research

  • Support for the Development of Technological Innovations: Promoting Responsible Social Uses

    Abstract How can technological development, economic development, and the claims from society be reconciled? How should responsible innovation be promoted? The “responsible social uses” approach proposed here was devised with these considerations in view. In this article, a support procedure for promoting responsible social uses (RSU) is set out and presented. First, the context in…

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  • The Ethical-Acceptability-Based Approach to Technological Development

    The Framework for the analysis of nanotechnologies’ impacts and ethical acceptability: Basis of an interdisciplinary approach to assessing novel technologies by Patenaude et al. (2015) (hereafter, “the Framework”), like many approaches that incorporate ethical, legal, and social concerns, was devised within the trend of applied ethics. The proposed tool is rooted in the philosophical tradition,…

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  • Simultaneously addressing all four responsibilities covered by Carroll’s Pyramid is the biggest challenge. This is because ethical principles can sometimes conflict with your organization’s economic priorities. For example, will a promising new contract, an investment opportunity, or utilizing a low-cost supplier conflict with your ethical stance? Investing in CSR can also take up resources, and even…

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  • You’ll often see us talking about how great the tech industry is (naturally), and we truly believe it is. It’s a place where we see all kinds of people build the careers of their dreams, no matter their background, socio-economic status, demographic, or even personality type.  However, we would be remiss to discuss the state…

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  • Educational philosophical implications of idealism

    A perfect triangle, described by mathematicians, would be an example of a description of the form or idea. Plato believed that those forms occur in a mental state, liberated from human minds. He believed that consistent knowledge existed among individuals who could realize truths beyond the world of ordinary experience. Those individuals must go through…

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  • Philosophy and education values

    According to Fallah et al. [34], idealists consider the human mind as the major substance for understanding the world. Ideals form the vital aim of life and education, connecting conception and schema through the mind [35]. In terms of understanding, the senses are as important as the mind [34]. The idealists’ beliefs indicate that schools…

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  • The purpose of a literature review is to:

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  • What are the different types of literature review?

    It is important to think of knowledge in a given field as consisting of three layers. In composing a literature review, it is important to note that it is often this third layer of knowledge that is cited as “true” even though it often has only a loose relationship to the primary studies and secondary…

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  • Reinvestigating the theory and practice gap in Participatory Educational Research

    (Brydon-Miller and Maguire, 2009, p. 79) Action research according to Elliott (1978) is an open concern with the everyday practical problems experienced by teachers unlike the “theoretical problems” defined by researchers within a discipline of knowledge. When teachers are engaged in solving a practical problem, they take part in a form of practical reasoning using…

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  • Idealism as an educational philosophy of math teachers in the UAE

    The study problem ’Mathematics Idealism,’ according to Ediger [2], could contribute to mathematics teachers and help in selecting “…objectives, learning opportunities, and evaluation procedures for pupils” [2] (p. 3). Since the foundations of study problems could be extracted from the scholastic interests of the researchers, preceding research studies, and literature, the problem of this study…

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  • A Review of Education Philosophies

    There is a dominance of a specific educational philosophy in any industrialized nation in the logic of governing and leading over its present and future dogmatic sociology [1]. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the educational philosophical implications of Idealism throughout schools in Al Ain city in the United Arab Emirates from…

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  • The impact of parental involvement on students’ academic performance

    Parental involvement has been a top priority for school leaders for decades, and research shows that it can make a major difference in student outcomes. But a parents’ rights movement that has captured headlines over the past few years and become a major political force has painted a particular picture of what parents’ involvement in their children’s…

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  • The Impact of Digital Marketing on an Ageing Population: An Analysis of England’s Hospitality Industry

    MSc PROGRAMME: International Business (MSc.) TITLE: The Impact of Digital Marketing on an Ageing Population: An Analysis of England’s Hospitality Industry DISSERTATION AIM The chosen research topic explores how digital marketing increases awareness and usage of hospitality services among England’s ageing population. RATIONALE FOR YOUR CHOICE OF TOPIC Marketing has been part of human existence…

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  • Research Methodology

    Research Methodology

    3.1. Sample and Data Collection We obtained the financial data from annual reports of manufacturing firms listed on the Teheran Stock Exchange (TSX) during 2011–2019. Initially, our preliminary sample included all manufacturing firms. This is because the industrial sector has a significant role on Iranian economic growth and has an enormous capital structure that consists…

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  • Firm Size, Capital Structure and Profitability: Literature Review and Hypothesis Development

    2.1. Theoretical Framework Capital structure hypothesis initially started at the end of 1950s; the first theory was the irrelevance theory developed by [8], well known as the Modigliani–Miller (MM) theory. According to this concept, there is no ideal capital structure for companies [9,12]. After some revision, Modigliani and Miller proposed a trade-off model based on…

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  • Cognitive Development: Lev Vygotsky’s Theory

    Sociocultural Theory  The work of Lev Vygotsky (1934, 1978) has become the foundation of much research and theory in cognitive development over the past several decades, particularly what has become known as sociocultural theory. Vygotsky’s theory comprises concepts such as culture-specific tools, private speech, and the zone of proximal development. Vygotsky believed cognitive development is…

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