by Shawn W. Ritchie., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 1999., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-81).

In the search for meaning, the architectural profession legitimately seeks culture to sanction its products. However, in business organizations, culture is complex and tacit- richer and deeper than any of its external manifestations, including architecture. To compensate for culture's incoherence,…

Artículo colectivo sobre qué entendemos por "constructivismo" en enseñanza de las ciencias., In this paper we analyse some of the criticisms that are being made to the «constructivist paradigm» and their
implications on the development of the didactic of the…

1. Introduction to academic networks 2. Conceptual framework of networking: internal and external connections that bring relevance 3. Making knowledge through academic networks supported in technologies 4. Meetings and disagreements in the contribution to academic networks for knowledge construction, References

Entre los procesos de cambio planteados en la sociedad venezolana actual han cobrado un papel
importante las organizaciones de la sociedad civil orientadas por la economía social, prestándoles
mayor apoyo a las Cooperativas a partir de la entrada en vigencia…

En el presente escrito intentamos analizar la obra del militar,
viajero y geógrafo italiano Agustín Codazzi, quien vino a jugar un
papel fundamental en el proceso de fundación de la nación venezolana
entre 1830-1850. Igualmente, ambicionamos hacer una aproximación
al…

Les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) sont de plus en plus présentes dans les différentes sphères de notre société, comme en éducation. De nombreux enseignants s’en servent pour travailler avec leurs élèves en classe. Malgré leur utilisation…

One of the more recent and alluring phrases used by development and resource management practitioners and theorists is "traditional ecological knowledge." Although there is a substantial amount of the literature on this subject, these studies have unfortunately an inadequate characterization…

In the United States, healthcare-associated infections are a huge source of medical and
economic burden. Annually, there are 1.7 million cases of healthcare-associated infection in
U.S. hospitals, which cause an estimated 98,987 deaths. Direct medical cost is also massive,
estimated…

While theory formation and the relation between theory and data has been investigated in many studies of scientific reasoning, researchers have focused less attention on reasoning about experimental design, even though the experimental design process makes up a large part…