Essays about: "pre-knowledge"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the word pre-knowledge.

  1. 16. CHINESE MIGRATION TO ROMANIA: THE PAST COUNTS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ciprian Radavoi; [2008]
    Keywords : China; Romania; international migration; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : One of the defining features of the post-Cold War era is the growth of international migration in all areas of the world, especially in Europe, where the lift of the Iron Curtain created needs and opportunities as far as immigrants are concerned. Although a beneficial process in itself, the growth of migration to Europe was frequently a cause of various forms of conflict, which in the social science was explained by the theory of immigrant phobia. READ MORE

  3. 17. Introducing GIS and Multi-criteria analysis in road path planning process in Nigeria : A case study of Lokoja, Kogi State

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och byggd miljö

    Author : Isah Anavberokhai; [2008]
    Keywords : Geographic information systems; Multi-criteria analysis; AHP; DEM;

    Abstract : In planning a suitable road network, planners put into consideration factors like gradients or slope of the area, available land-use and soil type, community or national landmarks and governmental interest. These different considerations and interest make the planning process complex and as such there might be confusion of interest in the decision making. READ MORE

  4. 18. Outdoor Education Also a way to work with Group Development? : Scouting and School in Sweden

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Mickaela Nilsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Scouting; outdoor education; school; leadership; group development;

    Abstract : I will present some voices from the fields of scouting as well as from outdoor focused schools and tell about their feelings for outdoor education and how they think it can be useful to help children develop a sense of belonging in a group. With a hermeneutic perspective on research I have aimed to show that there is a difference in how teachers and scout leaders look upon the effective use of outdoor education and how they use it both as an instrument for learning and as a tool for group development. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Human Cloning Era : On the doorstep to our posthuman future

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Mattias Johansson; [2003]
    Keywords : Ethics; uman dignity; human rights; human reproductive cloning; Immanuel Kant; categorical imperative; equality; non-discrimination; eugenics; Etik;

    Abstract : Human reproductive cloning came to the public´s attention when Dolly the sheep was cloned in Scotland in 1997. This news quickly spread around the world causing both excitements at the possibilities of what cloning techniques could offer, as well as apprehension about the ethical, social and legal implications should human reproductive cloning become possible. READ MORE