BACKGROUND The implementation of research findings is not a straightforward matter. There are substantive and recognised gaps in the process of translating research findings into practice and policy. In order to overcome some of these translational difficulties, a number of strategies have been proposed for researchers. These include greater use of theoretical approaches in research focused on ...

Th e fi ft y years since the 100th anniversary of John Dewey’s birth have marked the emergence of new technologies that aff ord a wealth of previously unknown approaches to learning, making it not only possible but practicable for Dewey’s educational vision of participatory learning to be realized on a mass scale. Th is chapter discusses these possibilities and their implications for learning i...

Title of Document: PARTICIPATORY EQUITY AND STUDENT OUTCOMES IN LIVING-LEARNING PROGRAMS OF DIFFERING THEMATIC TYPES Matthew Edward Soldner Doctor of Philosophy 2011 Directed By: Dr. Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas Associate Professor College of Education University of Maryland This study evaluated participatory equity in varying thematic types of livinglearning programs and, for a subset of student g...

the ongoing research was conducted to have the organizational learning development designed in iranian agricultural extension organization as based on entrepreneurship components and was implemented as a correlational research by using casual model. the statistical sample was comprised of 2768 extension employees in iran, one out of each six regional groups of provinces (n= 25) was randomly sel...

To realize large-scale socially embedded ambient intelligence systems, this paper proposes a design methodology towards society-centered design. Participatory technologies and multiagent systems are essential in the new system design perspective. Multiagent systems make it possible to test and predict the behavior of socially embedded systems. We have already developed the scenario description ...

The development of ICT infrastructures has facilitated the emergence of new paradigms for looking at society and the environment over the last few years. Participatory environmental sensing, i.e. directly involving citizens in environmental monitoring, is one example, which is hoped to encourage learning and enhance awareness of environmental issues. In this paper, an analysis of the behaviour ...

Participatory simulations are collaborative group learning activities whose goals are to improve teaching and learning, increasing motivation inside the classroom by engaging the learner in games simulating a certain system they have to learn about. It has been already applied to students of primary and secondary educational levels, however there are still not experiences reported with higher l...