Towards a new era of knowledge creation: A brief discussion of the epistemology for knowledge

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Chai, Ching Sing ^a   Wong, Lung Hsiang ^a   Gao, Ping ^a   Wang, Qiyun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epistemology; K 16 education; Knowledge creation; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; SCAFFOLDS;

DIFFERENT STAGES; EPISTEMOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; KNOWLEDGE BUILDING; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; LEARNING PROCESS; WORKPLACE LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79954578395     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2011.039690     Document Type: Article

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