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Abdoli Sejzi A. & bin Aris B. (2012) Constructivist approach in virtual universities. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 56: 426–431. https://cepa.info/5865
Abdoli Sejzi A.
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bin Aris B.
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2012
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Constructivist approach in virtual universities
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Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences
56: 426–431.
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This paper proposed the application of the constructivist approach in virtual university where learners can learn based on their learning style, information and skills to succeed in life and also in their job. Constructivist learning and the strategies in constructivist learning can foster in-depth learning and practical application. Integration of communication and information technologies into curricula offers significant potentials for designing new learning environments, and advancing research and development in learning theories. Based on the main aspects of the constructivist approach, traditional universities and classroom cannot provide the conditions for learners to construct the knowledge for themselves, for this reason virtual university with the communication and information technologies (ICT) can implement constructivist strategies in the process of teaching and learning. In virtual university, constructivism promotes the learner’s skills to solve real-life problems and practical problems.
Key words:
virtual university
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constructivist learning
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constructivist approach in virtual university.
Abraham T. H. (2012) Transcending disciplines: Scientific styles in studies of the brain in mid-twentieth century America. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43(2): 552–568. https://cepa.info/3935
Abraham T. H.
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2012
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Transcending disciplines: Scientific styles in studies of the brain in mid-twentieth century America
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
43(2): 552–568.
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Much scholarship in the history of cybernetics has focused on the far-reaching cultural dimensions of the movement. What has garnered less attention are efforts by cyberneticians such as Warren McCulloch and Norbert Wiener to transform scientific practice in an array of disciplines in the biomedical sciences, and the complex ways these efforts were received by members of traditional disciplines. In a quest for scientific unity that had a decidedly imperialistic flavour, cyberneticians sought to apply practices common in the exact sciences – mainly theoretical modeling – to problems in disciplines that were traditionally defined by highly empirical practices, such as neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. Their efforts were met with mixed, often critical responses. This paper attempts to make sense of such dynamics by exploring the notion of a scientific style and its usefulness in accounting for the contrasts in scientific practice in brain research and in cybernetics during the 1940s. Focusing on two key institutional contexts of brain research and the role of the Rockefeller and Macy Foundations in directing brain research and cybernetics, the paper argues that the conflicts between these fields were not simply about experiment vs. theory but turned more closely on the questions that defined each area and the language used to elaborate answers.
Key words:
Cybernetics
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Macy foundation
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Neurophysiology
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Rockefeller Foundation
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Theoretical modeling
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Warren S. McCulloch
Aiello P., D’elia F., Di Tore S. & Sibilio M. (2012) A constructivist approach to virtual reality for experiential learning. E–Learning and Digital Media 9(3): 317–324. https://cepa.info/6366
Aiello P.
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D’elia F.
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Di Tore S.
&
Sibilio M.
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2012
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A constructivist approach to virtual reality for experiential learning
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E–Learning and Digital Media
9(3): 317–324.
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Consideration of a possible use of virtual reality technologies in school contexts requires gathering together the suggestions of many scientific domains aimed at understanding the features of these same tools that let them offer valid support to the teaching–learning processes in educational settings. Specifically, the present study is aimed at creating a theoretical framework for the didactic use of VR technologies in schools, highlighting the characteristics of these tools that are supported by a view of teaching that enhances sensorimotor activity in learning. The theoretical approach, through the study of the international scientific literature on this topic, offers interdisciplinary suggestions for realising teaching–learning practices that are supported by scientific principles and a concept of learning that is consistent with the processes that these tools may activate.
Alhadeff-Jones M. (2012) Transformative learning and the challenges of complexity. In: Taylor E. W., Cranton P. & Associates (eds.) Handbook of transformative learning: Theory, research and practice. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco: 178–194. https://cepa.info/488
Alhadeff-Jones M.
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2012
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Transformative learning and the challenges of complexity
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In: Taylor E. W., Cranton P. & Associates (eds.) Handbook of transformative learning: Theory, research and practice. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco: 178–194.
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In order to illustrate what is at stake in the definition and in the development of a complex and constructivist epistemology of transformative learning, this chapter introduces Edgar Morin’s paradigm of complexity and explores six challenges that appear particularly illustrative with regards to the advance of research and practices related to transformative learning.
Alrøe H. F. & Noe E. (2012) Authors’ Response: Systems, Environments, and the Body. Constructivist Foundations 8(1): 58–60. https://constructivist.info/8/1/058
Alrøe H. F.
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Noe E.
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2012
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Authors’ Response: Systems, Environments, and the Body
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Constructivist Foundations
8(1): 58–60.
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Upshot:
In our response we focus on how different types of systems are related from a constructivist perspective, and specifically on the relation between communicational social systems and embodied agency.
Alrøe H. F. & Noe E. (2012) Observing Environments. Constructivist Foundations 8(1): 39–52. https://constructivist.info/8/1/039
Alrøe H. F.
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Noe E.
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2012
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Observing Environments
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Constructivist Foundations
8(1): 39–52.
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Context:
Society is faced with “wicked” problems of environmental sustainability, which are inherently multiperspectival, and there is a need for explicitly constructivist and perspectivist theories to address them.
Problem:
However, different constructivist theories construe the environment in different ways. The aim of this paper is to clarify the conceptions of environment in constructivist approaches, and thereby to assist the sciences of complex systems and complex environmental problems.
Method:
We describe the terms used for “the environment” in von Uexküll, Maturana & Varela, and Luhmann, and analyse how their conceptions of environment are connected to differences of perspective and observation.
