An exploratory study of individual information-processing and decision-making Final report

Information processing aspects in solution of research and development tasks focusing on individual decision makin

Chapter 9 I Think, Therefore IR? Psychology, Biology and the Notion of Praxis

The digital pdf of Chapter 9 is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This collection brings together leading figures in the study of international relations to explore praxis as a perspective on international politics and law. With its focus on competent judgments, the praxis approach holds the promise to overcome the divide between knowing and acting that marks positivist international relations theory. Building on the transdisciplinary work of Friedrich Kratochwil, this book reveals the scope, limits and blind spots of praxis theorizing

Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy

Outlines fifteen key elements that educators can use to develop an effective adolescent literacy intervention program. Focuses on elements of interventions that are most promising for students that struggle with reading and writing after third grade

How Knowledge Management Implementation Affects the Performance of Egyptian Construction Companies

This study examines the effectiveness of knowledge management systems within the construction industry in Egypt from the perspective of knowledge infrastructure capability (KIC), knowledge process capability (KPC) and their impact on business performance (BP) from the financial, consumer, learning and growth, supplier and internal perspectives. The sample consists of 75 first class Egyptian construction companies. The authors used a questionnaire that was modified from the questionnaire previously used by Gold et al., (2001) and Smith (2006). The authors used one-way ANOVA, t-tests and OLS regressions. The results indicated that both knowledge infrastructure capability (KIC) and knowledge process capability (KPC) have a positive effect on business performance (BP). The results also indicate that organizations with well-developed training and development plans have significantly higher KIC and KPC scores compared to those that do not have such plans

Perspectives of university teaching in Costa Rica in times of digital media

Perspectives of university teaching in Costa Rica in times of digital media examines an educational approach to understand the space of learning that takes place in higher education. For that, a selection of viewpoints of digital media and university teaching are discussed in the light of a tradition: the Journeyman Years. The key research question is: what is a space of learning in higher education from the students and professor's perspectives at the Universidad de Costa Rica? Pertinent to this topic, other sub-questions are: what kind of spaces of learning are being ofered at the Universidad de Costa Rica? How to reconsider the space of learning at a university? Chapter Two introduces the Wanderjahre (Journeyman Years) story, a leading metaphor for this manuscript where an approach to learning in terms of space is presented. Chapter Three examines two diferent knowledge approaches: frst, mechanistic thinking is highlighted in relation to digital media. Humans learn of natural phenomena through rational means, seeking to demystify and unveil a true world. Second, romantic thinking is featured in relation to higher education. Individuals learn about the world by engaging in practice while being social, experiencing directly the world in continuous change. Chapter Four presents an interpretation of the previous theoretical perspectives. After a selection of reviewed concepts, Learning by Wandering is proposed, a structure to analyze the construction of the space of learning in higher education. Chapter Five describes an ethnographic case study of the space of learning at the Universidad de Costa Rica, where 150 students and eight university teachers throughout diferent contexts are studied. Chapter Six features the major relevant fndings in my thesis to analyze university teaching in terms of space. In this chapter, a list of recommendations for the Universidad de Costa Rica is ofered, in order to foster higher education in terms of space

Towards Conceptualising Islamic Community-Based Enterprise: Examination of Some Underlying Principles

This study attempts to conceptualize an Islamic community-based enterprise by touching on the fundamental aspects that separate the understanding of capitalism and Islam, thus giving birth to a holistic community-based enterprise concept that emanates from Islamic values. It is a conceptual paper in nature. In turn, this study is designed to utilize an exploratory approach. Literature related to this topic are used as the method to analyze the content found. Based on examining three fundamental concepts in CBE: social entrepreneurship (S.E.), social capital (S.C.), and development concept. We have argued that these three fundamental concepts deserve to be reviewed from an Islamic perspective. The three fundamental concepts in conventional community-based enterprise literature contain entrenched capitalism thinking. These thoughts have deficiencies that have not been resolved in conventional literature, thus we came out with an alternative way that offers a comprehensive Islamic perspective to thoughts about the concept of Islamic community-based enterprise that can answer the challenges of local development. Further studies are required to explore the concept through systematic investigations empirically. Additionally, measuring this concept by a designed means is appreciated. The concept provides the map and alternative tool of Islamic entrepreneurship to determine the process of development which can appropriate their local conditions. In addition, it also allows stakeholders and policymakers to consider local community economic development. This study initiates a foundational contribution for an early sequence of research

Smell's puzzling discrepancy: Gifted discrimination, yet pitiful identification

Mind &Language, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 90-114, February 2020