From Epistemological Constrains towards Epistemological Resources in the Science Classroom

On Epistemological Pluralism in Design Science

Design Science is an old hat, but why is a debate on design science in today's IS research so necessary? Here, I would like to make an argument from my personal perspective, reflecting the German research tradition, which is—in great parts—strongly oriented towards design science research (Niehaves 2006). What Iivari (2007) mentioned holds true in this case as well: Nobody uses the term design ...

Epistemological beliefs and learners in a tablet classroom

Using studies reporting evidence that a learner’s personal epistemological beliefs may influence their acceptance and success in learning, this small study compares learner satisfaction with their epistemological beliefs, gender and age to investigate their adaptation to the use of new mobile technologies for learning. Very early indications from an ongoing study of a mobile tablet classroom ar...

Epistemological status

It is widely held, by social scientists as well as by lay people, that the members of human groups have an "innate" propensity to distinguish between insiders and outsiders, to delineate social boundaries and to develop stereotypes about "the other" in order to sustain and justify these boundaries. If this is indeed the case, ethnicity can be conceived of as being nearly as universal a characte...

Epistemological Error

Epistemological Derangement

0039-3 doi:10 E-m So, the further I get with the description of the radical social constructionist programme and a particular version of postmodernism, coupled to the acid tools of critical discourse in the human sciences, themore nervous I get.Like all neuroses,mine is rooted in the problem of metaphor, that is, the problem of the relation of bodies and language. (Donna Haraway, 1991, p. 185, ...