Reverse logistics activities require the ability to generate new knowledge to reduce high uncertainty and to solve problems resulting of these activities. In this sense the purpose of this research is to understand how the modes of knowledge conversion (Nonaka…

Academic engineering graphics curricula are facing a rapidly changing knowledge base and current teaching and assessment methods are struggling to keep pace.  This paper is the second in a two-part series which examines practicing engineering graphics professionals to discover their…

Résumé
Cette recherche a débuté avec l’idée que l’Internet est en train de changer la manière
dont nous créons des connaissances et du contenu culturel. Notre point de départ était
d’utiliser l’Internet afin de rassembler et amplifier plusieurs points de…

Cohesion as an especially important factor of modernization processes, as well as of processes of European integration and enlargement of the European Union are analyzed in this theoretical article. The needs of cohesion and possibilities to activate the cohesion in…

In this paper there is described the use of hermeneutic systems for scientific purposes in economics. Rethinking of hermeneutic systems allowed to transform them into economic information scientific collection methods and enabled to design the quantification procedure for collected qualitative…

The purpose of this study was to assess the pedagogical equivalence, as determined by knowledge gains, and the pedagogical effectiveness of certain components in a video-driven multimedia, web-based professional development training program as compared to a traditional, face-to-face program under…

The ethnobotany genomics concept is founded on the idea of 'assemblage' of biodiversity knowledge. This includes a coming together of different ways of knowing and valorizing species variation in a novel approach seeking to add value to both traditional knowledge…

Questions about the suitability of cognitively-oriented instructional approaches for students of different academic levels are frequently raised by teachers and researchers. This study examined student participation in knowledge-building discourse in two implementations of a short inquiry unit focusing on environmental…

Technological change has become a most stable factor and ICT has intertwined with knowledge, making it dependent upon the technology. Through this alliance abstract knowledge has become the centre of the world's political economy replacing traditional concrete products. ICTs provide…

Technology offers promising opportunities for creating new types of classroom learning environments. This paper describes three technology models used by teacher education interns: electronic portfolios, negotiative concept mapping, cognote-supported electronic discussions. As implemented in the current study, these models invoke…