scholarly journals Insight, interactivity and materiality

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Vallee-Tourangeau
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Methodological Individualism ◽  
Abstract Representation ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
External Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
Spatio Temporal

The popular iconography of insight casts a thinker as he or she uncoils from a Rodin pose and a bulb that lights a world hitherto hidden. By and large, these features of folk mythology capture and guide how psychologists conduct research on insight: Mental processes — some of which may be unconscious — transform an inceptive abstract representation of the world until it prescribes a fruitful solution to a problem. Yet thinking and problem solving outside the laboratory involve interacting with external resources, and through this interactivity with a material world, solutions are distilled. Still, laboratory work on problem solving pays scant and largely indifferent attention to interactivity: Sometimes problems are presented as riddles or static graphical or diagrammatic images, or sometimes they are accompanied by artefacts that can be manipulated (and sometimes interactivity is possible for some problems but not others within a set of problems over which performance is indiscriminately amalgamated). The research methodology — and indifference to the central role of interactivity in thinking — follows from a deep-seated commitment to mentalism and methodological individualism. However, a thinker is an embodied creature embedded in a physical world: The materiality of external resources and artefacts through which problems manifest themselves inevitably determines a set of action affordances. From a systemic perspective, thinking is traceable along a contingent spatio-temporal itinerary wrought by interactivity and evidenced by changes in the world.

scholarly journals How Does Sustainability Affect Consumer Choices in the Fashion Industry?

Resources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Leandro Pereira ◽  
Rita Carvalho ◽  
Álvaro Dias ◽  
Renato Costa ◽  
Nelson António
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
The World ◽  
Consumer Perspectives ◽  
Immense Potential ◽  
General Perspective

The fashion industry being one of the most polluting industries in the world means that it is an industry with an immense potential for change. Consumers are central and are closely intertwined with how companies act. This research reflects consumer perspectives and practices towards the topic of sustainability implemented in the fashion industry. The relevance of sustainability in the fashion industry and the key role of consumers in its implementation are undeniable and confirmed by consumers in a representation of general awareness and concern, despite not always being translated into actual practices. A qualitative research methodology, followed by a set of interviews conducted with consumers, revealed that the great majority are implementing a variety of practices when making their buying choices towards fashion items. Barriers such as lack of education, information, knowledge and transparency were identified, and this aspect was shared by consumers as a reason why they are not motivated to make more conscious decisions. Companies should educate consumers from a general perspective and focus on the group of consumers that are not implementing sustainability in the fashion industry in their buying choices, as they represent the potential for the future.

A geographical analysis of the first wave of Covid-19 with reference to highland and lowland regions of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-281
Author(s):  
Bindhy Wasini Pandey ◽  
◽  
Yuvraj Singh ◽  
Usha Rani ◽  
Roosen Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Temporal Pattern ◽  
Regional Disparity ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Extensive Coverage ◽  
The World ◽  
Spatio Temporal

The issue of health has become a major concern in recent years as a result of extensive coverage of media reporting outbreaks of diseases and the spread of deadly infectious diseases around the world. There has been a growing concern over the accessibility and affordability of healthcare facilities. The spread of the ongoing pandemic COVID-19 has been felt all over the world. However, the rate of infection varies across certain regions of the world. There exists intra-regional disparity as well. Recent research shows that there are latitudinal and altitudinal variations in the spread of the COVID-19. This paper studies variation of infection COVID-19 across the highlands of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) and the lowland areas in India. The paper also examines the role of geographical spaces in the spread of coronavirus in these regions. The study indicates that place-based effects (altitude, temperature, pollution levels, etc.) on health can be seen in a variety of ways; therefore, locational issues are very important for addressing health questions. The paper also analyses the Spatio-temporal pattern of the COVID-19 pandemic in the study area to understand the nature of the disease in different locations.

Developing a Web Application for the Integration of Real-World, Scientific, Problem-Solving into the Secondary Classroom

2013 ◽  
pp. 422-432
Author(s):  
Susan E. Gill ◽  
Nanette I. Marcum-Dietrich ◽  
John Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Real World ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Scientific Problem Solving ◽  
Secondary Classroom ◽  
The World ◽  
Interdisciplinary Framework ◽  
K 12

In the 21st century, digital natives, born into a world of omnipresent technology, spend much of their lives online. However, many teachers still see the use of educational technologies as a challenge (e.g., Ertmer, 2005; Li, 2007). The authors propose that the familiarity and ubiquity of these media offer a valuable way to engage students in meaningful learning. In the last decade, the National Science Foundation has invested heavily in bringing technology into the K-12 classroom by funding an array of cyberlearning applications to investigate how they can transform student learning. Model My Watershed is one of those experimental platforms that integrates online learning with an understanding of the physical world within an interdisciplinary framework. This case study documents the development of this application from concept through implementation and beyond. It provides insights into the challenges of application design and deployment for those entering the world of cyberlearning design.