Results:
We show the need to distinguish between inside and outside perspectives on the environment, and identify two very different and complementary logics of observation, the logic of distinction and the logic of representation, in the three constructivist theories.
Implications:
Luhmann’s theory of social systems can be a helpful perspective on the wicked environmental problems of society if we consider carefully the theory’s own blind spots: that it confines itself to systems of communication, and that it is based fully on the conception of observation as indication by means of distinction.
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Umwelt
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phenomenology
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biosemiotics
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autopoiesis
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perspectivism
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Peirce
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environment
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observing
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Luhmann
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Uexküll
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Maturana
,
Varela
,
observer
Alrøe H. F. & Noe E. (2012) The paradox of scientific expertise: A perspectivist approach to knowledge asymmetries. Fachsprache - International Journal of Specialized Communication XXXIV(3–4): 152–167. https://cepa.info/462
Alrøe H. F.
&
Noe E.
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2012
)
The paradox of scientific expertise: A perspectivist approach to knowledge asymmetries
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Fachsprache - International Journal of Specialized Communication
XXXIV(3–4): 152–167.
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The paradox of scientific expertise is that the growth of science leads to a fragmentation of scientific expertise. To resolve this paradox, this paper probes three hypotheses: 1) All scientific knowledge is perspectival. 2) The perspectival structure of science leads to specific forms of knowledge asymmetries. 3) Such perspectival knowledge asymmetries must be handled through second order perspectives. We substantiate these hypotheses on the basis of a perspectivist philosophy of science grounded in Peircean semiotics and autopoietic systems theory. Perspectivism is an important elaboration of constructivist approaches to help overcome problems in cross-disciplinary collaboration and use of science, and thereby make society better able to solve complex, real-world problems.
Anderson M. L., Richardson M. J. & Chemero A. (2012) Eroding the boundaries of cognition: Implications of embodiment. Topics in Cognitive Science 4(4): 717–730. https://cepa.info/5572
Anderson M. L.
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Richardson M. J.
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Chemero A.
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2012
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Eroding the boundaries of cognition: Implications of embodiment
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Topics in Cognitive Science
4(4): 717–730.
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To accept that cognition is embodied is to question many of the beliefs traditionally held by cognitive scientists. One key question regards the localization of cognitive faculties. Here we argue that for cognition to be embodied and sometimes embedded, means that the cognitive faculty cannot be localized in a brain area alone. We review recent research on neural reuse, the 1/f structure of human activity, tool use, group cognition, and social coordination dynamics that we believe demonstrates how the boundary between the different areas of the brain, the brain and body, and the body and environment is not only blurred but indeterminate. In turn, we propose that cognition is supported by a nested structure of task‐specific synergies, which are softly assembled from a variety of neural, bodily, and environmental components (including other individuals), and exhibit interaction dominant dynamics.
Key words:
embodied cognition
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dynamic systems
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social coordination
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modularity
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faculty psychology
Andrews A. (2012) What is social constructionism? Grounded Theory Review 11(1): 39–46. https://cepa.info/4681
Andrews A.
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2012
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What is social constructionism?
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Grounded Theory Review
11(1): 39–46.
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Social Constructionism has been instrumental in remodeling grounded theory. In attempting to make sense of the social world, social constructionists view knowledge as constructed as opposed to created. This paper discusses how social constructionists construct knowledge and argues that social constructionism is concerned with the nature of knowledge and how it is created and as such, it is unconcerned with ontological issues. Society is viewed as existing both as a subjective and an objective reality. Meaning is shared, thereby constituting a taken-for-granted reality. Grounded theorists understand knowledge as beliefs in which people can have reasonable confidence; a common sense understanding and consensual notion as to what constitutes knowledge. If it is accepted that social constructionism is not based on a relativist perspective, then it is compatible with Grounded Theory methodology.
Angel S. A., López-González M. A., Moreno-Pulido A., Corbella S., Compañ V. & Feixas G. (2012) Bibliometric review of the repertory grid technique: 1998-2007. Journal of Constructivist Psychology 25(2): 112–131. https://cepa.info/889
Angel S. A.
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López-González M. A.
,
Moreno-Pulido A.
,
Corbella S.
,
Compañ V.
&
Feixas G.
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2012
)
Bibliometric review of the repertory grid technique: 1998-2007
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Journal of Constructivist Psychology
25(2): 112–131.
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This bibliometric review covers the scientific production with or about the repertory grid technique between 1998 and 2007. The analysis of previous reviews suggests the need for a more careful and broad process of bibliographic research. With this aim, 24 bibliographic sources were used to cover a wide range of specialties. We began with the drawing up of an explicit protocol in which the research terms were detailed. Then the bibliographic sources were consulted, taking into account a specification of inclusion and exclusion criteria. As a result of this process, 973 references were obtained: 468 were journal papers, 335 book chapters, 108 doctoral theses and 62 books. The review also evaluates the types of documents found, the evolution of the number of works published, the repertory grid’s fields of application and the degree of openness to other disciplines. The most relevant authors, their affiliations, their countries and the publication language are also revealed in this article, as well as the major journals contributing to disseminate the work done with this technique.
Relevance:
Since Kelly created his personal construct theory (PCT), the repertory grid technique (RGT) has been the most well-known instrument used not only by researchers and practitioners within PCT but also across a variety of disciplines and approaches. In the present work, we try to portray a recent picture of the status of the RGT using bibliometric analysis.
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