A map is a representation of a territory. It is a tool which presents to the map reader an aspect of a territory to give clearer and deeper understanding of the territory and to help the reader to navigate it. In order for a map to achieve this purpose, it has to simplify, which is, to reduce, to shorten, to make precise; to put in basic form and even to magnify since magnification is taking a part of a whole and enlarging it. Likewise, Knowledge can be seen as a map representing reality. Through Knowledge, one is able to gain a clearer and deeper understanding of reality and in effect, one is able to use knowledge to improve reality, to change it and to create avenues for the acquisition of more knowledge. Just as there are different maps for different purposes such as a political map or a physical map, there are different aspects of knowledge such as areas of knowledge and ways of knowing which represent different aspects of reality. In this essay, I will focus on the natural sciences and the arts as areas of knowledge and language as a way of knowing, in discussing to what ext...
Knowledge is defined as information and skills one acquires through experience or education. There is; however, a certain knowledge than cannot be certain and is unjustifiable from the scientific perspective. Karen Armstrong, Robert Thurman, and Azar Nafisi wrote about this type of knowledge in their essays: “Homo Religiosus,” “Wisdom,” and “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” respectively. Each of these authors has a different view of what knowledge is exactly, how it can be achieved, and what it means to have achieved it, but each author takes on the view that the concept of knowledge should be viewed from a social stance. Armstrong refers to this uncertain knowledge as “myth,” Thurman refers to it as “wisdom,” and Nafisi refers to it as “upsilamba";
The movie “PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE” is about the state of Arizona banning ethnic studies. The movie’s main focus is on Tucson High school, specifically the class known as the Mexican American/Raza Studies. They learned about the honest truths about America along with their own culture. However, many politicians saw this class as un-American and “Stalinist”. This movie showed that the students became thriving adults because they were able to learn about their own cultures. During a political meeting, many politicians felt like this was an unnecessary class that was wasting their tax dollars. One law maker goes as far to say that if Mexican Americans want to learn about their culture, they should go back to Mexico. Many people saw these Mexican American students as lazy and disinterested. This is related to the “canary in the mind pit” analogy because
Throughout the book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave many themes are developed relating to slavery. Such themes that are well developed include corruption, brutality, and knowledge. Perhaps the most important theme that was developed was knowledge and its power in everything. Frederick Douglass gained knowledge throughout his life, defying the laws surrounding slavery. Perhaps one of the most impressive things from the life of Frederick Douglass was the fact that, except for a few months at the beginning of his engagement with Mr. and Mrs. Auld, he was a self taught man who took it upon himself to expand his knowledge. Frederick Douglass discovered the power of knowledge and applied this to his life in many different stages. First, he discovered that knowledge is power. Second, he went out of his way to obtain all the knowledge he could. Third, he used that knowledge, that he had gained over years and years of self-taught, underground learning, and used it to run away from the brutal life of a slave. Finally, he used the knowledge he had gained to publicly speak against the institution of slavery and make it a point to earn the right of universal suffrage for all men. He presented many ideas, which we today, can see were very strong and moral convictions from his views as an abolitionist.
By studying artwork and understanding the meaning behind it, shared knowledge has the potential to shape personal knowledge to great extents, consequently raising the knowledge issue, “to what extent is preliminary skill and education and art required to impact the collective community in the Arts”. However, without the existence, spread, and development of personal knowledge, there is no room for shared knowledge to grow. Personal knowledge may lead to the rise of artistic movements and thus the creation of artistic movements. The artistic movements may subsequently lead to a paradigm shift. Shared knowledge and personal knowledge must work hand in hand to help shape knowledge. Thus, I agree with the statement that personal knowledge is based on the foundation of shared knowledge to a certain
The component sub-processes are necessary but not sufficient of themselves to accomplish the aim of the system.
