Powerful knowledge

Knowledge industry: a powerful mechanism.

The paper deals with the pharmaceutical industry's links to the knowledge industry, through powerful marketing strategies. With the aim of scientifically legitimizing its products, the pharmaceutical industry interferes with the production of medical knowledge. In the form of a mechanism for directing economic interests, it funds drug research, biases its results and stimulates the production a...

Powerful Knowledge: applications in a cultural context

Conceptualizing Powerful Knowledge according to Michael Young’s Knowladge-baced Curriculum Theory

“Powerful Knowledge” is the main concept in Michael Young’s Knowledge-based curriculum theory. For more than 4 decades, he has been developing a variety of educational Ideas under the shadow of the concept. This paper tries to take out its implications for Curriculum theory, by reviewing most of annotated bibliography which was published by Young. The paper also covers some remarks and critique...

Powerful public sector knowledge management: a school district example

Purpose – Drawn from a recent research study of the Toronto District School Board, this paper aims to examine how the District employs knowledge management to initiate and improve early literacy instruction and achievement. Design/methodology/approach – This study draws on Nonaka and Takeuchi’s framework to explore how focusing on tacit-to-tacit knowledge-sharing strategies influence early lite...

Healio.com: specialty knowledge delivered in a more powerful platform.

As the world of publishing has evolved, so has the mission of SLACK Incorporated, a family-owned company that has provided the medical community with award-winning information since 1923, and the publishers of Orthopedics. From the company’s start in print 90 years ago to its current roster of medical newspapers and 18 different Web sites, SLACK’s team now drives expert information to .9 millio...