Epistemology and Practice of Interdisciplinarity

Historical Performance: Theory, Practice, and Interdisciplinarity

Friday, May 19 8:00am Registration; no fee/open to public 8:45am Welcome and introductory remarks (Sweeney Hall) 9:00-10:00 Opening Plenary Address (Sweeney) Session Chair: Margaret Bent (All Souls College, Oxford) The sound of (sixteenth-century) music Laurie Stras (University of Southampton) Thirty years ago, in a ground-breaking chapter that lifted the veil on the music of medieval convents,...

ERGONOMIC PRACTICE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSDs) : OPENNESS TO INTERDISCIPLINARITY

MSDs represent a complex phenomenon, and interdisciplinarity seems desirable not only in research but also in the intervention. First, a model is proposed for understanding work situations that result in the development of MSDs for the purpose of integrating several types of learning based on a systemic approach and of identifying the significance of different terms. An interdisciplinary study ...

The practice turn in nursing epistemology.

Nursing is a fascinating discipline. Nurses have the honor and expertise to participate closely in human healing processes of individuals, families, communities, and other systems of care. Yet, because the practitioner’s expertise in healing is not fully understood, some account for it by relying on concepts (like intuition, tacit knowing, and gut feelings) that render nursing knowledge more my...

Does epistemology matter for educational practice?

an investigation of the impact of self monitoring on langauge teachers motivational practice and its effect on learners motivation

the central purpose of this study was to conduct a case study about the role of self monitoring in teacher’s use of motivational strategies. furthermore it focused on how these strategies affected students’ motivational behavior. although many studies have been done to investigate teachers’ motivational strategies use (cheng & d?rnyei, 2007; d?rnyei & csizer, 1998; green, 2001, guilloteaux & d?...