Knowledge Communities in Europe

Knowledge Communities in Europe
Author: Bertold Schweitzer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2018-01-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3658188529

The publication presents research results on a multitude of knowledge exchange processes in post-enlightenment Europe. These focus on the question in how far deeply rooted processes of knowledge exchange by transnational intellectual discourses and international expert communities have contributed to a variety of networks of European intellectual identities and research practices. These practices again constitute a fertile framework for de-territorialised and de-nationalised exchange of knowledge that might contribute to contagious processes of emancipation, cooperation as well as problem solving.

Innovation and Knowledge Communities

Innovation and Knowledge Communities
Author: Upham, Phin
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2022-02-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1800371837

Breakthroughs in science and technology increasingly happen outside of firms in informal interorganizational communities of innovators. The effort of a group on a specific topic across firms, expertise, and geography can function as an emergent organizational form, capable of great productivity. Using data from computer science, basic research, and management strategy to identify and study these intense clusters of innovators, or “knowledge communities,” this book illuminates the new organizational logics that govern such collective success.

Knowledge Communities in Teacher Education

Knowledge Communities in Teacher Education
Author: Cheryl J. Craig
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030546705

This book traces the origins and activities of the longest-standing collaborative teacher group in education, the Portfolio Group. Each chapter documents, historically and conceptually, the main intellectual moments in the evolution of the idea of knowledge communities. Authors illuminate the expansive work, research, and the leading/learning influence that the Portfolio Group has had in the local education community as well as on the international education landscape. In doing so, they illustrate the journey of a school-based, cross-institutional knowledge community and provide the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel for so many novice and newly formed groups seeking sustainability. The book demonstrates through the shared experiences of five teachers/teacher educators the ways in which varied collaborations aimed at professional development lead to teacher growth in practice, leadership, and career.

Developing Knowledge Communities through Partnerships for Literacy

Developing Knowledge Communities through Partnerships for Literacy
Author: Chestin Auzenne-Curl
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-09-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 183982266X

Developing Knowledge Communities through Partnerships for Literacy explores the development of knowledge communities - safe spaces on the educational landscape - where research and professional development with literacy teachers and writers can unfurl.

AIDS, Rhetoric, and Medical Knowledge

AIDS, Rhetoric, and Medical Knowledge
Author: Alex Preda
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2004-11-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781139442701

This 2005 book examines the formation of scientific knowledge about the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and shows the broader cultural assumptions which grounded this knowledge. Alex Preda highlights the metaphors, narratives, and classifications which framed scientific hypotheses about the nature of the infectious agent and its transmission ways and compares these arguments with those used in the scientific knowledge about SARS. Through detailed rhetorical analysis of biomedical publications, the author shows how knowledge about epidemics is shaped by cultural narratives and categories of social thought. Preda situates his analysis in the broader frame of the world risk society, where scientific knowledge is called upon to support and shape public policies about prevention and health maintenance, among others. But can these policies avoid the influence of cultural narratives and of social classifications? The book shows how culture matters for prevention and health policies, as well as with respect to how scientific research is organized and funded.

Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management

Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management
Author: Mingzheng Wang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2013-07-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642397875

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6 th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2013, held in Dalian City, China, in August 2013. The 50 revised papers (33 regular papers, 18 short papers, and keynote and invited talks) were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions.

Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization

Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization
Author: Limbu, Marohang
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2013-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466647582

Since the dawn of the digital era, the transfer of knowledge has shifted from analog to digital, local to global, and individual to social. Complex networked communities are a fundamental part of these new information-based societies. Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization examines the production, dissemination, and consumption of knowledge within networked communities in the wider global context of pervasive Web 2.0 and social media services. This book will offer insight for business stakeholders, researchers, scholars, and administrators by highlighting the important concepts and ideas of information- and knowledge-based economies.