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Constructing futures: a social constructionist perspective on foresight methodology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between a particular epistemological perspective and foresight methodology. We draw on a body of social theory concerned with the way that meaning is produced and assimilated by society ...
Adam   +43 more
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Understanding Functional Materials at School

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines strategies for effectively teaching nanoscience in schools, focusing on challenges such as scale comprehension and curriculum integration. Emphasizing inquiry‐based learning and chemistry core concepts, it showcases hands‐on activities, digital tools, and interdisciplinary approaches.
Johannes Claußnitzer, Jürgen Paul
wiley   +1 more source

(Post)constructivism on Technoscience [PDF]

open access: yesAvant, 2013
The main aims of the article are as follows: (1) to indicate that cognition (in particular the conditions of effectiveness in laboratory practices) may be satisfactorily modelled from a (properly determined) constructivist perspective; (2) to reconstruct
Ewa Bińczyk
doaj   +1 more source

Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Shape Activity: Social Constructivism in the Psychology Classroom

open access: yesTeaching of psychology, 2018
Social constructivist principles and ideas are among those most cited in both educational and psychological circles today, and many current scholars and reformers ground their work in social constructivist theories.
N. Knapp
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Constructivism has become the overarching scientific paradigm in the social study of science and technology (STS). The notion that scientific facts and technological artefacts result from processes of social construction is the major scientific ...
Böschen, Stefan   +4 more
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The future of sovereignty in multilevel governance Europe: a constructivist reading [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Multilevel governance presents a depiction of contemporary structures in EU Europe as consisting of overlapping authorities and competing competencies. By focusing on emerging non-anarchical structures in the international system, hence moving beyond the
Adler E.   +54 more
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‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE PERCIEVING AND INTEGRATION OF VALUES INTO AN INTERCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Psychologia-Paedagogia, 2010
. Smooth functioning of EU society depends on intercultural education of its members. Training of intercultural skills begins with knowledge and adaptation to the cultural values of fellow Europeans.
CORNELIA COCAN, STAN PANŢURU
doaj  

Is Authority Always Constructed and Contextual? A Classical Challenge to the Framework for Information Literacy

open access: yes, 2016
The 2015 Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (or Framework) is the latest effort of academic librarians to provide relevant guidance for the teaching of information literacy.
Rinne, Nathan
core   +1 more source

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