The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss some results from an ethnographic research on Argentinian Mbya communities focused on representations and practices related to childrearing and development during the first stages of life course.
Firstly, I describe…

This paper investigates and analyses the process of building a knowledge management (KM) model at Brazil‟s Embrapa (The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation). Embrapa is a world class knowledge organization whose mission is to provide feasible solutions for the sustainable development…

In this article we examine and expose some of the results of a research work based on the appropriation of knowledge through visual expression, activity attended by teachers and students outside the schooleducational method called "Open Classroom".After the investigation, it…

Heat shock (HS) leads to the activation of molecular mechanisms, known as HS-response, that prevent damage and enhance survival under stress. Plants have a flexible and specialized network of Heat Shock Factors (HSFs), which are transcription factors that induce the…

The objective of this article is to show a new conception of administration that goes beyond the modern notion, which justifies the profession only from a pragmatic point of view. Neglecting not only the philosophical and speculative possibilities, but also…

In Disability Studies, Universal Design (UD) is a concept that is often borrowed from an architectural or design context to mean an ideology of inclusion and flexibility with a range of applications in education, technology, and other milieus. This paper…

A research work on the micro firms in Caroni district, has been developing since 1994. Such study pretends to deepen the theory that let the empiric- philosophical- conceptual and methodological building of a new discipline in education, called Androergology. The…

This article reviews findings and theoretical models concerning a specific aspect of theory-of-mind development, namely, the understanding of how knowledge is acquired. The review shows that where as the seminal research suggests this understanding emerges at around the age of…

Apresenta resultados obtidos em pesquisa de mestrado da autora que comparou as tecnologias do microfilme e do digital como instrumentos para preservação de estoques informacionais. O corpus da pesquisa foi formado pelo acervo de três instituições da Região Metropolitana do…

The Reading of documents of ecclesiastical source produced during Middle Ages provides the very clear percept of the presence of various categories of mediators between the natural world and mystical forces, in the daily routine of the western men. On…