปด้วยการให้ข้อมูล และการโน้มน้าวใจในกระบวนการออกแบบสารนอกจากการเลือกประเด็นที่นำเสนอโดยคณะทำงาน ซึ่งแบ่งออกได้เป็น 3 ส่วน ได้แก่ ส่วนนำ มีลักษณะสร้างความเข้าใจในปัญหา โดยมีความจำเป็นเร่งด่วน โดยใช้แนวคิดการสื่อสารจากแหล่งเดียวอย่างเป็นทางการ ซึ่งจะสามารถควบคุมความถูกต้องของเนื้อหา สร้างความชัดเจนในการสื่อสารได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ โดยมีหลักการที่ทีมงานออกแบบสาร ของ ศบค. ได้จัดทำไว้ ส่วนเนื้อหา มีลักษณะสร้างความเข้าในในภาวะวิกฤตที่เกิดขึ้น รวมถึงแนวทางการแก้ปัญหาที่รัฐบาลได้เตรียมไว้ ซึ่งการรายงานข้อมูลเท็จจริง สารต้องมีความน่าสนใจ เข้าถึงได้ง่าย สามารถตีความได้ ประมวลผลได้ ทําให้ผู้รับสารมีความเข้าใจในความหมายที่สารกํากับไว้ได้ และส่วนสรุป มีลักษณะเป็นการนำเสนอแนวทางแก้ไข สร้างทัศนคติให้ผู้รับสารได้ตระหนักถึงความอันตรายกับเหตุการณ์การแพร่ของโรคระบาดที่เกิดขึ้น ผู้ออกแบบสารจะต้องตรวจสอบยืนยันความถูกต้องของข้อมูล เพราะสารที่รออกแบบย่อมส่งกระทบกับผู้รับสารนอกเหนือจากความเข้าใจในสารที่ตรงแล้ว สารนั้นจะต้องสร้างความรู้ สร้างการรับรู้ และสร้างทัศนคติกับผู้รับสาร แล้วยังมีการใช้ทำเนียบภาษาทางการแพทย์ และสาธารณสุข รวมถึงการใช้คำคล้องจองอีกด้วย

“I Never Shared My Opinion Again”: Political Communication Apprehension And Conservative College Students, Megan Elise Montgomery

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Higher education faculty have long struggled with getting students to participate meaningfully in classroom and campus dialogues. Some students avoid participating due to fear or anxiety of communicating with others. Certain topics, such as politics, can cause higher degrees of apprehension. Political minority groups can experience greater apprehension when communicating with majority groups. One minority group in academia with the potential to self-censor is the conservative student.

This study used state-based communication apprehension (McCroskey, 1984) and political communication apprehension (PCA, Jones-Carmack, 2019) as theoretical backings to explore how conservative opinion expression and self-censorship in academic settings might change over time. …

Hyperreal: Law And The Interpretation Of Visual Media, Amy L. Landers

Kentucky Law Journal

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Googly Eyes And Yard Signs: Deconstructing One Professor’S Successful Rebuffing Of A Right-Wing Attack On An Academic Institution, Theresa Catalano, Ari Kohen

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Right-wing populism is on the rise worldwide, and political attacks against universities have increased in the United States since the election of Donald Trump. In 2017, an incident occurred at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln which resulted in accusations of hostility toward conservative students. Just over a year later, political forces again attempted to denigrate the university’s reputation, but this time they did not succeed. This (multimodal) positive discourse analysis/ generative critique combines collaborative auto-ethnography to describe the way these events were represented in the media, deconstructing a professor’s methods of countering a right-wing attack on an academic institution. Findings demonstrate …

Institutional Narrative As A Means For Evaluating Mission Alignment At Community Colleges, Paul Wesley Lundburg

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Community colleges have expanded their goals and their mission statements to accommodate more students, introduce new programs, and respond to community needs. One result of this expansion has been the perception of mission misalignment: the idea that community colleges are struggling to fulfill their missions. Recent literature has focused on causes and problems presumed to be associated with mission misalignment; however, there is a gap in the empirical research on whether mission misalignment occurs. The purpose of this study was to examine mission misalignment in community colleges, thereby helping to fill the gap in the literature. The research question was …

Trauma Exposure And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Regional Journalists In Pakistan, Sayyed Fawad Ali Shah, Faizullah Jan, Tamar Ginossar, J. Patrick Mcgrail, Danish Baber, Rahman Ullah

Research, Publications & Creative Work

This study sought to examine work-related exposure to trauma and predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms among regional journalists in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, a conflict-ridden area in northwest Pakistan. We recruited 216 KP journalists. Analysis of the surveys revealed a high prevalence of trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms. All of the participants had covered at least one trauma inducing event. Exposure to work-related trauma, active emotional coping and avoidant emotional coping were statistically significant factors associated with PTSD symptoms. This study is the first to highlight the severity of the impact of trauma on regional journalists in …

Cultural Hybridity In Netflix’S Thai-Language Original Series, The Stranded, Thanarath Chaichompu

