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Lost In Translation: Wittgenstein As A Tragic Philosopher Of Education, Norm Friesen
Lost In Translation: Wittgenstein As A Tragic Philosopher Of Education, Norm Friesen
Educational Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations
As a landmark philosopher of language and of mind, Ludwig Wittgenstein is also remarkable for having crossed, with apparent ease, the “continental divide” in philosophy. It is consequently not surprising that Wittgenstein’s work, particularly the Philosophical Investigations, has been taken up by philosophers of education in English. Michael A. Peters (1999), Christopher Winch (2002), Smeyers & Burbules (2010), and others (e.g., Aparece 2005) have engaged extensively with the implications of the later Wittgenstein’s philosophy for education. One challenge they face is Wittgenstein’s use of the word “training.” It appears throughout his discussions of language learning and in his periodic references …
Culture As A Design "Next": Theoretical Frameworks To Guide New Design, Development, And Research Of Learning Environments, Tutaleni I. Asino, Lisa A. Giacumo, Victoria Chen
Culture As A Design "Next": Theoretical Frameworks To Guide New Design, Development, And Research Of Learning Environments, Tutaleni I. Asino, Lisa A. Giacumo, Victoria Chen
Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations
In the design ecosystem, culture is often ignored or relegated to the periphery, perhaps because some see it as a concept that is hard to explain or completely capture. To contribute to a new direction, our paper presents a portion of an on-going study integrating and recognizing culture in the design process. We argue that the “next’” focus of design should be an inclusion of culture into design practices; an inclusion that is merged into every stage instead of being treated as an afterthought – most notably, during the evaluation stage. There exist numerous models and guides exploring the role …