Transmitting Knowledge

Author : Sachiko Kusukawa,Ian Maclean
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199288786

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Transmitting Knowledge by Sachiko Kusukawa,Ian Maclean Pdf

The period between the fifteenth and the middle of the seventeenth centuries saw a great many changes and innovations in scientific thinking. These were communicated to various publics in diverse ways; not only through discursive prose and formal notations, but also in the form of instruments and images accompanying texts. The collected essays of this volume examine the modes of transmission of this knowledge in a variety of contexts. The schematic representation of instruments is examined in the case of the 'navicula' (a versatile version of a sundial) and the 'squadro' (a surveying instrument); the new forms of illustration of plants and the human body are investigated through the work of Fuchs and Vesalius; theories of optics and of matter are discussed in relation to the illustrations which accompany the texts of Ausonio and Descartes. The different diagrammatic strategies adopted to explain the complex medical theory of the latitude of health are charted through the work of medieval and sixteenth-century physicians; Kepler's use of illustration in his handbook of cosmology is placed in the context of book production and Copernican propaganda. The conception of astronomical instruments as either calculating devices or as cosmological models is examined in the case of Tycho Brahe and others. A study is devoted to the multiple functions of frontispieces and to the various readerships for which they were conceived. The papers in the volume are all based on new research, and they constitute together a coherent and convergent set of case studies which demonstrate the vitality and inventiveness of early modern natural philosophers, and their awareness of the media available to them for transmitting knowledge.

Author : Theodore James Pinnock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : 4-H clubs
ISBN : WISC:89006892335

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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Film and Bulletin in Transmitting Knowledge to Negro 4-H Club Local Leaders in Alabama and Caucasian 4-H Club Local Leaders in Wisconsin by Theodore James Pinnock Pdf

Author : John Greco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108472623

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The Transmission of Knowledge by John Greco Pdf

This book examines the relations and structures which enable and inhibit the sharing of knowledge within and across epistemic communities.

Author : Sabrina Corbellini,Giovanna Murano,Giacomo Signore
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Anthologies
ISBN : 2503569706

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Collecting, Organizing and Transmitting Knowledge by Sabrina Corbellini,Giovanna Murano,Giacomo Signore Pdf

Miscellanies may easily make up the single largest group of medieval manuscripts. It was especially in the Late Middle Ages that the number of such multi-textual manuscripts, often compiled by lay and religious individuals for personal or communal use, grew substantially. In spite of their seminal relevance for the reconstruction of medieval culture, such manuscripts have not until recently garnered much scholarly interest. The present volume pinpoints the societal and cultural relevance of 14th- and 15th-century miscellanies as well as their role in the understanding of textual creation, transformation and complexity, in both late medieval and early modern societies. The contributions scrutinise, on the one side, text corpora and textual traditions that had a seminal impact on late medieval European culture: the texts of Geoffrey Chaucer and Reginald Pecock, the manuscripts of Dante's Commedia, late medieval Italian and Latin poetic anthologies, but also miscellanies from the Council of Basel and multi-textual manuscripts containing anti-Hussite texts. On the other side, the volume takes into account individual scribes/compilers and collections: from remarkable cases such as Pico della Mirandola and Leonardo da Vinci, to personal collections made up by lesser-known but not less significant compilers and users. Under a strong pan-European umbrella, the volume embarks on specific problems, among which authorship, non-autonomy, composition, reception and use, along with more general issues such as multilingualism or the relationship between image and text. Though ubiquitous and complex, miscellanies blend the diverse cultural, economic and social tendencies of their prosumers, thus proving to be tokens of the appropriation of medieval knowledge and providing snapshots of a dynamic textual culture.

Author : Yaakov Elman,I. Gershoni
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300081987

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Transmitting Jewish Traditions by Yaakov Elman,I. Gershoni Pdf

This book examines the impact of changing modes of cultural transmission on Jewish and Western cultures over the past two thousand years. The contributors to the volume survey some of the ways -- conscious and subconscious -- in which cultural elements arc selected, shaped, and transmitted, and some of the ways they in turn shape the future of their cultures. Focusing on a range of Jewish cultures from late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the modern period, the authors consider both the transformation of traditions in their travels from one contemporaneous cultural context to another and their transformation within a single culture overtime. Some of the studies in the book deal with the transition from mixed oral-written cultures to ones in which written-print is nearly exclusive. Other chapters deal with the processes of transmission such as anthologizing, translating, teaching, and sermonizing. By contextualizing Jewish culture within Western culture and including a comparative perspective, the book makes an important contribution to Judaic studies as well as to other areas of the humanities concerned with questions of textuality and culture.

