scholarly journals Reflective Blogging: Education in a Social Constructivist Environment – A Case Study

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashika Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Constructivist Environment

A Developing Arms Race in Outer Space? De-Constructing the Dynamics in the Field of Anti-Satellite Weapons

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Arne Sönnichsen ◽  
Daniel Lambach
Keyword(s):  
Outer Space ◽  
Arms Race ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Rising Powers ◽  
China And India ◽  
Status Seeking ◽  
Social Constructivist Approach

Fears about the militarization of space are widespread. For example, the recent development of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) capabilities by rising powers like China and India is often described as a technologically driven arms race. This article takes a social constructivist approach to deconstruct the dynamics of this supposed arms race. Using a case study of Mission Shakti, the 2019 Indian ASAT test, the conclusion is that the ASAT arms race is more complex than it seems at first glance. Most importantly, states seem less motivated by security gains but frequently make status-seeking arguments. This offers possibilities for de-securitizing outer space again.

scholarly journals Awakening Sociocultural Realities in Pre-service Teachers Through a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-197
Author(s):  
Angela Yicely Castro-Garcés
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Knowledge Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural World

Language learning that is grounded on learners’ sociocultural realities promises to be a meaningful experience they are likely to treasure when it comes to grappling with practical day-to-day matters. This article reports on a research study aimed at fostering socioculturally constructed language learning in a group of pre-service English teachers. This is a qualitative case study, grounded in a social constructivist paradigm, which draws on a pedagogy of multiliteracies through the Knowledge Process and the Concept of Design (Cope & Kalantzis, 2009) to embrace diverse modes of communication and to expand learners’ possibilities of engagement with text and the social and cultural world around them. The findings indicate that while learners are provided with opportunities to explore, reflect and co-construct socioculturally driven knowledge, they are involved in a meaning-making experience that allows them to make sense of the language they are learning.

From Engineer to Architecture? Designing for a Social Constructivist Environment

2011 ◽  
pp. 185-209
Author(s):  
Karen Lee
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Teaching Expertise ◽  
Cognitive Theories ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Constructivist Environment

This chapter examines the design requirements of a social constructivist virtual learning environment. It uses the example of teaching expertise to practitioners to demonstrate the practical application of the cognitive theories underpinning a community of practice, with the objective of providing an insight into some of the complex issues involved in creating such an environment. It is argued that the analogy of designer as architect is most appropriate, reflecting a move from task-centred courseware to learner-centred situated environments.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

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