scholarly journals Embodiment and the Philosophy of Mind

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 35-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Clark
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Real World ◽  
Philosophy Of Mind ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Inner Model ◽  
The World ◽  
Cognitive Scientist ◽  
Biological Problem ◽  
The Mind

Cognitive science is in some sense the science of the mind. But an increasingly influential theme, in recent years, has been the role of the physical body, and of the local environment, in promoting adaptive success. No right-minded cognitive scientist, to be sure, ever claimed that body and world were completely irrelevant to the understanding of mind. But there was, nonetheless, an unmistakeable tendency to marginalize such factors: to dwell on inner complexity whilst simplifying or ignoring the complex inner-outer interplays that characterize the bulk of basic biological problem-solving. This tendency was expressed in, for example, the development of planning algorithms that treated real-world action as merely a way of implementing solutions arrived at by pure cognition (more recent work, by contrast, allows such actions to play important computational and problem-solving roles). It also surfaced in David Marr's depiction of the task of vision as the construction of a detailed threedimensional image of the visual scene. For possession of such a rich inner model effectively allows the system to ‘throw away’ the world and to focus subsequent computational activity on the inner model alone.

scholarly journals Seeing God and the Poetry of Ursula Bethell

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Marit Flinn
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
The World ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Invisible

<p>Mary Ursula Bethell's poems are almost exclusively celebrations of natural beauty. What, then, is the significance of the beauty within the world to the poet? This question is central to Bethell's poetry and this thesis attempts to answer it. Beauty, for Bethell, is the invisible shining through the visible. It is the glory of God shown in the physical world. As Bethell searches for and celebrates beauty, she is in fact searching for and celebrating the face of God.  Bethell's first collection, From a Garden in the Antipodes, introduces the role of beauty in the poet's life: a role of revealing the world as a point of connection between herself and her God. Time and Place continues with this theme. Here the focus is on Christ as the ultimate Being - the foundation of all things, who is revealed most perfectly through the beauty of the world. Day and Night holds the climax of the revelation of God. It unveils the Holy Spirit as the 'Spirit of Beauty', so creating a direct link between the poet and her God - a link which is made evident by the beauty of the world.</p>

scholarly journals PERANAN AUDITOR INTERNAL DALAM UPAYA PENDETEKSIAN DAN PENCEGAHAN FRAUD TERHADAP PELAKSANAAN GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Devi Anggriani ◽  
Juniati Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Internal Auditing ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Creation

<p class="Style1"><em>Internal auditing serves help management in detection and prevention his that happens at an organization in the implementation of the good corporate governance. </em><em>Principies of good corporate governance is an indicator the achievement of the </em><em>balance interests, so the clash interests that occurs could focus and controlled and not result in losses to each party. According to previous studies, fraud led to the collapse of </em><em>the world class companies. This is because inactive of mechanism good corporate </em><em>governance. The </em><em><sup>-</sup></em><em>role of the auditors internal in an effort to detection and prevention </em><em>his has a strong enough. And the role of the auditors internal also has a very important </em><em>in good corporate governance. Methods used in this research is research methodology </em><em>explanatory research with quantitative survei aims to understand the influence of the </em><em>role of the auditors internal (components expertise, the scope of the work, the </em><em>approach) that was undertaken auditor internal in order to detection and prevention </em><em>his with the implementation of the good corporate governance on a 50 respondents is </em><em>the company open a listing on the Bursa Efek Indonesia through the distribution of the questionnaire. The result has been concluded, the expertise, the scope of the work, the </em><em>approach that was undertaken internal audit influential indirectly on the ,corporate governance through the intervening the detect and prevent offraud. For the company </em><em>public, should be channeled to detect cheating through prevention, prevent is the root </em><em>cause problems cheating that the creation of principles of good corporate go</em><em>v</em><em>ernance </em><em>in the company.</em></p>

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF BOARDING SYSTEM UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN INCULCATING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILL IN THE 4IR ERA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihwan Mahmudi ◽  
Ahmad Saifullah ◽  
Amal Fathullah Zarkasyi ◽  
Ahmad Danis
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
University Education ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
The World

Problem Solving is the first competency needed in the era of Industry 4.0”or the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) according to the World EconomicForum 2016. This study aimed: 1) to measure student’s problem solvingskill in University of Darussalam (UNIDA) Gontor, and 2) to explore howUniversity of Darussalam (UNIDA) Gontor with its boarding systemeducation inculcate problem solving skill to its students. This studyemployed a qualitative approach with case study as a research design. Thedata were collected by questionnaire, observation, interview, anddocumentary method. They were analysed using interactive analysis modelconsisting three components; data reduction, data presentation, andconclusion or data verification which is done together with the process ofcollecting data interactively by cycle process.The study found that: 1) moststudents of University of Darussalam (UNIDA) Gontor have considerabledegree of problem solving skill, and 2) the skill was inculcated throughlearning process in the classroom, various activities within studentorganization and a large number of assignments and tasks that students haveto fulfil.

scholarly journals Archpriest Avvakum’s Paradise Lost: the treatise “Sniskanie i Sobranie o Bozhestve i o Tvari” as Interpretation of Biblical History