Author : Anthony Wensley,Max Evans
Publisher : Academic Conferences International limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781912764730

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17th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning by Anthony Wensley,Max Evans Pdf

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 17th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning (ICICKM 2020), hosted by ACI and the University of Toronto, Canada on 15-16 October 2020. The Conference Chairs are Dr. Anthony Wensley, from the University of Toronto and Dr. Max Evans, from McGill University. The Programme Chair is Dr. Ilja Frissen from McGill University.

Author : Shaofeng Liu
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749496876

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Knowledge Management by Shaofeng Liu Pdf

As knowledge economies become increasingly important around the world, it is essential that organizations are able to transform their knowledge into a competitive advantage. This textbook offers an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge management written specifically for postgraduate students in business and management schools. Knowledge Management presents classic and advanced concepts, models and frameworks using a clear logical structure, which covers building knowledge competence, the knowledge lifecycle, and integration of knowledge management with business decision making. An overall framework illustrates links between chapters and ensures readers can gain a body of actionable knowledge rather than learning isolated, uncontextualized topics. Based on cutting-edge research findings and covering the most advanced IT and IS technologies, this book emphasises the need for knowledge management to span boundaries across organizations, supply chains and partnerships, rather than being limited to individual learning and sharing within businesses. Knowledge Management is international in scope and includes real world case studies and role play scenarios to show how theories are applied in practice, and "think back" and "critique discussion" questions to encourage reflective learning and critical thinking. This indispensable text provides a dynamic picture of the evolution of knowledge management and demonstrates its full potential to enable better business decisions. Accompanying online resources include PowerPoint slides for lecturers and exercise questions for students.

Author : Peter Kastberg
Publisher : Frank & Timme GmbH
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783732904327

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Knowledge Communication by Peter Kastberg Pdf

Knowledge Communication as a research field emerges as a response to the communicative core challenges of the knowledge society. At ist center is the question of how to produce and transform specialized knowledge into interactions to gain value for this kind of knowledge. The field’s foundational concepts concern a transactional understanding of communication, an ideology of convergence between communicators and an appreciation of knowledge as construction. These stem from critical discussions of insights harvested from three parental disciplines: Language for Specific Purposes, Public Understanding of Science, and Knowledge Management. In their synthesis, these foundational concepts define Knowledge Communication as a means of strategic communication. In lieu of this, the research agenda of Knowledge Communication presents a novel prism through which to discern and investigate communicative core challenges of the knowledge society.

Author : Martin Kusch
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199251377

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Knowledge by Agreement by Martin Kusch Pdf

Knowledge by Agreement defends the ideas that knowledge is a social status (like money, or marriage), and that knowledge is primarily the possession of groups rather than individuals. Part I develops a new theory of testimony. It breaks with the traditional view according to which testimony is not, except accidentally, a generative source of knowledge. One important consequence of the new theory is a rejection of attempts to globally justify trust in the words of others. Part II proposes a communitarian theory of empirical knowledge. Martin Kusch argues that empirical belief can acquire the status of knowledge only by being shared with others, and that all empirical beliefs presuppose social institutions. As a result all knowledge is essentially political. Part III defends some of the controversial premises and consequences of Parts I and II: the community-dependence of normativity, epistemological and semantic relativism, anti-realism, and a social conception of objectivity. Martin Kusch's bold approach to epistemology is a challenge to philosophy and will arouse interest in the wider academic world.

Author : Susana Nuccetelli,Gary Seay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199281725

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Themes from G. E. Moore by Susana Nuccetelli,Gary Seay Pdf

These sixteen original essays, whose authors include some of the world's leading philosophers, examine themes from the work of the Cambridge philosopher G. E. Moore (1873-1958), and demonstrate his considerable continuing influence on philosophical debate. Part I bears on epistemological topics, such as scepticism about the external world, the significance of common sense, and theories of perception. Part II is devoted to themes in ethics, such as Moore's open question argument, his non-naturalism, utilitarianism, and his notion of organic unities.

