First Hand Knowledge

Author : Robert D. Morrow
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9781561712748
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Hand Knowledge written by Robert D. Morrow and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1993-11 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only inner-circle operative not to have been mysteriously killed, the author steps out of the shadows to give riveting testimony. Morrow--who was a CIA covert agent--reveals how he came to purchase the rifles used by Oswald and others to kill JFK. Ties into the 30th anniversary of the assassination.

Author : Norma Gonzalez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135614059
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funds of Knowledge written by Norma Gonzalez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of "funds of knowledge" is based on a simple premise: people are competent and have knowledge, and their life experiences have given them that knowledge. The claim in this book is that first-hand research experiences with families allow one to document this competence and knowledge, and that such engagement provides many possibilities for positive pedagogical actions. Drawing from both Vygotskian and neo-sociocultural perspectives in designing a methodology that views the everyday practices of language and action as constructing knowledge, the funds of knowledge approach facilitates a systematic and powerful way to represent communities in terms of the resources they possess and how to harness them for classroom teaching. This book accomplishes three objectives: It gives readers the basic methodology and techniques followed in the contributors' funds of knowledge research; it extends the boundaries of what these researchers have done; and it explores the applications to classroom practice that can result from teachers knowing the communities in which they work. In a time when national educational discourses focus on system reform and wholesale replicability across school sites, this book offers a counter-perspective stating that instruction must be linked to students' lives, and that details of effective pedagogy should be linked to local histories and community contexts. This approach should not be confused with parent participation programs, although that is often a fortuitous consequence of the work described. It is also not an attempt to teach parents "how to do school" although that could certainly be an outcome if the parents so desired. Instead, the funds of knowledge approach attempts to accomplish something that may be even more challenging: to alter the perceptions of working-class or poor communities by viewing their households primarily in terms of their strengths and resources, their defining pedagogical characteristics. Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms is a critically important volume for all teachers and teachers-to-be, and for researchers and graduate students of language, culture, and education.

Author : Patrick Wilson
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second-Hand Knowledge written by Patrick Wilson and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1983-08-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author uses social epistemology to develop the cognitive authority theory. The fundamental concept of cognitive authority is that people construct knowledge in two different ways: based on their first-hand experience or on what they have learned second-hand from others. What people learn first-hand depends on the stock of ideas they bring to the interpretation and understanding of their encounters with the world. People primarily depend on others for ideas as well as for information outside the range of direct experience. Much of what they think of the world is what they have gained second-hand. All that people know of the world beyond the narrow range of their own lives is what others have told them. However, people do not count all hearsay as equally reliable; only those who are deemed to “know what they are talking about” become cognitive authorities. --

Author : Valerie Austin
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007397526
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Self Hypnosis written by Valerie Austin and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hypnosis is the most natural self-healing gift known to humanity. It is the key to changing old or unwanted behaviour patterns and creating new, positive habits.

Author : Georg von Krogh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199880824
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enabling Knowledge Creation written by Georg von Krogh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Knowledge-Creating Company (OUP; nearly 40,000 copies sold) appeared, it was hailed as a landmark work in the field of knowledge management. Now, Enabling Knowledge Creation ventures even further into this all-important territory, showing how firms can generate and nurture ideas by using the concepts introduced in the first book. Weaving together lessons from such international leaders as Siemens, Unilever, Skandia, and Sony, along with their own first-hand consulting experiences, the authors introduce knowledge enabling--the overall set of organizational activities that promote knowledge creation--and demonstrate its power to transform an organization's knowledge into value-creating actions. They describe the five key "knowledge enablers" and outline what it takes to instill a knowledge vision, manage conversations, mobilize knowledge activists, create the right context for knowledge creation, and globalize local knowledge. The authors stress that knowledge creation must be more than the exclusive purview of one individual--or designated "knowledge" officer. Indeed, it demands new roles and responsibilities for everyone in the organization--from the elite in the executive suite to the frontline workers on the shop floor. Whether an activist, a caring expert, or a corporate epistemologist who focuses on the theory of knowledge itself, everyone in an organization has a vital role to play in making "care" an integral part of the everyday experience; in supporting, nurturing, and encouraging microcommunities of innovation and fun; and in creating a shared space where knowledge is created, exchanged, and used for sustained, competitive advantage. This much-anticipated sequel puts practical tools into the hands of managers and executives who are struggling to unleash the power of knowledge in their organization.

Author : Cait Irwin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195310047
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monochrome Days written by Cait Irwin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author shares her experiences with childhood depression, explains what is currently known about major depression in adolescents, and offers tips on how to deal with depression both at home and at school.

Author : Amy Cissell
Publisher : Broken World Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1949410102
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Hand Knowledge written by Amy Cissell and published by Broken World Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Oracle Bay, the town where the psychics already knew you were coming. Misty likes to keep busy. She runs her small business empire, organizes the annual Autumn Bazaar, and crafts puns and eerily accurate predictions with her psychic friends. But when Joseph pulls his prized goat milk soaps from the bazaar, Misty is left with no choice but to confront the town crank and her former crush. Joseph has alienated nearly everyone in town, including the woman he used to have feelings for, all to protect a dark family secret. But when his prize goat goes missing, Misty is the only one who can solve the mystery that goes deeper than lost livestock. Misty and Joseph will have to overcome years of bad blood to solve the mystery of the missing magical goats, save Oracle Bay, and give their budding a love a chance to grow. First Hand Knowledge is book 2 in the Psychics of Oracle Bay paranormal cozy mystery romance series by USA Today Bestselling Author Amy Cissell. Keywords: paranormal romance, pnr, psychic romance, cozy romance, paranormal cozy romance, paranormal cozy mystery, pacific northwest fantasy, oracle bay, amy cissell

Author : A. A. Chadwick
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0578786648
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Classic Cattleyas written by A. A. Chadwick and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1818, William Cattley succeeded in flowering one of the first species of the genus that would bear his name. These first cattleyas are the classic cattleyas, whose form defined the essence of tropical orchids for generations to come. Indeed, the color of their flowers became known as "orchid." In this helpful and informative book, each classic Cattleya species is described in fascinating detail, and its role in breeding programs is elucidated. All that is required to appreciate and grow the large-flowered cattleyas successfully is included. Cultivation, humidity and watering, fertilizing, propagation, and diagnosing and treating problems are detailed, making this volume valuable for both veteran orchid enthusiasts and those who simply love these beautiful flowers.

Author : Pamela H. Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226818241
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Lived Experience to the Written Word written by Pamela H. Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book focuses on how literate artisans began to write about their discoveries starting around 1400: in other words, it explores the origins of technical writing. Artisans and artists began to publish handbooks, guides, treatises, tip sheets, graphs and recipe books rather than simply pass along their knowledge in the workshop. And they tried to articulate what the new knowledge meant. The popularity of these texts coincided with the founding of a "new philosophy" that sought to investigate nature in a new way. Smith shows how this moment began in the unceasing trials of the craft workshop, and ended in the experimentation of the natural scientific laboratory. These epistemological developments have continued to the present day and still inform how we think about scientific knowledge"--

Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195218893
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oxford English Dictionary written by John A. Simpson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.