Knowledge management

The Allegory of The Cave is a story about a man who had spent his life chained to a cave only seeing shadows from a fire behind him. One day, he is released and goes to see the wonders of his new world. Eventually, he returns back to the cave to tell the other prisoners about the wonders of the world however they did not recognize his distorted voice or his shadowed body. It is from there that Plato begins his commentary of what the allegory was trying to say. Many topics were discussed in…

what some people declare it to be, namely, putting knowledge into souls that lack it, like putting sight into blind eyes” which is seen when the enlightened prisoner feels obligated to go back and share with his friends what he has learned. Just like this prisoner, Socrates feels obligated to educate his friends in a way by which they will gain a deeper understanding. This is the way in which teachers today should also teach, for when knowledge is shared happiness is spread “throughout the city…

developed the five assumptions of andragogy. Knowles noted that a child’s primary role is a student, to learn the basic knowledge required to take on learning as an adult, where the primary role then becomes being an individual contributor to society. Adults are faced with carrying out roles such as employee, parent, caregiver, and so on that require knowledge beyond the basic knowledge obtained as a child. The roles…

Diversity and Culture Culture is a powerful characteristic learned over the course of our lives, influenced by our surroundings that develop who we become as an individual. The term is defined in Floyd’s (2014) Interpersonal Communication textbook as, “Culture is defined as the system of learned and shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguishes a group of people from another,” (Floyd, 2014, page 36). Culture is one of the traits that brings diversity, and defines people to…

between having a casual conversation and a conversation that uses new vocabulary and strengthens students’ skills in reading and writing. A conversation can be surface level content, which means that students do not reach too far into their prior knowledge and does not challenge them. Purposeful and strategic conversations do have a purpose and an outcome. The authors draw the audience in to this section of the article by using ethos, because a person can tell when a conversation is deep and…

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is a tale of a young Brahmin (Siddhartha) and his travels to find the deepest meaning of life; enlightenment. By doing so Siddhartha finds himself in multiple situations; he first begins searching for Samana. He eventually starts from that path, however, upon realizing that his physical body is disturbing his road of enlightenment. He had taught himself to realise his consciousness from his physical body. Himself and his childhood friend, Govinda would fast for…

overall I believe that my presentation went very well. This is because of the visuals used, the examples I presented, the tone of the presentation, and my overall knowledge of the subject. Using the feedback summary that I got from my students, I can safely say that my presentation was very successful. However, there are a few key areas of the presentation that I would improve for future use, and there are also a few things that I would do to make the application experience better for all…

A.5. To understand the formative dimension of assessment as a regulatory tool in the teaching-learning process as well as a tool for encouraging students' effort. A.6. To differentiate between evaluation procedures (systematic observation, analysis of the students' productions...) and evaluation tools (checklists, rubrics, written work...) and to apply them in specific situations. DESCRIPTION After having analyzed all the information related to the evaluation process used by my tutor, and…

Theoretical framework Teaching students in further education In this chapter an overview is given of what motivation is and how this can be translated to the daily practice of teaching English to nursing students. Motivation in learning It is no news that the success of a lesson depends on how well the students cooperate in class. In order to gain satisfactory learning results, students have to be motivated to put effort in their learning process. Moreover, the higher their motivation to…

of knowledge” (Khalil Gibran). This quote, better than anything, explains that gaining knowledge begins with disagreement. Multiple people may see the same thing differently having different thoughts and ideas about it. Some of these people’s ideas will turn out to be true depending on the evidence that they get, others seeing that their theories have no backing will agree that what the other person suggests is true. Thus, robust knowledge is created. From this, we can conclude that knowledge…