Author : Gloria Emeagwali,Edward Shizha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463005159

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African Indigenous Knowledge and the Sciences by Gloria Emeagwali,Edward Shizha Pdf

This book is an intellectual journey into epistemology, pedagogy, physics, architecture, medicine and metallurgy. The focus is on various dimensions of African Indigenous Knowledge (AIK) with an emphasis on the sciences, an area that has been neglected in AIK discourse. The authors provide diverse views and perspectives on African indigenous scientific and technological knowledge that can benefit a wide spectrum of academics, scholars, students, development agents, and policy makers, in both governmental and non-governmental organizations, and enable critical and alternative analyses and possibilities for understanding science and technology in an African historical and contemporary context.

Author : Preethi Kesavan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811597930

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Enablers of Organisational Learning, Knowledge Management, and Innovation by Preethi Kesavan Pdf

This book establishes constructivist, interpretivist, and linguistic approaches based on conventions about the nature of qualitative and text data, the author’s influence on text interpretation, and the validity checks used to justify text interpretations. Vast quantities of text and qualitative data in organizations often go unexplored. Text analytics outlined in this book allow readers to understand the process of converting unstructured text data into meaningful data for analysis in order to measure employee opinions, feedback, and reviews through sentiment analysis to support fact-based decision making. The methods involve using NVivo and RapidMiner software to perform lexical analysis, categorization, clustering, pattern recognition, tagging, annotation, memo creation, information extraction, association analysis, and visualization. The methodological approach in the book uses innovation theory as a sensitizing concept to lay the foundation for the analysis of research data, suggesting approaches for empirical exploration of organizational learning, knowledge management, and innovation practices amongst geographically dispersed individuals and team members. Based on data obtained from a private educational organization that has offices dispersed across Asia through focus group discussions and interviews on these topics, the author highlights the need for integrating organizational learning, knowledge management, and innovation to improve organizational performance, exploring perspectives on collective relationships and networks, organizational characteristics and structures, and tacit and overt values which influence such innovation initiatives. In the process, the author puts forward a new theory which is built on three themes: relationship and networks, knowledge sharing mechanisms, and the role of social cognitive schema that facilitate emergent learning, knowledge management, and innovation.

Author : Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia,Zhang, Xi,Almunawar, Mohammad Nabil
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781668458501

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Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management in Asia’s Digital Economy by Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia,Zhang, Xi,Almunawar, Mohammad Nabil Pdf

Artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge management can create innovative digital solutions and business opportunities in Asia from circular and green economies to technological disruption, innovation, and smart cities. It is essential to understand the impact and importance of AI and knowledge management within the digital economy for future development and for fostering the best practices within 21st century businesses. The Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management in Asia’s Digital Economy offers conceptual frameworks, empirical studies, and case studies that help to understand the latest developments in artificial intelligence and knowledge management, as well as its potential for digital transformation and business opportunities in Asia. Covering topics such as augmented reality. Convolutional neural networks, and digital transformation, this major reference work generates enriching debate on the challenges and opportunities for economic growth and inclusion in the region among business executives and leaders, IT managers, policymakers, government officials, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Ruth Hayhoe,Julia Pan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315480190

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East-West Dialogue in Knowledge and Higher Education by Ruth Hayhoe,Julia Pan Pdf

This work is a dialogue on alternative approaches to knowledge and higher education characteristic of the Western University. Western scholars approach these issues from the viewpoint of the challenges facing the university and Eastern contributors explore parallel issues in their societies.

Author : Stephanie Bridoux,Nicolas Grenier-Boley,Caroline Leininger-Frezal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781394229703

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Research in University Pedagogy by Stephanie Bridoux,Nicolas Grenier-Boley,Caroline Leininger-Frezal Pdf

This book offers an overview of the research carried out in didactics on the teaching and learning of science at university from the perspective of university pedagogy. The first part sheds light on the links between university pedagogy and didactics, by studying the nature and place of disciplinary pedagogical knowledge at university and the training of academics through the prism of professionalization. The second part questions the teaching practices of academics from a disciplinary approach, from the point of view of the impact of the research discipline on the declared practices, or that of the links between the resources mobilized in research and teaching activities. The third part proposes a sociological look at these practices, in terms of the analysis of the discourses of institutional actors or of practices in situ. The book concludes with a synthesis that develops the main issues, challenges and difficulties that remain at the end of this book.