ED1031 Introduction to Education Studiesp Discuss the reasons why you think that Education Studies is a relevant field of study for anyone wishing to become a teacher. For many centuries‚ teaching has evolved to become a science rather than a practice. It is safe to argue that both teachers and students have changed their approach towards education in order to optimize their potential and efficiency (Mellado 1998). These adaptations can be partly attributed to the demands from the economically
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set of different basic assumption is crucial to identify the differences between the two perspectives which contribute to different understanding of an organization and organizing. Ontology deals with the assumption in relation to reality and study both subjectivists and objectivist standpoint on reality. Epistemology is interested on how an individual generate knowledge and the criteria to weigh its validity (Bracken 2010). Organization theory is a field of study whereby organizations serve as
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Technovation 29 (2009) 580–587 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Technovation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/technovation Information technology and tourism a theoretical critique Philip Alford a‚Â Steve Clarke b‚1 a b Bournemouth University‚ School of Services‚ Management‚ Dorset House‚ Talbot Campus‚ Poole‚ Dorset BH12 5BB‚ UK Business School‚ The University of Hull‚ Hull HU6 7RX‚ UK a r t i c l e in f o a b s t r a c t This paper aims
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‘Understanding cultural industries’‚ Journal of Management Inquiry 11: 4‚ 430–41. Premkumar‚ G. (2003) ‘Alternate distribution strategies for digital music’‚ Communications of the ACM 46: 9‚ 89–95. Questions 1 Why is it important to consider epistemology and ontology when undertaking research? 2 What will Esmée need to do in order to respond or challenge her tutor’s assertion that she adopt a quantitative methodology? 3 How does Esmée understand the role that her values play with regard to her research
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Artificial intelligence “Artificial Intelligence Is Lost in the Woods A conscious mind will never be built out of software”‚ -Yale University professor The very beginning; from human inception‚ man has endeavored to control‚ to name‚ to create ultimately in his own image as he was created from God. Man forges his own destiny from the coals of his imagination and the raw iron of his will to create. His tools have changed as time has passed‚ but his desire‚ his fire to create to change his world
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insights of the intimate relations between knowledge and power. Knowing the world is‚ through naming it‚ a way to control it‚ and it has real effects of oppression and control. Representations work on the represented‚ and thus‚ epistemology not only to an extent determines ontology‚ but by the same token it is a tool to change a world of inequalities. A feminist critique seeks both to unveil actual structures of inequality‚ such as underrepresentation of women in important and world-shaping disourses
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Medieval philosophy‚ and Modern philosophy. Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic). The word is of Ancient Greek origin (philosophía)‚ meaning love of wisdom. Definition of philosophy: Every definition of philosophy is controversial. The field has historically expanded
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Discursive psychology. Ellis P. 2010. Towards an inclusive model of evidence-based care Fairclough N. 1992/2003. Discourse and social change. Foucault M. 1984. Disciplines and sciences of the individual. Fuller S. 1998. From content to context: A social epistemology of the structure-agency craze Giddens A. 1995. Politics‚ sociology and social theory: Encounters with classical and contemporary social thought Goldthorpe JH. 2007. On sociology. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Harre R. 2002. Social reality
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Management Theory is a modernist approach to manage organization with the objective to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Ontology: concerns about reality and modernist interpret that there is power and control within the organization. In addition‚ it views that modernist do not challenge these assumptions but abide to rules and regulations. Epistemology: knowledge exists and power seen in organization with the managers in top hierarchy making decision. Cybernetic Control Cybernetic
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focused on designing as an essentially human activity via consideration of the epistemological and ontological issues involved in constructing coherent design theory. The research investigations led to a clearer understanding of the roles of ontology‚ epistemology and methodology in design research and this clarification enabled the construction of a post-positivist approach to engineering design theory that better includes social‚ environmental and ethical factors alongside the existing products of
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