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Developing STEM literacy with young learners

open access: yesIUL Research, 2020
This paper presents a vignette, accompanied by reflections, which describe the author’s recent experience using a constructionist pedagogy, Bridge 21, as part of an exploratory 21st century STEM learning experience with a group of young learners in an ...
Mairead Holden
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An interdisciplinary perspective on the interpretation of legal‐scientific concepts in rights‐of‐nature initiatives

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite an ever‐growing body of environmental laws, biodiversity loss and climate breakdown persist globally. This has prompted debate over whether existing legal regimes can be strengthened sufficiently to address these crises, or whether more transformative legal approaches are needed The concept of rights of nature, which is gaining ...
Maximilian Nawrath   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is Social Constructionism?

open access: yesGrounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2012
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.
Tom Andrews
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Can computational modeling in medical education support a constructionist educational framework? Insights from the seminal literature in Papertian constructionism and system dynamics

open access: yesFrontiers in Education
IntroductionThe inclusion of a system dynamics course in our medical school curriculum was designed to encourage systems thinking through computational modeling.
David M. Rubin   +3 more
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Interpreting Sustainability: A Cross‐Cultural Exploration Between New Zealand (Western & Indigenous) and Chinese (Urban) Consumers

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability is a globally promoted concept, yet its meaning is often shaped by cultural context. Existing research has largely been informed by Western‐centric understandings of sustainability, leaving limited insight into how sustainability is interpreted across diverse cultural settings.
Caixia (Ivy) Gan, Denise Maria Conroy
wiley   +1 more source

Being, knowing, and doing: a model for reflexivity in social constructionist practices

open access: yes, 2012
The social constructionist approach is philosophically and practically different to the traditional, tried-and-tested theories and practices of career development which generations of students, researchers and practitioners have learned, implemented ...
McIlveen, Peter, Noble, Karen
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Socio-Constructionist Design Thinking: Tools and Practices in Mainstream Education

open access: yesEducation Sciences
Design Thinking (DT) has been widely promoted as a creative, human-centred approach for engaging students with real-world problems. Yet, research consistently shows that DT in mainstream schooling often struggles with ambiguity, superficial engagement ...
Alkistis Verevi   +2 more
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THE CONSTRUCTIONIST HISTORIOGRAPHY OF GREEK EROTICS

open access: yesHeródoto, 2016
The article analyzes the postmodern and foucaultian view of the theoretical field and methodologies of some works of the Constructionist Historiography that engaged with the study of Greek erotic since the 1980s, trying to reveal their ties to the New ...
Daniel Barbo
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Aftermath of the Forest Carbon Credit Crisis as Experienced by Restoration and Conservation Organisations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2023, The Guardian reported on several scientific studies denouncing the role of certain forest carbon credits in mitigating climate change. Subsequently, credit prices on the voluntary carbon market (VCM) plummeted—providing a quantitative indication of its impact.
Benjamin S. Thompson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The duality of knowledge

open access: yesInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2002
Knowledge Management (KM) is a field that has attracted much attention both in academic and practitioner circles. Most KM projects appear to be primarily concerned with knowledge that can be quantified and can be captured, codified and stored - an ...
Paul Hildreth, Chris Kimble
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