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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Theories of Knowledge"”.
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The implications of theories of knowledge and meaning for theories of architecture.
… 1978. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Formal Models of Fallible Knowledge
… work is to show that most major fallibilistic theories of knowledge inherently suffer from at least one problem among a set of problems and that there are essential assumptions that must be added to the models representing this family of theories to solve the problem. I first review the …
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The role of reading and writing in the acquisition of knowledge: A study of college students' self-directed engagements in reading and writing to learn
… engagements in various combinations of reading and writing were studied from several theoretical perspectives: a composing model of reading and writing; the view of writing as a way of thinking and learning; studies of the influence of reading and writing upon thinking critically; …
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To Learn Weaving Below the Rock: Making Zapotec Textiles and Artisans in Teotitlan Del Valle, Mexico
"In the first half of the study, images of indigenous artisans specific to the post-Mexican revolutionary period and specific to an economy most recently geared towards exporting textiles to the Southwestern US are described as constituting the discursive and economic context of Zapotec textile …
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The Concept of Learning and Education
The two great classical philosophical theories of knowledge - rationalism and empiricism - bring with them not only different conceptions of knowledge, but also different understandings of the acquisition of knowledge. They also involve different conceptions of mind, at any rate to the extent that …
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Graph dynamics : learning and representation
Graphs are often used in artificial intelligence as means for symbolic knowledge representation. A graph is nothing more than a collection of symbols connected to each other in some fashion. For example, in computer vision a graph with five nodes and some edges can represent a table - where nodes …
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In Search of Minerva's Owl: Canada’s Army and Staff Education (1946-1995)
The intellectual history of the Canadian Army from 1946 to 1995 can be traced through the curriculum utilized by the Canadian Army Staff College and the Canadian Forces College to educate the Canadian Army staff officer in conducting warfare within theatres of war. This body of knowledge was …
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Collaborating across boundaries : theoretical, empirical, and simulated explorations
… require ever more sophisticated and specialized knowledge; harnessing multiple kinds of expertise to execute tasks, solve problems, and develop strategies is increasingly critical to organizations' survival. When specialists come together, however, they often speak in different vocabularies, …
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A small-scale investigation into teachers' access to the regulating principles underlying the "new mathematics" curriculum in the Junior Primary phase
… "regulating principles" is drawn from the work of Paul Dowling (1993;98). In terms of this research, the regulating principles are the theoretical underpinnings to the new curriculum, which include substantially a theory of learning. I explore access to the regulating principles through …
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Local-global geographies of tacit knowledge production in London and New York's advertising and law professional service firms
For economic geographers interest in the role of knowledge in economic activities and a ‘knowledge economy’ raises questions about how geography enables (and disables) learning and whether the production of tacit knowledge has exclusively local or multiple overlapping geographies. This thesis …
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Feminist critiques of politics/science: discursive controversies at the intersection of gender and science
This paper is a critical assessment of the political intersections of knowledge and power in the feminist critiques of science conducted by Evelyn Fox Keller, Sandra Harding, and Donna Haraway. In it I argue that feminist theory approaches the practicing discourses of science from political …
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A study of the transfer of tacit knowledge by a monitored tutelage programme for quantity surveyors
This thesis is about how tacit knowledge may be transferred. Its aim is to develop a coaching andmentoring programme for Quantity Surveyors. The literature synthesis includes a discussion oftacit and explicit knowledge and a review of knowledge creation, management and transfer. Itincludes theories …
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An audit of the organisation Mothertongue multi-ethnic counselling service
An examination of the effects, impact and political relevance of a culturally and linguistically sensitive therapy service rooted in the community is the central purpose of this statement. The service considered is Mothertongue multi-ethnic counselling service. The paper discusses Mothertongue's …
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Understanding Music’s Theological Significance: A Kantian Approach
Jeremy Begbie speaks of music as ‘theologically loaded’: as conveying a sense of intrinsic theological significance. This thesis explores the possibility that music is theologically loaded in an epistemological sense: that music is dependent on knowledge of God. Modern epistemologies, in which …
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An enquiry into biosafety regulations implementation in Kenya : perspectives and roles of scientists
… the perspectives and related behavioural shifts of the heterogeneous Kenyan scientific community in the development and subsequent implementation of biosafety regulations. Kenya's biotechnology innovation system has been driven largely by the contradictory framing of biotechnology as a scientific …
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Development of Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge in Preschoolers' Addition and Subtraction
… relations between conceptual and procedural knowledge. However, we still do not have full knowledge about the underlying processes. Understanding of this issue will help researchers not only in building theories of knowledge acquisition but also in designing appropriate instruction. Two …
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Feeding the Family: Exploration of Mothers' Experiences and Practice
A mother's practice of feeding the family is viewed as risk behaviour in published health literature where the dominant research interest lies in its pathogenic potential in the aetiology of Child Obesity. Mothers’ 'participative knowledge' of their practice, which is their lived experience as …
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A "Veritable Jekyll and Hyde" - Epistemic Circularity and Reliabilist Theories of Justification
In philosophical theories of knowledge (epistemology), justification is a desirable property that one's beliefs ought to have before they can be accepted as part of a rational discourse. Roughly, for internalists about justification, a belief is justified if the subject has or has available to him …
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Exploring indigenous knowledge practices concerning health and well-being: a case study of isiXhosa-speaking women in the rural Eastern Cape
… analyzes and conceptualizes the indigenous knowledge practices concerning health and well-being held by different generations of women and how they are reproduced cross-generationally in a rural isiXhosa-speaking community. It also explores how the relationship between concepts of self, …
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Developing student teachers' understanding of teaching and pupils' learning : the role of support and challenge in the mentoring of student teachers
… G. C. E. teacher training courses run by a non profit making Consortium, which is comprised of a partnership of secondary, primary and special schools together with colleges of Further Education. The data is obtained from introductory questionnaires, analysis of documentation including the …
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