La formation d’enseignants universitaires nouvellement recrutés : quelles retombées ? by Basile Bailly, Joëlle Demougeot-Lebel, Christelle Lison

“…Our article presents the results of a research inquirying into the impact of participating in a educational development programme in 2013-2014 for newly appointed teachers in a French university specialised in sciences and technological sciences. This exploratory research examined two components: a) conceptions of teaching and learning of newly appointed teachers and b) their teaching practices. …”
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Exploring patterns of Facebook usage, social capital, loneliness and well-being among a diverse South African student sample by Charles Young, Larry Strelitz

“…This debate has been framed by a growing body of international literature that explores the triadic relationship between the intensity of use of SNSs, the maintenance of social capital and the relationship between social capital and well-being/life satisfaction. Our exploratory research findings among students at Rhodes University, a small South African higher education institution, indicate that the historically shaped race and class cleavages impact on how this triadic relationship plays out. …”
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Precariousness of Higher Education Teaching Work in Brazilian Private HEIs by Catia Eli Gemelli, Lisiane Closs

“…The purpose of this study is to analyze, through the Private Higher Education Teaching Work Precariousness Scale (EPTDESP), teaching work in private Brazilian higher education institutions (HEIs), focusing on its precarization. In this exploratory research, a quantitative survey study was conducted with 607 private HEIs professors from the South and Southeast regions of Brazil. …”
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Model and application of cyberspace information system by Jilong WANG, Shuying ZHUANG, Congcong MIAO, Changqing AN

“…For the visualization of cyberspace is still using the traditional geographic information system,which makes it difficult to truly express the characteristics and laws of cyberspace,a multi-scale,multi-dimensional and multi-view cyberspace information system model was proposed to take the cyberspace information system as a concept parallel to the geographic information system,that was,the geographic information system supported visualization based on the geographic coordinate system,and the cyberspace information system supported visualization based on the coordinate system of cyberspace itself.Then,the basic concepts of cyberspace information system were defined to provide a theoretical foundation for later research,and the key technologies,part of exploratory research work including the coordinate system,scale,multi-dimensional expression model and application cases were expounded.According to the prototype developed,the cyberspace information system is more convenient for the display and processing of cyberspace affairs.…”
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L’analyse de la dimension intime de l’activité scientifique d’apprentis-chercheurs en Sciences de l’éducation et de la formation (SEF) by Anne Bertin-Renoux, Jérôme Guerin

“…This article reports an exploratory research conducted with apprentice researchers in education sciences in a doctoral seminar. …”
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Jeunes diabétiques et projets d’orientation by Joëlle Mezza, Valérie Cohen-Scali, Corinne Lecomte, Nadia Lemasson, Chloé Stoïanoff-Nenoff

“…This exploratory research aims to understand the diabetic teen-agers’ way of life, and the consequences of the day-to-day management of the illness on their career projects. …”
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Une représentation des élèves en difficulté (et de leur prise en charge) dépendante des dispositifs construits par le collectif d’enseignants by Gwénaël Lefeuvre

“…Starting from an exploratory research, we will show how the participation of the teachers of preparatory course (CP) in a teaching device collate, elaborate by the collective of the school, can be dependent on the representations relating to the identification and the assumption of responsibility of the pupils in difficulty within their class. …”
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TEACHING STRATEGIES IN SWIMMING AND AQUATICS by Lyndon Bailon

“…This study used an exploratory research design to explore the teaching strategies and challenges of ten swimming and aquatic course instructors at Bicol University through survey interviews and curriculum analysis. …”
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Male and female (in)tolerance profile in regard to living with diversity in a southern brazilian community by Mário Antonio Sanches, Clara Nasser Scherer, Giovana Maestrelli

“… This article examines parents’ (in)tolerance in recommending or not their children’s coexistence with people situated in a wide diversity range. It is an exploratory research, conducted in a southern Brazilian community, by use of a questionnaire, with 225 participants. …”
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Trust and Reliability of Information Sources on Facebook for Presidential Candidates: A Study of Voter Perceptions by Kristina Harrison, Shawn Thelen, Boonghee Yoo

“…This exploratory research, utilizing both open-ended and likert-type questions, identifies who voters trust on Facebook for information about Presidential candidates as well as the benefits of using Facebook for obtaining this information. …”
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Rôle de la formation à la pratique réflexive selon les phases de carrière. Cas des enseignants tunisiens by Mezri Tabka, Mohamed Soudani

“…It is the result of exploratory research with a dual, comprehensive and transformative aim, in the Tunisian context. …”
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Comment les élèves catégorisent leurs cours/enseignants. Étude des catégories opératives dans une classe de quatrième de l’enseignement agricole by Hélène Veyrac, Audrey Murillo, Julie Blanc, Philippe Sahuc

“…In this exploratory research we mobilize a new tool, developed in the field of activity analysis which involves asking students individually, to categorize their different lessons. …”
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White-water rafting guides, leisure behaviour and liminality by Sandro Carnicelli Filho

“…This study aimed to understand the leisure behaviour of white-water rafting guides and the concept of liminality. Exploratory research with whitewater rafting guides in Queenstown, New Zealand, was conducted using as methods of data collection twenty-two in-depth interviews and fifty days of participant-observation. …”
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Experiences of imprisoned women about health actions provided in the prison system by Michelle Araújo Moreira, Hozana Santos Souza

“…It is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research conducted with 11 women prisoners in the penal complex of a city of Bahia State, in the closed regime, irrespective of criminal conduct. …”
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Ainemukama, Fredinando (2022). Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism Activities in Kisoro Region: A Case Study Of Kisoro Municipality. by Ainemukama, Fredinando

“…This study adopted the descriptive and exploratory research methodology. The target population consisted of 220 respondents, 110 respondents were selected as sample size. …”
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Relevant Elements of Standardisation of Federation’s Advisory Programs for Voluntary Sports Clubs by Marisa Moser, Matthias Buser, Siegfried Nagel

“…In line with the exploratory research design, data was analysed utilizing an inductive three-step coding process (Urquhart, 2023), and the emerging concepts were then structured along the “critical interfaces” identified by Klenk et al. (2017). …”
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Coping Strategies of Family Members of Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients by Phyllis M. Eaton, Bertha L. Davis, Pamela V. Hammond, Esther H. Condon, Zina T. McGee

“…This exploratory research paper investigated the coping strategies of families of hospitalized psychiatric patients and identified their positive and negative coping strategies. …”
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Spiritual practices as coping with mothers of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a qualitative explorative study by K. V. G. S. G. Vithana, T. A. Asurakkody

“…Method Qualitative exploratory research methodology was conducted with 22 mothers who were selected via purposive sampling. …”
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The Blended Roles of Professional and Academic Staff in Universities of Technology: Are We Getting It Right? by Leigh Meyers, Tigamberry Naidoo, Jane Skinner

“…The mixed-methods exploratory research involved data gathered in 2018 and in 2021 from both academic and professional staff. …”
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TOURQUAL: Proposal of a Protocol For Quality Evaluation on Services at Tourist Attractions by Tiago Savi Mondo, Gabriela Gonçalves Silveira Fiates

“…From this initial exploratory research, a preliminary theoretical model was designed which worked with 35 indicators. …”
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