Slovene ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-222
Author(s):  
Olga Chadaeva
Keyword(s):  
Paradise Lost ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Major Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
Biblical History ◽  
Temporal Aspects ◽  
The World ◽  
Flow Of Time ◽  
Book Of Genesis

The paper focuses on interpretation of Biblical history in a lesser-known treatise written by Archpriest Avvakum entitled Sniskanie i sobranie o Bozhestve i o tvari. The main issues addressed in the paper are the sources and aims of the treatise, methods and functions of citing, structure and style of the text, the perception of God, the imagery of the world and paradise, the notion of mankind and fall of man, the progress and sense of history, the flow of time, the role of the author and the reader in the text. Central to this polemical treatise is the thesis of the immensity of God, which manifests itself both in spatial and in temporal aspects. The simplicity of Avvakum’s notion of the physical world is considered in the context of the author’s holistic worldview. An emphasis is put on the perception of the creation of Adam as a key moment that predetermined the eschatological plan of history. The paper traces the spatial and temporal imagery of Avvakum and its manifestation inside the text, specifically in the alteration of the past, present, future and infinite planes of reality, which reveals Avvakum’s attitude to the process and meaning of history. Sniskanie i sobranie is a text whose structure is a reverse reflection of the major work of Avvakum, i.e. his Life, where the events of the present are referred to the the sacred history, while in Sniskanie Biblical events are compared to the present. The versatility of Sniskanie i sobranie is demonstrated through its multiple functions, since the text is built as a polemical treatise, narrative and a dialogue. In conclusion, the interpretation of the events of the Book of Genesis by Avvakum is compared to John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost. The works reflected both similar and entirely different problems in connection with the fall of man and the loss of paradise.

scholarly journals In the World, but not of It

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 86-101
Author(s):  
Andreea Mihalache
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Physical World ◽  
The State ◽  
Society Of Friends ◽  
Sacred Spaces ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Robert Venturi ◽  
The City

Robert Venturi has repeatedly noted in several interviews and conversations that his upbringing was as a Quaker. The Quakers (or the Society of Friends) have deep historic ties with the state of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia and have had a significant presence in Venturi’s life. I propose to examine the inconspicuous and largely overlooked intersections between the Quaker aesthetics and beliefs and Venturi’s 1950 thesis project, a Chapel for the Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania. «In the world, but not of it», Quakers have situated paradox at the core of their material culture: while the physical world was stripped of metaphysical content, craftsmanship was highly valued; while meetinghouses were never sacred spaces, they have always acted as depositories of historical and cultural genealogies. Through the lens of Quaker doctrine and aesthetics, I will examine the role of paradox in Venturi’s design for the Chapel for the Episcopal Academy.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Peran PR terhadap Reputasi Perusahaan Operator Selular

Prologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 448
Author(s):  
Realina Realina ◽  
HH Daniel Tamburian
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Corporate Reputation ◽  
Good Reputation

Reputation is something that cannot be seen but can be felt, having a good reputation is the main goal that every company wants to achieve. Therefore, researchers discuss the influence of the role of PR on Telkomsel's corporate reputation. According to Charles J. Fombrun (2016) stated that there are four aspects that create a company's reputation, namely credibility, reliability, trustworthiness, responsibility. (p.48) Whereas the measurement of the role of public relations was adopted from the dimensions proposed by Cutlip (2009, p.45) including communication technicians, expert prescriber, communication facilitators and problem solving facilitators. This research methodology is quantitative by distributing 100 questionnaires to Telkomsel users. From this study, the results of linear regression Y = 6.081 + 0.808 X, and a significance value of 0,000 <0.05. States there is a significant influence between the role of PR on Telkomsel's corporate reputation. It can be concluded that the role of PR has a significant influence on Telkomsel's corporate reputation. Reputasi merupakan sesuatu yang tidak bisa dilihat namun dapat dirasakan, memiliki reputasi yang baik adalah tujuan utama yang ingin dicapai oleh setiap perusahaan. Oleh sebab itu, peneliti membahas tentang pengaruh peran PR terhadap reputasi perusahaan Telkomsel. Menurut Charles J. Fombrun (2016) mengemukakan bahwa ada empat aspek yang menciptakan reputasi perusahaan yakni credibility, reliability, trustworthiness, responsibility. (p.48) Sedangkan pengukuran peran PR diadopsi dari dimensi yang dikemukakan oleh Cutlip (2009, p.45) antara lain expert prescriber, teknisi komunikasi, fasilitator pemecahan masalah dan fasilitator komunikasi. Metodologi penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan menyebarkan 100 kuesioner kepada pengguna Telkomsel. Dari penelitian ini, diperoleh hasil regresi linier Y = 6,081 + 0,808 X, serta nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,000 < 0,05. Menyatakan terdapat pengaruh signifikan antara peran PR terhadap reputasi perusahaan Telkomsel. Maka dapat disimpulkan peran PR memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap reputasi perusahaan Telkomsel. 

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