The role of social presence as defined by the community of inquiry (CoI) framework is critiqued through a review of recent literature. Evidence is presented that questions the actual extent of knowledge co-construction that occurs in most higher education settings…

Objective – To determine the information seeking behaviours of traditional medical practitioners who treat sickle cell anemia patients.

Design – Qualitative, interviewer-administered, structured questionnaire.

Setting – City and surrounding rural area of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Subjects –…

Ubicada en el piedemonte de la cordillera Oriental, la reserva privada: Refugio del Oso de Anteojos, se encuentra sujeta a presión antrópicalocal representada por deforestación, quemas,pastoreo y caza de fauna silvestre. Por tanto, es necesario conocer el estado de conservación…

La agroecología se debe entender como la interacción de factorespolíticos, sociales, culturales, económicos, medio ambientales, educativos y tecnológicos, así como de los procesos productivos que trazan el derrotero en el desarrollo de los pueblos. Mientras que la agricultura convencional estableció…

China’s rapid economic transformation over the last 3 decades has been remarkable both in terms of its speed and scale. As the Economist magazine reported recently, ‘In China each person now produces four times as much as in the early…

La investigación realizada en el ámbito del estudio de la conducta social ha permitido diferenciar, cuando menos, dos tipos diferentes de interacción, a saber, conducta cooperativa vs. competitiva. Más específicamente, un buen número de estudios se han centrado en el…

Objective – To examine provider pessimism by comparing user and provider perception of the same instant messaging reference transaction.

Design – Instant messaging users and providers completed post-reference transaction surveys which were analyzed using the pair perception comparison…

Objective – To observe and compare the strategies that undergraduate science students use to perform information retrieval tasks in e-books and in print books.

Design – Qualitative analysis, employing a “prompted think-aloud” methodology and thematic analysis.

Setting –…

A produção animal nos ecossistemas do semi-árido é influenciada pela variabilidade espacial e interanual da oferta quantitativa e qualitativa de recursos forrageiros. A dinâmica da acumulação de fitomassa para a maioria das diferentes espécies da caatinga é pouco conhecida, o…

Abstract

Objectives – The main objectives of this study were the following:
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to analyze the career path and career movement of librarians in Korea
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to identify and compare factors influencing the career movement path of chief librarians…