Abstract
Social constructionism proposes that everyday reality is constructed by
people engaging with their world, and with other people, which socially creates
meaning for phenomena in that everyday reality (Patton 2015; Abercrombie,
Hill & Turner 2006; Crotty 1998; Berger & Luckman 1991). These ‘social
constructs’ provide meaning for the totality for which a person will either think
about, or take action towards, and signifies what is 'real' within a person’s
world (Berger & Luckman 1991). As meanings for phenomena in social
constructionism is socially constructed, these meanings are not absolute,
rather meaning is dependent on the person observing the phenomena and
their social, cultural, geographical and historical background (Patton 2015).
Hence reality is relative to the observer and the social lens through which
they define it, so multiple constructs of the same phenomena can exist that
result in competing definitions of that phenomena (Patton 2015; Lincoln &
Guba 2013; Weinberg 2008).
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 Jul 2018 |
| Event | Sigma International 29th International Nursing Research Congress - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 19 Jul 2018 → 23 Jul 2018 https://issuu.com/stti/docs/2018_congress_program_book (2018_congress_program_book) https://sigma.nursingrepository.org/discover?filtertype_1=conferencehost&filter_relational_operator_1=equals&filter_1=Sigma%20Theta%20Tau%20International,%20the%20Honor%20Society%20of%20Nursing&submit_apply_filter= (Sigma Theta Tau International Repository (Repository of conference output)) |
Conference
| Conference | Sigma International 29th International Nursing Research Congress |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Melbourne |
| Period | 19/07/18 → 23/07/18 |
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Keywords
- conceptual model
- stakeholders
- relativism
- NGOs
- disadvantaged children