We need to use the words...

Sometimes it’s important to simply say the words … as it is in the beginning of wisdom that is the definition of terms. When historians look at the world of project management, what will they say that we have said about climate change? Certainly more general—but absolutely legitimate—terms such as ‘sustainability’ have been used, but in a basic term search in the 3 oldest project management journals, I was surprised to see only a few dozen uses of ‘climate change’ as a specific term. Theconversation started a long time ago using those words, and PMRP would like to encourage more with this commentary on one of the central topics of this journal … climate change

From Education to Democracy?

The conventional wisdom views high levels of education as a prerequisite for democracy. This paper shows that existing evidence for this view is based on cross-sectional correlations, which disappear once we look at within-country variation. In other words, there is no evidence that countries that increase their education are more likely to become democratic.

Land Use and Transportation Costs in the Brazilian Amazon

In this paper we put forth some empirical evidence from the Brazilian Amazon that the relationship between roads and land clearing may be much more complex than the conventional wisdom implies. In particular we find that in areas that already at least partially cleared, improving the road network (i.e. decreasing transport costs) may actually decrease the rate of deforestation. We argue that our methodology of explicitly modeling the dynamics should be preferred to the more common static, contemporaneous analyses found in the literature. Furthermore, we endeavor to provide an encompassing explanation of our results. In other words, not only do we show that dynamic modeling yields different conclusions from the conventional wisdom, but using our dynamic approach we are able to explain why so many other studies came to (possibly erroneous) conclusions using more traditional methods.

Bibliometric Analysis: Trends Research on Local Wisdom in Science Learning and Its Implications for Strengthening Love Local Culture

Much research has been carried out on local wisdom at the junior high school level nationally, but research that has been published internationally and is Scopus indexed specifically discusses local wisdom at the junior high school level is still very minimal. The purpose of writing this research is as material to find out trends in local wisdom research in junior high school science learning. This study uses a bibliometric analysis method that uses sources from Scopus with publication limits from 2019 to 2023 on the Scopus database, and utilizes the VOSviewer application as a visualization tool. Data analysis through the Scopus database in this research was based on search results with local wisdom keywords written in the title words column and science learning as keywords. Found 45 publications in Scopus during 2019-2023 that discuss local wisdom in junior high schools. Published articles about local wisdom in junior high school science learning during 2019-2023 will be more researched in 2020 based on the results of data analysis through the Scopus database. The results of the bibliometric analysis research show that the trend of research on local wisdom at the junior high school level in the five year period (2019-2023) has focused more on the position of students as learning subjects and the development of research on local wisdom in junior high schools that specifically discusses the implications for strengthening the attitude of love for local culture for students have not been studied muc

U.S. Immigration Policy and the Plight of Its Unskilled Workers

[Excerpt] In one of his most memorable public addresses, President John F. Kennedy spoke to the 1962 Graduating Class at Yale University the following words: “For the great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” In no other area of public policy today are Kennedy’s words more appropriate than as they relate to the subject of immigration and its impact on the U.S. economy. Immigration policy has been captured by special interests who peddle the notion that immigration is an unmitigated benefit to the nation and that it is relatively costless. Nothing could be further from the truth. The immigration myth is based on the premise that attention need only be paid to the benefits while the costs can be totally ignored. Only with respect to the formulation of immigration policy is such an unbalanced perspective tolerated as conventional wisdom

Montana Voices Amplified: A Parent’s Perspective: Plexiglass Butterflies – Lessons Learned at the Children’s Hospital

I used to be offended when someone would comment innocently, “I don’t know how you do it.” “It” being raising a child with special needs. Now, with a few more years of wisdom and empathy under my belt, I recognize the meaning and message behind their words

Reasoning for Wisdom in Emotional Education

This study is dedicated to the search and love of wisdom. It argues that wisdom should be the common philosopher’s and the practical educator’s primary guide in emotional education. It challenges the limits of the epistemology of scientific research. It suggests that love primarily for knowledge could be problematic when wisdom is neglected. The continued collaborative practice of enhancing emotion regulation through the insights gained from the interactive wisdom of practical and formal experiences is encouraged. Not only do we know more than we can measure or can tell, but we need to take the responsibility to act with wisdom even when we do not know. Education cannot always wait for the known; therefore, educators must encourage wisdom in being and becoming. Measuring abilities and refining concepts has perhaps dominated our intellectual attention. A “scholarship of awareness” and a “rigor of consciousness” are suggested as important practices in pursuing what might exist our knowledge of words and abilities to measure. An art in educational discourse is suggested and demonstrated in a unique sharing of educational insights. Certainly more questions are raised than answers provided. Suggestions for continued personal and professional development are shared as contextually limited and requiring reasonable judgement. The author invites the reader into reflection and self-questioning in regards to his/her own epistemology of education and research

Character Education Through The Culinary Tradition Of “Marandang Daun Kayu” Minangkabau

This article focuses on the culinary tradition of "Marandang daun kayu" at gatherings and family events, the community as a cultural treasure of the regional nation which is still maintained by the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra. Culinary traditions contain values and meanings which are local wisdom of the Minangkabau “marandang daun kayu” community in West Sumatra. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that produces descriptive data in the form of written or spoken words from people and observed behavior. The results of this study reveal that this local culinary wisdom can be a source of learning in elementary and secondary schools and character education media. Local wisdom builds a national identity and filters the entry of foreign cultures into Indonesia. To be able to carry out learning that is based on the value of local wisdom from the community for students, of course it is necessary to understand the meaning behind these local wisdom values, in this case the marandang tradition in a series of family, community and government events, a more participatory approach to students is needed. The existence of an understanding of the value of local wisdom of the bapantun tradition provides the foundation for the sustainability of the order of life in the future

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 08, September 12, 2005

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The materiality or ‘thingness’ of words and their effects : some examples from the Book of Proverbs

Abstract: Words are more than vehicles for semantic meaning; they can also be regarded as ‘things’ with an ‘agency’ of their own. This happens when they are seen (iconic to legitimise) or heard (performative to inspire). According to S. Brent Plate, a key researcher on materiality (see reference list) ‘words are bodies, full of power’. Words, along with many ‘things’ (fetish, ritual, book, nature, place, etc.) mediate between the material known and the immaterial unknown; they make the invisible visible or experienceable. Birgit Meyer , the pioneer of the so-called material turn in the study of religion, says, words ‘effect the transcendental’ for the initiated. Not inherently potent but through ascribed or endowed meanings they in turn affect their creators. The so-called material turn in the study of religion has rediscovered that matter or ‘things’ really ‘matters.’ Words as powerful ‘things’ or agents are also attested to in Proverbs. When wisdom words are externalised (e.g. through ornaments, Pr 1:8–9), they legitimise their users; when they are internalised (in the heart or mind, Pr 2), they persuade almost like ‘powerful personae’ to follow the wise lifestyle; and when they are personified (Pr 8), they become the ‘mediatrix’ to the thought-world of wisdom, and its ultimate source, Yahweh. Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The material turn in the study of religion (anthropology) emphasises the appreciation of materiality or ‘things’. It questions an exclusive mentalistic or inward approach in cognate disciplines, such as Religious Science, Theology and Old Testament and New Testament textual studies. It also stimulates a dialogue with other humaniora such as philosophy, psychology, literary studies, media studies and art history