The ontology and epistemology of the researcher influences the design of tools for health education. However, it is imperative that the researcher is aware of, one’s own culture, values, assumptions and beliefs (7), and recognizes how these inherent biases/prejudices may influence the design of health education tools. The researcher must be mindful of the target population’s ontology and way of learning so as to ensure that the tool provides learning and information in the manner familiar and comfortable to the recipients as this will increase learning and produce sustainable change. Most importantly, the underlining theory that guides the design of the tool must be commensurate with Indigenous epistemology.
Core knowledge is a psychological theory that proposes the idea that children have innate cognitive abilities that are the product of evolutionary mechanisms, called nativism. The theoretical approach of constructivism also includes that children have domain-specific learning mechanisms that efficiently collect additional information for those specific domains. The core knowledge theory is primarily focused on whether our cognitive abilities, or capacities, are palpable early on in development, or if these capacities come up during a later developmental phase (Siegler 168).
There are various forms, subsets, and perspectives on knowledge. Intensively discusesed in the book is the concept or propositional knowledge, which is usually the answer when asked what knowledge is. The idea behind propositional knowledge is within knowing something is that way. For example, people make claims such as that George Washington was the first president of the United States in the late 1700s. This type of knowledge is separated from knowledge by acquaintance and knowing how. Knowledge by acquaintance comes from personal experiences or our senses. An example of such would be the knowledge of how chocolate tastes because you have tasted it before. As we can see by the title, which includes the word acquaintance, the knowledge derives
Knowledge is rarely considered permanent, because it is constantly changing and adapting as time passes and new discoveries are made. This title roughly translates into the question: to what extent is knowledge provisional? In other words, to what extent does knowledge exist for the present, possibly to be changed in the future? At first glance, one’s mind would immediately stray to the natural sciences, and how theories are constantly being challenged, disproven, and discarded. Because of this, one might be under the impression that knowledge is always provisional because there is always room for improvement; however, there are some cases in which this is not true. There are plenty of ideas and theories that have withstood the test of time, but on the other end of the spectrum there are many that have not. This essay will evaluate the extent to which knowledge is provisional in the areas of the human sciences and history.
Superstition and ignorance have always formed part of man's worship from earliest times and the only things that have changed are the fervour, form and depth of that very same superstition and ignorance. The consequences however have not changed, they have merely intensified and in many ways become more widespread. To examine what pertains today in the name of worship is to see a clear reflection of what pertained in years of old when people worshipped the moon and stars and thunder and lightning and an assortment of animals and events. However honest and sincere false worship may be entered into, for it is certain that not all false worshippers are rogues and tricksters, at the end of the day it is still vanity.
4. “Without application in the real world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished.” Consider this claim with respect to two areas of knowledge.
Success of Knowledge Transfer in an organization is dependent on the efficient transfer and use of knowledge. Employees need specific skills and knowledge to effectively perform their functions.
Ignorance and knowledge are quite different factors in life, which one is a better mind set to have? Ignorance and knowledge are clearly different. To the public eye knowledge is better than ignorance, by under circumstances knowing things can be annoying to other people. Daniel Keyes had written a short story “Flowers for Algernon” this short story is a tale of a mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon who had wanted to become smarter like the rest of his peers. His adult school teacher volunteers him for an experiment that might just do that for him. He is chosen for the operation and the operation is later done. It works at first but he later starts to revert to his old I.Q. In
Global knowledge is the world’s leading form of knowledge to support and prepare students, teachers, leaders, parents and many others as they adapt to assorted transformations around the world. Global knowledge is presented and introduced by different means and resources. Various programs are designed to help students, leaders, parents, teachers and many others to function in a global knowledge society. Global knowledge is effective when it is delivered by qualified, knowledgeable and caring instructors. Once a qualified leader is in charge of a team or group he / she will deliver continuous learning, support, public training, workshops, private training, etc. the process will be in place.
“A map is only useful if it simplifies things.” To what extent does this apply to knowledge?”