Reflection and Paradigm Shift: Merrill Harmin’s Values Clarify Ideas

Paradigm Shift

A paradigm shift, suggested by Thomas Kuhn [1], is not just a small change in science, or the modification of a theory. It is a scientific revolution and completely changes the way in which science looks at the world. It often dictates how the public looks at the world. For example, Darwin's theories [2] were intensely debated by scientists and theologians. This debate spilled over into the pub...

A Methodology for Paradigm Shift to Explain Sustainable University

The sustainable university concept is rooted in prevalent paradigms pertained to economic, social and environmental development, which all focus on systemic thought and rationality; besides, they tend to  discover and solve problems by applying an interdisciplinary approach. However, the epistemic component is what these paradigms have ignored. The purpose of this study is to explain a methodo...

Preparing for Paradigm Shift

Software systems bridge the gap between information processing needs and available computer hardware. As system requirements grow in complexity and hardware evolves, the gap does not necessarily widen, but it certainly changes. Although today’s applications require concurrency and today’s hardware provides concurrency, programming languages remain predominantly sequential. Concurrent programmin...

Articulating our values to clarify our mission: Inviting community participation

E d i t o r i a l " The mission of The Journal of General Physiology (JGP) is to publish articles that elucidate important biological, chemical , or physical mechanisms of broad physiological significance. The major emphasis is on physiological problems at the cellular and molecular level. " In the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, the title character, a sports management agent, wrote a mission statemen...

Differential reflection phase shift under conditions of attenuated internal reflection