Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory

Theory as Practice: Thinking Theoretically About Health Promotion

Learning Objectives When you finish reading this chapter, you will be able to: Describe similarities between commonsense and scientific theories. 1. Choose a definition of scientific theory that makes the most sense 2. to you. Articulate a definition of theoretical thinking (or theorizing) and 3. theory. Further examine and test the notion of theories as stories. 4. Outline what theory/theorizi...

مقایسه تاثیر روش‌های تدریس تئوری-‌‌عملی با عملی- تئوری درس آناتومی بر میزان یادگیری و رضایت‌مندی دانشجویان

Abstract Background: Educational systems need to modify teaching methods in order to be effective. This research was conducted to study the effects of theory-practice and practice-theory methods of anatomy teaching on student learning and satisfaction. Methods: This quasi-experimental survey was carried out on second semester students of Lorestan University. During a 6-week period student...

A sociocultural analysis of personal practical theorizing as an awareness raising technique in novice and expert teachers’ professional development

As a part of a larger-scale research, the present study aimed to use the main tenets of sociocultural perspective; namely, mediation, internalization, zone of proximal development, and the activity theory, to analyze the novice and expert teachers’ professional development through personal practical theorizing as an awareness raising technique. Furthermore, the study attempted to identify the c...

The founders and promoters of the theory of insulting and cursing somebody by name and specifications in the Islam

In a few parts of the Islamic society, we observe some Muslims who say words of insult and curse as to some people by their name and specifications and even sometimes blaspheme them. Such a manner seems to have been practiced since long ego and even recently the pretenders of the Islamic government and religious thought are still practicing it, too. Since their first organized movements to ruin...

When Theory Met Practice: Distributional Analysis in Critical Criminal Law Theorizing