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of this qualitative research are to examine culturally hybrid features in The Stranded and the approaches to mixing different cultural elements as part of the series’ creative process. In order to collect the data needed, I conducted literature research, a textual analysis on The Stranded; and in-depth interviews on the series’ director and co-writer. The research findings suggest culturally hybrid features were primarily found in 1) the narrative and 2) characterization. In terms of the narrative, The Stranded is a culturally hybrid text thanks to the use of the Naga myth in Thailand’s modern setting, the unintentional references …

The Relationship Between Consumers' Beliefs About Sephora Thailand’S Website, Attitudes, And Online Purchase Intentions, Kemjira Wangkapan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objective of this research was to explores consumers’ beliefs about Sephora Thailand’s website, consumers’ attitudes toward Sephora, and online purchase intentions. In addition, this research also examined the relationship between these variables. The quantitative method was used through online survey in this study. The questionnaire was distributed to collect data through the online beauty community. There were 200 respondents who aged between 18 to 44 years old which is the primary target of Sephora. They have visited and purchased products from Sephora Thailand’s website at least one time in the past three months. The results depicted that the respondents …

ภาพแทนและการสร้างตัวละครขันทีในสื่อบันเทิงคดีไทย, ปพิชญา วัฒนไกร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

สื่อบันเทิงคดีไทยประเภทละครและภาพยนตร์เชิงย้อนยุคมักเล่าเรื่องราวของชนชั้นปกครองภายในราชสำนัก ตัวละครหลักมักเป็นกษัตริย์ เจ้านาย หรือทหารชั้นผู้ใหญ่ หนึ่งในตัวละครที่นานครั้งจะได้รับการกล่าวถึงคือตัวละครขันที โดยในสื่อบันเทิงคดีไทยตั้งแต่ปี 2544 จนถึงปัจจุบัน (2563) มีเพียง 3 เรื่องเท่านั้น ได้แก่ ภาพยนตร์เรื่อง สุริโยไท (2544) ละครโทรทัศน์เรื่อง ศรีอโยธยา (2560 – 2561) และละครโทรทัศน์เรื่อง หนึ่งด้าวฟ้าเดียว (2561) การวิจัยนี้แสดงการเปรียบเทียบภาพแทนของขันทีในสื่อบันเทิงคดีและขันทีในประวัติศาสตร์ไทย รวมถึงวิเคราะห์การสร้างตัวละครและการเล่าเรื่อง โดยเป็นงานวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ (Qualitative Research) ศึกษาด้วยวิธีวิเคราะห์ตัวบท (Content Analysis) ผลการศึกษาแสดงให้เห็นว่าภาพแทนของขันทีในสื่อบันเทิงคดีไทยนั้นมีความแตกต่างกับขันทีที่ปรากฏในหลักฐานทางประวัติศาสตร์ โดยจะแตกต่างไปตามความตั้งใจของผู้สร้างสื่อเรื่องนั้นๆ ซึ่งมีที่มาจากการตีความประวัติศาสตร์และอ้างอิงจากงานที่สร้างมาก่อนหน้า แต่จุดร่วมคือ ความเป็นอื่น (Otherness) และความเควียร์ (Queerness) ส่งผลให้ขันทีสามารถเข้าถึงองค์ความรู้จำเพาะและได้รับการปฏิบัติที่แตกต่างจากกลุ่มคนอื่นในสังคม และถึงแม้ว่าทั้งสามเรื่องจะมีเนื้อหาช่วงเวลาเดียวกัน แต่กลับมีกลวิธีการเล่าเรื่องที่แตกต่างกัน ทั้งนี้เพื่อให้สอดคล้องกับจุดประสงค์การเล่าเรื่องและรูปแบบของการถ่ายทอดเรื่องราว ทั้งหมดต่างมีวัตถุประสงค์เดียวกันในการสื่อสารเพื่อสรรเสริญสถาบันกษัตริย์ในประวัติศาสตร์ไทยทั้งในอดีตและปัจจุบัน

Navigating The Silences: Social Worker Discourses Around Race, Cherie Bridges Patrick

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This thesis explored social worker discourses to learn what they could reveal about professional workplace practices and experiences with race and racism. The study traced the subtle and elusive racism often found in everyday professional conversations that are not considered racist by dominant consensus. Using tools of thematic and critical discourse analysis (CDA), and van Dijk’s (1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011) general theory of racism and denial (1992, 2008), data from 14 semistructured interviews and one focus group with a racially diverse group of social workers was analyzed in two ways. First, thematic analysis offered a horizontal or flat exploration …

Ensemble Storytelling: Dramatic Television Seriality, The Melodramatic Mode, And Emotions, E. Deidre Pribram Ph.D.

