La pérdida del estilo de vida saludable en la sociedad avanzada ha provocado problemas serios en la salud pública, se han desarrollado enfermedades crónicas múltiples, causando millones de muertes prematuras cada año a consecuencia de la obesidad, el alcohol, el…

Introduction: Orthopedics is one of the specialties with a high risk of lawsuits due to professional responsibility; this is so mainly because road, industrial and home accidents have dramatically increased. Yet, some variables inherent to the personnel, patients, equipment, supplies,…

Con especial atención se discute sobre la esencia de la verdad en Occidente y sus repercusiones en una ciencia como la Historia. Por ello se indaga en los
procedimientos por los cuales la Historia busca y maneja los elementos…

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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…