Investigating locality: Socio-cultural and technological perspectives

Socio-cultural Perspectives on Object-oriented Learning

One of the central objectives of project COOL is to explore critical aspects associated with learning (and teaching) object-oriented concepts. This objective will be pursued by bringing forth the heritage of Kristen Nygaard and the Norwegian approach to object-orientation. The project will develop learning material based on this work and intends to make the material available to the object-orie...

Investigating Socio-spatial Knowledge Networks in Technological Learning

This study constitutes part of an ongoing research programme exploring New Zealand dairy farmers’ uptake of technological learning (TL), which means the way in which people access information, convert it into useable knowledge, and benefit by it in some way. As yet, no research has explored the ways in which social networks may be important in TL, despite the awareness that social networks may ...

Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: Socio-Cultural and Familial Perspectives

Associate Professor Yael Latzer, DSc, Associate Professor Daniel Stein, MD and Professor Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc Director, Institute for the Treatment and Study of Eating Disorders, Division of Psychiatry, Rambam, Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. affiliated with the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Siences, Haifa University, Israel. Email:[email protected] Director, Pediatric Ps...

Gendered Drugs and Medicine. Historical and Socio-Cultural Perspectives.

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...