Communications: Faculty Publications

This chapter considers seriality in contemporary television dramas in light of arguments that most popular culture falls within melodrama as modality (to include legal shows, police and detective programs, westerns, and medical series), instead of narrow genres, such as soap operas. The recent success of fully serialized dramas is a noteworthy development, producing highly popular and highly regarded programming. The traditions of melodrama, including its deep commitment to the uses of emotionality, address story worlds and audiences in terms of social relations, in contrast to psychological realism’s more individualized and inward turning tendencies. “Ensemble Storytelling” explores three specific strategies available …

You May Call Me Professor: Professor Form Of Address In Email Communication And College Student Reactions To Not Knowing What To Call Their Professors, Grace M. Hildenbrand, Evan K. Perrault, Taylor M. Devine

Journal of Communication Pedagogy

This experimental study tested whether a professor’s form of address (FOA) and email signature influenced students’ perceptions of the professor’s credibility, approachability, and likability. Guided by communication accommodation theory, the study investigated the likelihood that students would reciprocate a professor’s FOA in email communication. Participants were randomly assigned to one of seven conditions varying by professor FOA (doctor, professor, first name) and email signature (present or not), with a signature only control condition. Results indicated students were more likely to reciprocate the FOA when an email signature was not present. Open-ended responses suggested students perceive instructors more positively when instructors …

A Content Analysis Of Institutions Of Higher Education's Sexual Assault Policies: Assessing Response To Sexual Assault In Georgia, Brianna Williams

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Sexual assault is a public health concern that must be systematically addressed. The existence of a comprehensive sexual assault policy and compliance with federal regulations can guide institutions of higher education in responding to and preventing sexual assault on campus. Federal laws hold institutions accountable for providing a safe environment for students. The purpose of this qualitative content analysis was to assess compliance with federal policy and assess the response to sexual assault by IHE in Georgia. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics was utilized to identify Georgia's institutions receiving federal aid during 2018-2019. Using a proportionate stratified …

Complete Issue, Volume 39, Issue 2

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This is the complete issue for Volume 39, Issue 2 of the Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.

Communication Accommodation And Identity Gaps As Predictors Of Relational Solidarity In Interfaith Family Relationships, Toni Morgan, Jordan Soliz, Mackensie Minniear, Gretchen Bergquist

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

Guided by Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) and Communication Theory of Identity (CTI), the purpose of this study was to investigate how families communicatively negotiate religious differences and how that negotiation is related to parent-child relational solidarity. Specifically, we examined the direct effects of (non)accommodative communication on relational solidarity and indirect effects via identity gaps. Using a cross-sectional survey from emerging adult college students (N = 234), we found nonaccommodative communication is indirectly related to lower relational solidarity through increased identity gaps. Accommodative communication is indirectly related to higher relational solidarity through decreased identity gaps. When parents use accommodative strategies, they …

To Thine Communication Partner Be True: The Effect Of Presentation Consistency On Perceived Authenticity And Liking After Making A First Impression Online, Nicholas Tang, Janell Chu, Kahmun Leong, Sonny Rosenthal

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

This experiment examines the effects of presentation consistency on perceived authenticity and liking in computer-mediated communication, differentiating between profile views and short online text-based conversations. The experimental design is a 2 (presentation-consistent vs. -inconsistent) × 2 (profile view vs. short conversation) between-subjects experiment using university students (N = 173) in Singapore. Results show higher perceived authenticity (η2p = .29) and liking after short conversations than after profile views without conversations. When there is only a profile view, perceived authenticity is lower when the profile photo is inconsistent with the profile text than when it is consistent (η2p = .05). We …

Mentoring Faculty And Bolstering Students’ Emotional And Cognitive Interest: The Impact Of Perceived Homophily In The College Classroom, Robert J. Sidelinger, Leeanne M. Bell Mcmanus

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

For this study, expectancy violations theory was used to explore the associations among instructors’ inappropriate conversations, perceived homophily (similarity), and college students’ emotional and cognitive interest. Results found that students’ perceptions of instructor perceived homophily moderated the relationships between students’ reports of instructors’ enactment of inappropriate conversations and students’ emotional and cognitive interest. These results offer further understanding of the ways in which inappropriate conversations and perceived homophily affect perceptual outcomes in the college classroom, which can inform college faculty, administrators, and mentors. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.

Speech Communication At Iowa State University: A Departmental History And Aftermath, Luke Lefebvre

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

In 1903 at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a Public Speaking department emerged. This transition occurred over a decade prior to public speaking teachers seceding from English. Members of the department played foundational roles in establishing the national association and moving the discipline toward research-driven initiatives in order to secure legitimacy across academic landscapes. Surviving two World Wars, the Great Depression and title merger with English, the department again emerged as an independent academic unit prior to the 1970s. The department included faculty from areas of speech, drama, telecommunicative arts, and speech disorders, which progressed until its …

Fostering Communities Of Practice In Comprehensive Sex Education: Evaluation And Recommendations On The Foundations Training, Shanay L. Healy

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Sex education is not contained to the classroom, rather, it is a lifelong evolving experience for both the individual and their community, which continually influence one another. More specifically, sexual health is understood through communication with others – exemplifying learning as a truly social process. As such, Communities of Practice theory (CoP) is a useful lens to better understand how a community can develop through social learning in sex education training. This paper evaluates the Foundations Training, a widely adopted Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) practitioner training, using Wenger-Trayner’s (2015) list of CoP activities as a guide for qualitative coding. This …