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We Knew It All Along! Using Cognitive Science to Explain How Andragogy Works
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Hagen, Marcia; Park, Sunyoung – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to link recent findings in cognitive neuroscience to better understand how andragogically informed instructional practices impact cognition and learning. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research questions guiding the study is in what ways can the recent findings in cognitive neuroscience help to inform adult education…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Memory, Schemata (Cognition), Neurosciences
A Chaos of Delight: A Response to Hisham Ghassib
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Merrotsy, Peter – Gifted and Talented International, 2010
This article presents the author's response to Hisham Ghassib's paper entitled "Where does creativity fit into a productivist industrial model of knowledge production?" In his paper, Ghassib (2010) explores the epistemological ramifications of science becoming a major industry, which is generally called the knowledge industry. In particular, he…
Descriptors: Creativity, Scientific Research, Scientific Methodology, Innovation
Scientific Literacy of Adult Participants in an Online Citizen Science Project
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Price, Charles Aaron – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Citizen Science projects offer opportunities for non-scientists to take part in scientific research. Scientific results from these projects have been well documented. However, there is limited research about how these projects affect their volunteer participants. In this study, I investigate how participation in an online, collaborative…
Descriptors: Science Projects, Scientific Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Self Efficacy
Elevating the Civic Science Literacy of American Adults: Assessing a Renewed Citizen Science Paradigm Integrating Nonformal Outdoor Adult Education and Enhanced Experiential Learning
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Cronin, David Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2011
America's adult populace has failed to keep pace with the rapid inundation of science-centric advancements affecting nearly every facet of personal and public life. With deficiencies in areas of science knowledge, America's adult populace is characterized as civic science illiterate. This research constructed and employed the renewed citizen…
Descriptors: Adults, Low Achievement, Scientific Literacy, Citizenship Responsibility
Grant Development for Large Scale Research Proposals: An Overview and Case Study
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Goodman, Ira S. – Journal of Research Administration, 2011
With some NIH pay lines running at or below the 10th percentile, and funding becoming scarce for large science grants, new approaches are necessary to secure large interdisciplinary grant awards. The UCSD Moores Cancer Center has developed a team approach, starting with the identification of a competitive opportunity and progressing to the…
Descriptors: Expertise, Research Administration, Research Proposals, Grants
Where Does Creativity Fit into a Productivist Industrial Model of Knowledge Production?
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Ghassib, Hisham B. – Gifted and Talented International, 2010
The basic premise of this paper is the fact that science has become a major industry: the knowledge industry. The paper throws some light on the reasons for the transformation of science from a limited, constrained and marginal craft into a major industry. It, then, presents a productivist industrial model of knowledge production, which shows its…
Descriptors: Creativity, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Principles