This research looks at the efficiency and effectiveness of the United States Child
Welfare System. Specifically, it focuses on the lack of standardization in the system
as well as the relationship between the two main institutions involved in the
system—Child…

La era clásica musulmana discurrió ardorosamente sobre la relación entre
conocimiento religioso y conocimiento racional, y el ser divino. Avicena (980-1037)
aportó argumentos que infl uyeron en el Islam, suscitando discusiones y rechazos,
principalmente de Al Ghazali (1058-1111), en su…

Le fonctionnement du cortex cérébral nécessite l’action coordonnée de deux des sous-types majeurs de neurones, soient les neurones à projections glutamatergiques et les interneurones GABAergiques. Les interneurones GABAergiques ne constituent que 20 à 30% des cellules corticales par rapport au…

Les plantes médicinales jouent un rôle central, tant pour la médicine traditionnelle de certaines cultures, que pour la satisfaction d’une demande commerciale, souvent lointaine. Face à la forte pression qui pèse actuellement sur les populations de plantes médicinales - due…

Cette thèse a pour objectif d’analyser les représentations du temps historique dans le Tableau de Paris (1781-1788) et le Nouveau Paris (1798) de Louis Sébastien Mercier et de faire voir comment elles se transforment sous l’impact de la Révolution française,…

Can children genuinely create new knowledge, as opposed to merely carrying out activities that resemble those of mature scientists and innovators? The answer is yes, provided the comparison is not to works of genius but to standards that prevail in…

The Knowledge Society Network (KSN) “takes advantage of new knowledge media to maximize and democratize society’s knowledge-creating capacity” (www.ikit.org/KSN). This article synthesizes the principles and designs of this network which were initiated over 15 years ago, and presents an exploratory…

Three classrooms of Grade 4 students from different schools and diverse backgrounds collaborated in early algebra research to solve a series of linear and quadratic generalizing problems. Results revealed that high- and low-achieving students were able to solve problems of…

Knowledge Building as a theoretical, pedagogical, and technological innovation focuses on the 21st century need to work creatively with knowledge. The team now advancing Knowledge Building spans multiple disciplines, sectors, and cultural contexts. Several teacher-researcher-government partnerships have formed to bring…

This paper examines theoretical, pedagogical, and technological differences between two technologies that have been used in undergraduate interprofessional health sciences at the University of Toronto. One, a learning management system, WebCT 2.0, supports online coursework. The other, a Knowledge Building…