Knowledge

To begin with, knowledge collected intelligence, you gain knowledge by attending school and learning. In these stories "Superman and Me", by Sherman Alexie, "A Smart Cookie", by Sandra Cisneros, and "Its Our Story Too!" by Ivette Cabrera, all have one thing in common and that is the use of knowledge. In "Superman and Me" Alexie gained knowledge by reading lots of books. In "A Smart Cookie" her mother says he had the knowledge to continue school, but the looks got in her way. In "Its Our Story…

What’s her article “Funds of Knowledge” exactly about? Janet Kier Lopez is a doctoral candidate from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education and is the director to a mentoring and preparatory program for Latino high school students called the Scholars, Latino Initiative. Her purpose for the article “Funds of Knowledge” was to show people how much students would benefit if teachers were to introduce their students home language, cultural fundamentals, and funds of knowledge into the classroom.…

of TPACK Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework for teachers in how they make connections between pedagogy, content knowledge, and technology (Koehler & Mishra, 2005). This paper briefly discusses the evolution of this theory, its strengths, and challenges it presents. Article One: Reviewing the Literature Voogt, J., Fisser, P., Pareja Roblin, N., Tondeur, J., & van Braak, J. (2012). Technological pedagogical content knowledge - a review of the literature. Journal of…

Sadler, Gerhard Sonnert, Harold P. Coyle, Nancy Cook-Smith and Jaimie L. Miller describe “The Influence of Teachers’ Knowledge on Student Learning in Middle School Physical Science Classrooms”. Those of us in astronomy education immediately recognize Phil Sadler. His “A Private Universe” video is must-see for every astronomy instructor, K-12 and beyond. Knowledge plus knowledge of…

sharing of knowledge. Within the asset protection department the formal training for the associates is overall weak. The current training program is more of an introduction to specific job duties, tasks, and policies and procedures rather than complete knowledge of how to perform each task within the operation. Associates are limited to only working in one or possibly two of the seven areas within the facility because there is no cross-training. Because there is no established knowledge…

the entire book Siddhartha is taking a journey to what he thinks would help him find enlightenment, peace, wisdom, and knowledge. Siddhartha is taking this journey because he is in denial of his Brahmin heritage, and the teachings of Gotama, which his father gave to him, he feels like there is nothing more Gotama teachings can offer him to reach enlightenment. Wisdom and knowledge are two of the most topics brought up in “SIddhartha By Hermann Hesse”. It is either brought up by what Siddhartha…

Knowledge begins the day we are born; we begin to learn how to breathe, how to eat, and how to sleep, and then later we learn how to walk, how to talk, and how to ride a bicycle. We also learn not to touch a hot stove or swim right after we eat. All this knowledge is attained so quickly in our early years. Then in our teenage years we usually begin to make more mistakes, and those mistakes begin to have bigger consequences; these lessons mold and shape our lives and future choices. In…

1. Explain Conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge. Conceptual understanding basically means focusing much more into depth on how to get the correct answer. It goes way beyond that, it focuses on understanding why and how we got the answer. This can be done by supporting students’ ability to access concepts from a number of different perspectives. Students can demonstrate a deep understanding by solving short conceptual problems, applying mathematics to new situations,…

Introduction Knowledge management (KM) inside a company has been used broadly in the field of information system (Saade, Nebebe, & Mak, 2011). Organizations which cannot viably deal with knowledge and information flow, have the worst performance (Saade, Nebebe, & Mak, 2011). Employers have understood that sharing of knowledge and information through the association is a significant job to guarantee that a firm remains creative and focused (Saade, Nebebe, & Mak, 2011). There is a study on…

The mystery of what embodies "knowledge" is as old as philosophy itself. The Gettier Problem, refuting the JTB (justified true belief) account, has been a historical and on-going debate in the epistemological field. In simplistic terms, knowledge is understood as an awareness or understanding of something, such as facts, information, descriptions or skills, which are acquired through experience, perceiving, discovering, learning or intuiting. Consequently, truth is understood as a verified or…