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Author | : International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Education, Higher |
ISBN | : 0889368937 |
Download A New World of Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In communications, health care, and economics, events, discoveries, and decisions that originate beyond national borders today routinely influence national policies and practices. But how are our system of education, and particularly our universities, affected by globalization? A New World of Knowledge examines how globalization has obliged universities in Canada to reassess and rethink the international dimension of their mission and practice. All now include an international dimension in their mission statement. Is this a true statement of educational principles? Or is it simply a marketing message intended to position the university to cope with budget reductions through the sale of educational services? A New World of Knowledge looks at the important role that Canadian universities have played in shaping Canada's response to the problems of international development. It provides the historical backdrop and level of analysis needed to properly inform choices for the future of higher education in Canada and abroad. The book will interest teachers and administrators in institutions of higher education, especially in international affairs and educational studies; practitioners in organizations that depend on university linkages (such as in NGOs and research-granting organizations); government officials in the education sector; and students looking for an international education.
Author | : Jose Maria Perez Fernandez |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2021-01-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0300256205 |
Download Hernando Colon's New World of Books Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colón This engaging book offers the first comprehensive account of the extraordinary projects of Hernando Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, which culminated in the creation of the greatest library of the Renaissance, with ambitions to be universal––that is, to bring together copies of every book, on every subject and in every language. Pérez Fernández and Wilson-Lee situate Hernando’s projects within the rapidly changing landscape of early modern knowledge, providing a concise history of the collection of information and the origins of public libraries, examining the challenges he faced and the solutions he devised. The two authors combine “meticulous research with deep and original thought,” shedding light on the history of libraries and the organization of knowledge. The result is an essential reference text for scholars of the early modern period, and for anyone interested in the expansion and dissemination of information and knowledge.
Author | : Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 505 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300167954 |
Download The Power of Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A thought-provoking analysis of how the acquisition and utilization of information has determined the course of history over the past five centuries and shaped the world as we know it todaydiv /DIV
Author | : Joyce Appleby |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2013-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393239519 |
Download Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity.
Author | : Paula Findlen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2018-10-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429867921 |
Download Empires of Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Empires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks – local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular – as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world. It seeks to answer questions about what role these networks played in making knowledge, how information traveled, how it was transformed by travel, and who the brokers of this world were. Bringing together an international group of historians of science and medicine, this book looks at the changing relationship between knowledge and community in the early modern period through case studies connecting Europe, Asia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Americas. It explores a landscape of understanding (and misunderstanding) nature through examinations of well-known intelligencers such as overseas missions, trading companies, and empires while incorporating more recent scholarship on the many less prominent go-betweens, such as translators and local experts, which made these networks of knowledge vibrant and truly global institutions. Empires of Knowledge is the perfect introduction to the global history of early modern science and medicine.
Author | : B. J. Sokol |
Publisher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780838639252 |
Download A Brave New World of Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This study of an extraordinary work of dramatic literature also addresses questions of the nature and dissemination of the scientific revolution. These facets are locked together: although the book does not deny that 'The Tempest' had deep roots in classical literature and elsewhere, it maintains that the play's remarkable dramaturgy and symbolism reflect subtle matters uniquely pertinet to its own fascinating time. A 'Brave New World of Knowledge' uncovers a number of previously little-appreciated connections of 'The Tempest' with specific problems or advances of knowledge, thus showing that the play reflected innovative proto-scientific modes of confronting the physical, biological, and human realms. It also argues that Shakespeare's play mirrored a new tendency to repudiate earlier Renaissance dreams of achieving omniscience and omnipotence. The play reflected a newer hope for knowledge based on speculative boldness linked with close observation, rational and sober precision, and a radical capacity to accept limitation and not-knowing.
Author | : Richard Platt |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2017-09-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0763693480 |
Download A World of Information Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Facts and figures for the curious reader. Covers more than 30 fascinating "general knowledge" topics, including shapes, tides, the solar system, and the periodic table.
Author | : Christopher Gill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2009-12-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0521767512 |
Download Galen and the World of Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This study places Galen more firmly in the intellectual life of his period of the second century AD.
Author | : Steffen Staab |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2006-10-04 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 3540463658 |
Download Managing Knowledge in a World of Networks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, EKAW 2006, held in Podebrady, Czech Republic in October 2006. The 17 revised full papers and 16 revised short papers presented together with two invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 119 submissions.
Author | : Charlotte Matilda Hunt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1826 |
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