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Lai, Kwok-Wing – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper documents a study investigating co-construction of knowledge by doctoral students in an online learning community. In this study 12 students participated in the coursework and thesis proposal development stages of a doctoral program offered by a research-intensive university in New Zealand. Socio-cultural and social constructivist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs
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Miller-Jones, Dalton – New Directions for Child Development, 1988
Argues that psychological constructs prevalent during the 1950s and early 1960s encountered serious challenges when they were applied to African-American children. Specifies the way in which these challenges influenced the direction of developmental theory and research. (RJC)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Developmental Psychology
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1994
This pocket guide contains a collection of graphed data, available in 1994, on science and technology funding patterns within the United States, public attitudes toward science and technology, and international trends in science and technology. Sections contain: (1) national research and development (R&D) funding patterns; (2) academic R&D…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Federal Government, Financial Support
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Lundu, Maurice C. – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Analyzes and applies Bettman's information processing theory of consumer choice to information processing, evaluation, and utilization by academic libraries in Zambia to support research and development activities. Certain Zambian cultural and sociopsychological aspects and attitudes that could affect the evaluation and utilization of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Environmental Influences, Futures (of Society)
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Bader, Gail; Nyce, James M. – Journal of Computer Documentation, 1998
Argues that there is a fundamental gap between the knowledge that the information systems development community values and that which cultural analysis yields. Suggests that developers, rather than trying to explain social behavior and knowledge with rules, should be concerned with the production of contesting rules and what the production tells…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Designers
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Bowker, Geoffrey C.; Dillon, Andrew; Rosson, Mary Beth; Simonsen, Jesper; Kensing, Finn – Journal of Computer Documentation, 1998
Four articles respond to the Bader and Nyce position that it is unlikely cultural analysis will become a routine tool for information systems developers with these arguments: ethnographic work can aid software development; the problem lies with inappropriate application of social science methods; the problem is technique, not fundamentals; and…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Designers
Hung, W. L. David; Koh, Thiam Seng; Chua, Chee Lay – Educational Technology, 2000
Guidelines are provided for educators to use in exploring the feasibility of technology-oriented tools in teaching and learning based on social-cultural underpinnings, using activity theory as a framework for analysis. This research and development framework is intended to provide a concrete basis for understanding the impact of technology tools…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Environment
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1984
This compilation of conference materials consists of: programme, inaugural and closing addresses, working group reports, background papers, and a reference document. The principle substantitive items are the working group results and the background papers. Within the overall conference theme of "Education and New Information…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Educational Policy
Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne (Australia). – 1985
The Institute of Family Studies has completed its fifth year of operation; its future development depends on a clear statement of government support backed by sufficient staff and financial resources. This report focuses on current operating difficulties, structure, and achievements and activities of the Institute during the 1984-85 fiscal year.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1988
The world needs a socioeconomic strategy--a set of interrelated policies that recognize that social and institutional changes at all levels of society are necessary to realize fully the technical and economic potential of new technologies. An assessment and dissemination of how different countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
Descriptors: Automation, Culture Lag, Developed Nations, Economic Factors