Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"knowledge building"”.
-
Exploring Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Building at Offshore Technical Support Centers
This is an exploratory investigation into knowledge transfer and knowledge building processes observed at offshore Technical Support Centers (TSCs) in China. Utilizing a multiple case study approach, the study examines how knowledge was transferred from the US-based support center to the …
-
Examining Teacher Knowledge: Building Bridges to Conquer Brick Walls through Double Entry Journals
… experiences (Dewey 1916, 1938), types of teacher knowledge (Cochran-Smith and Lytle, 1999; Fenstermacher 1994), and teacher knowledge (Connelly & Clandinin, 1990; Clandinin & Connelly 1996). It explores the experiences of a long-time public school teacher as she transitions to a teacher of …
-
ICE-MILK: Intelligent Crowd Engineering using Machine-based Internet of Things Learning and Knowledge Building
… Machine-based Internet of Things Learning, and Knowledge Building approaches (ICE-MILK) to enhance the accuracy, scalability, and crowd safety management capacity in real-time. Specifically, we design an ICE-MILK structure with three critical layers: IoT-based mobility characterization, ML-based …
-
Professional Development and Learning of In-Service Teachers at Different Career Stages in China: A Teacher Knowledge Building Perspective
… This study adopted the perspective of teacher knowledge building (TKB) to investigate the effectiveness of identified PDL approaches through teachers' self-reported knowledge changes. This research conceptualises that TKB is a process wherein teachers build new knowledge through the continuous, …
-
Adoption, implementation, and reality : an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of the novice teacher experience implementing a knowledge-building curriculum.
… requirements around the science of reading and a knowledge-building curriculum, there is minimal research that outlines the novice ELA teacher experience implementing this type of curricular program. To fill this need, the study investigated the experience of ELA teachers in Grades 6–8 across four …
-
How to bring forth good social learning in teacher education through technology
… communities in supporting the co-creation of knowledge, the pedagogic approaches that support computational thinking, digital literacy and mobile learning, and the potential of international projects and online courses to make purposeful connections between teachers and learners. Looking …
-
Exploring the comparative effects of societal syndromes on knowledge discovery in new product-process development : contrasting Anglo-Western society and Han-Chinese society
… unmistakably found to act to foster or impede knowledge building (i.e., knowledge sharing and creative synergies) and knowledge discovery. Thus, in this thesis, for the first time, knowledge building was unambiguously shown to; intermediate the relationship between cultural antecedents and …
-
Amalgamating Information Technology With Library Services In The School Environment: A Learning Commons Transformative Model
… technology fused with a traditional source for knowledge emerged a hub of creativity, collaborative activity, and participation known as the Learning Commons (LC).</p> <p>This study was inspired by the need to explore the teachers’ and staff perceptions of the new LC, or implementation of the …
-
Redefining interaction in open and distance learning with reference to teacher education programmes in the University of the West Indies
… leamer media interaction and learner-knowledge interaction. In developing this concept,attention was also paid to the part played by power relations and knowledge from external sources in the functioning of the concept's component parts. It is this reformulated concept that provided …
-
Characterizing epistemic messages in the classroom
… aim of education efforts to position students as knowledge constructors so they are engaged in the building and shaping their learning environment. Current education reforms situate student sense making around authentic science inquiries where students are engaged in the practices of science. In …
-
EXAMINING THE "LIABILITIES" OF NEWNESS AND SMALLNESS WITH RESPECT TO THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS: PERCEPTUAL BIASES RELATED TO NEW VENTURES
… In addition to contributing to theoretical knowledge-building, and providing guidance to practitioners, I use a methodology that has not been used extensively in organizational behavior research - conjoint analysis. Thus, the contributions I make are theoretical, normative and methodological …
-
Re-imagining pedagogy in higher education: facilitating epistemic access and student success
… creativity, and imagination, enabling access to knowledge and knowledge building that could facilitate greater access to academic knowledge and student success.
-
Beyond visualization : designing interfaces to contextualize geospatial data
… educational context to support data analysis and knowledge building using part-digital, part-physical rendering. The main contribution of this thesis is a concrete application scenario and initial prototype of a "Designed Environment" where we can explore the relationship between the surface of …
-
SparkInfo : designing a social space for co-creation of multimedia contents
… experience how SparkInfo can embody the cycle of knowledge building, re-mixing, and sharing.
-
Team Interaction Dynamics During Collaborative Problem Solving
… that measure team interaction dynamics and knowledge building as it occurs during a complex CPS task. The need for better understanding CPS has risen in prominence as many organizations have increasingly worked to address complex problems requiring the combination of diverse sets of …
-
Are Net Zero Apprenticeships Fit For Purpose in Wales? A Quality Review with Apprentices, Providers and Industry Experts
… of satisfaction with resources, support, and knowledge development, with most apprentices reporting an improved understanding of green skills since the programme commenced. However, results also reveal variability in employer support and limited opportunities for practical application. A small …
-
Investigating the Relation between Saudi Teachers’ Self-Perceptions of TPACK and Their Practical Application in Lesson Design
… as analyze their practical application of TPACK knowledge in designing unit plans. The researcher adopted a mixed methods approach to data collection by administering surveys (n=60) and analyzing unit plans (n=60), which were analyzed quantitatively, and conducting interviews (n=6), which were …
-
Exploring the role of the postmodern feminist voice in the development of the school language text
… have valorized Enlightenment significations of knowledge. Building on the postmodern feminist insight, that the discourses that constitute women as deficit Other permeate every aspect of the social configuration, language as a social and cultural construct is examined with a view to ascertaining …
-
Transformation of data into knowledge within higher education
… that directly and indirectly impact new cultural knowledge in higher educational institutions.</p>
-
A case study of student participation in discussion in an online higher education course
… perceived by staff and students to contribute to knowledge building among students and may be associated with improved academic performance. Further research conceming the engagement of students in online discussion is needed.
Page 1 of 3