El presente artículo recoge los resultados de una investigación sobre percepción pública de la ciencia y tecnología en Mérida, cuyo objetivo fue conocer las ideas de la población general y de un grupo de actores sociales sobre estas actividades. Para…

Gilbert Ryle (1949) divided knowledge into “know that” and “know how”, which is neatly appealing to many design and technology educators, and like many writers on developing the curriculum, Kahney (1993) made a distinction between declarative knowledge:

verbal knowledge,…

This paper outlines reflections by two tutors in Initial Teacher Education on ways design and technology (D&T) has been included in cross-curricular modules at our institution. These modules were a new addition to our courses in response to a conviction…

Both the concept of sustainable development and the nature of education for sustainable development (ESD) are highly contested. ESD can be construed as a part of sustainable development policy as governments attempt to bridge the ‘value-action gap’ between what we…

This paper explores the potential of ‘blurring the boundaries’ between art and design and design and technology with specific reference to ‘improving creativity’ in design and technology, as recommended in an
inspection report of secondary and primary schools in England…

This thesis will explore the design and optimization of a peer-to-peer network application as a solution to complex content management problems. Currently, most content management systems are expensive, cumbersome and inflexible custom solutions that require knowledge workers to change their…

Dans l’espoir d'améliorer l'efficacité, l’efficience, la qualité et la sécurité des soins de santé, la plupart des pays investissent dans l’informatisation de leur système de santé. Malgré l’octroi de ressources substantielles, les projets d'implantation d’un Dossier médical électronique (DME) font…

Il est peu de notions aussi vastes que celle du non-savoir, mais le flou du caractère nécessairement négatif de sa définition s’accompagne tout de même du sentiment que la source de ce qui ne peut qu’être déterminé négativement par la…

The spatial variation in the composition of the tree flora of some Atlantic forest areas distributed in the East Atlantic basins, Southeastern and Southern Brazil, extended to Paraguay and Argentina, was investigated under four main aspects: (1) to evaluate the…

Ces trois dernières décennies, les systèmes éducatifs du monde ont subi de grandes transformations axées sur la recherche de plus de pertinence et d’efficacité en relation avec l’évolution globale de la société (Mundy, 2005; Lessard, 2000; Farrell, 1997). Ces évolutions…