Purpose To analyze differences between Western and Eastern cultures in the way they conceptualize knowledge and discuss the implications of these differences for a global intellectual capital (IC) theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach A systematic metaphor analysis of the concept of knowledge …

The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of metacognitive self-regulation for students in secondary vocational education. Drawing on research and theory characterizing writing as a complex skill, we analyzed students' reported metacognitive strategy use in relation to three writing genres: …

It has become a topic at Dutch educational institutes to feel not only responsible for improvement of theoretical and practical skills, but also of 'competences' in a wider sense. The curriculum of the Fontys University of Applied Sciences (32.000 students) and especially the Electrical and Electronic …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de plek van audiovisuele vorming in het voortgezet onderwijs in relatie tot ontwikkelingen in de amateurkunst, de professionele kunst en recent cultuurbeleid. Voor het onderzoek is het ontwikkelingsproject Media Connection bedacht, waarin mediakunstenaars samen lessen ontwerpen …

Door middel van een literatuurstudie is onderzoek gedaan de rollen die een e-tutor kan vervullen bij het begeleiden van leer- en groepsprocessen binnen een discussieforum. In het empirisch onderzoek zijn de mogelijke rollen en kenmerkende interventies in de vorm van een conceptinstrument gevalideerd …

In this chapter I would like to introduce the knowledge management concept known as communities of practice (CoPs) and show a direct link between CoPs and human resource development (HRD). CoPs are a proven way to effectively manage knowledge as well as promote organizational learning, so it is a logical …

Most arguments in favor of command line versus graphical user interface (GUI) computing are flawed by system administrator Platonism. A command like "cp test.txt /mnt/disk" is, however, not a single bit closer to a hypothetic "truth" of the machine than dragging an icon of the file.txt with a mouse pointer …

The annual publication (since 1995) of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International (TI) Secretariat in Berlin, gives the scores of the perceptions which selected observers have of the prevalence of corruption in their countries. They do not report about facts. Moreover, these …

    Welk perspectief hebben betrokken partijen op vraagstukken van stedelijke ontwikkeling, met name rondom woningbouw en bedrijventerreinen? Hoe kijkt men aan tegen inbreiding, uitbreiding, inpassing?    Welke strategieën ontwikkelen zij ten aanzien van binnenstedelijke inbreiding versus uitbreiding? …

On digital pornography.