Peirce on learning and teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winfried Nöth
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Abductive Reasoning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Theory Of Education ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Sensory Qualities ◽  
Semiotic Theory

Abstract The paper is a precis of C. S. Peirce’s semiotic theory of education. It presents this theory of learning and teaching from the perspective of Peirce’s phenomenological categories of Firstness, Secondness, and Thirdness. In the domain of Thirdness, learning is mediation between ignorance and knowledge, new information and old knowledge. Teaching has its focus on laws, symbols, legisigns, and reasoning. In the domain of Secondness, learners acquire new knowledge from the “hard realities” of real-life experience, from obstacles, and from the resistance caused by error and doubt. Teaching takes place by means of sinsigns (singular signs) and indexical signs. In the domain of Firstness, the learner acquires familiarity with the sensory qualities of objects of experience and learns from free associations, imagination, and acts of creativity. The instruments of teaching are qualisigns, icons, and abductive reasoning. The paper concludes that Peirce’s philosophy of education is holistic insofar as it states that most efficient signs are those signs in which “the iconic, indicative, and symbolic characters are blended as equally as possible.”

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT SIMULATION TRAINING FOR NOVICE NURSING STUDENTS: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42.3-42
Author(s):  
Baljit Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Airway Management ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Novice Nursing Students

Background/PurposeAirway Management is one of the crucial skills to increase the survival chance of a critical patient. Nurses act as one of the team member during airway management. Nurses carry-out basic airway management and as an assistant in advanced airway management. Simulation had been commonly used to teach the skills of airway management in medical education. Hence, it can also‖be used in nursing education. This study aims to provide airway management simulation training to novice nursing students to improve their skills in performing the skill.MethodologyThis is an observational study. Year three undergraduate nursing students were voluntarily recruited in a bachelor of nursing programme. They are equipped with basic skills of taking patients and are ready to take care of critical patient. Students will be divided into twenty groups (n=20) with three students in each group. They are provided with theoretical knowledge of airway management, demonstration, and hands-on practice on simulation. The same training was implemented twelve weeks later to assess the retention of knowledge.ResultsOnly 35% (n=7) were able to complete basic airway management in the first training and all of the students were able to complete it in the second training (n=20). None of the group were able to complete the airway management skills in the first trial and the completion rate in the second training increased to 65% (n=13). Students were having difficulty in manipulating and assemble the equipment. They were not able to identify their role and responsibilities as well.Conclusion and RecommendationsSimulation training in airway management is effective in helping novice nursing students in gaining the experience, knowledge and performance of the skill. Simulation training gives a real life experience of learning and hands-on skill practice is an important aspect in promoting learning and teaching.

Use of nintedanib for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: multi-centre real life experience in Germany

Pneumologie ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Bonella ◽  
M Kreuter ◽  
L Hagmeyer ◽  
C Neurohr ◽  
K Milger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life

Prospective Analysis in Patients With HAE Under Prophylaxis With Lanadelumab: A Real-life Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 978-983
Author(s):  
Janina Hahn ◽  
Susanne Trainotti ◽  
Marlene Wigand ◽  
Patrick Schuler ◽  
Thomas Hoffmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Prospective Analysis

Novel Therapeutic Approaches and Targets for Treatment of Chronic Urticaria: New Insights and Promising Targets for a Challenging Disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Emanuela Martina ◽  
Federico Diotallevi ◽  
Tommaso Bianchelli ◽  
Matteo Paolinelli ◽  
Annamaria Offidani
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Immunosuppressive Agents ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria ◽  
New Targets ◽  
Current State ◽  
Pubmed Database ◽  
Novel Drugs

Background: Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) is a disease characterized by the onset of wheals and/or angioedema over 6 weeks. The pathophysiology for CSU is very complex, involving mast cells and basophils with a multitude of inflammatory mediators. For many years the treatment of CSU has been based on the use of antihistamines, steroids and immunosuppressive agents with inconstant and frustrating results. The introduction of omalizumab, the only licensed biologic for antihistamine- refractory CSU, has changed the management of the disease. Objective: The aim of this article is to review the current state of the art of CSU, the real-life experience with omalizumab and the promising drugs that are under development. Methods:: An electronic search was performed to identify studies, case reports, guidelines and reviews focused on the new targets for the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria, both approved or under investigation. The search was limited to articles published in peer-reviewed journals in the English Language in the PubMed database and trials registered in Clinicaltrials.gov. Results:: Since the advent of omalizumab, the search for new therapies for chronic spontaneous urticaria has had a new impulse. Anti-IgE drugs will probably still be the cornerstone of therapy, but new targets may prove effective in syndromic urticaria or refractory cases. Conclusion:: Although omalizumab has been a breakthrough in the treatment of CSU, many patients do not completely get benefit and even require more effective treatments. Novel drugs are under investigation with promising results.

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