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…

Este trabajo denominado “Centro de Interpretación Ambiental Mindo”, es un proyecto arquitectónico que busca complementar, brindar un mejoramiento e incentivar a la investigación de flora y fauna del lugar. Asimismo, este tipo de establecimientos favorece un aprendizaje activo y significativo…

RESUMO: Durante as últimas décadas do século XX mudanças puderam ser observadas em diferentes segmentos da sociedade, o que provocou uma série de alterações na relação entre os seres humanos e entre estes e a natureza. No setor agropecuário discussões…

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…

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,…

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…

This paper describes use of social network analysis to examine student interaction patterns in a Grade 5/6 Knowledge Building class. The analysis included face-to-face interactions and interactions in the Knowledge Forum® Knowledge Building environment. It is argued that sociogram data…