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Education today in most of the world is more suited to the nineteenth-century industrial era than it is to the twenty-first century. There are three key aspects to this insight. Firstly, knowledge is evolving. The fragmentation of knowledge

• Wireless, portable, mobile, and multiple units connected in what has been dubbed a “device ecology ” (Wentzel, 2003). • Context-aware computing: who, what, when, where, why; location-aware devices (Abowd & Mynatt, 2000). • Users are active, creative, and communicative, not passive receivers of information (Alexander, 2004). • New social practices such as blogging, personal area networks, flash mobs, and smart mobs (Roush, 2005). • Technology is everywhere, and can be used anytime by everyone (ATMs, scanners, cell phones, handhelds, gaming devices, iPods, cars, kitchens)……..it’s ubiquitous.

for the possibility of societal alternatives and change. We also consider boundary conditions for the theory, and whether its current theoretical apparatus can account for societal change. By expanding the typical three-level dynamic system to describe societies (micro-meso-macro) into four levels (including meta

A theoretical framework for viewing health services utilization is presented, emphasizing the importance of the (1) characteristics of the health services delivery system, (2) changes in medical technology and social norms relating to the definition and treatment of illness, and (3) individual

In recent years, IT scholars have adopted from historians of technology a social constructivist approach to study IT and organizational change. Actor-network theory has also shown to be a promising tool to analyze the complexity of the intricate relationships between technical and nontechnical

of the policy community in France, Germany, and the UK in the context of reviews of policy change to examine the role that they play. It concludes that new paradigms emerge in policy, centred around ideas of activation and labourforce mobilisation, pursued to varying extent in the different national contexts

toria. * "The leader's calling is to help God's people tofulfill their calling" Robert W Kellerman This article contends that major changes are taking place in society to such a degree that a revision of Christian leadership paradigms is necessary to respond effectively

. Industrialisation is the one change that all societies have to necessarily strive for. Without it no development is possible In contemporary societies which are also democratic and trying hard to industrialise, that insight needs to be tempered with the limitations of the state that is a coalition of many classes

This research looks at two important periods in Spanish politics, specifically the primarily fascist era from 1923 to 1975 and the democratic era from 1975 to the present, two time periods in which several novels that demonstrated themes borrowed from the legend of the British king, Arthur of the late 5 th and early 6 th centuries were published.. The Arthurian myth has typically been used to portray a utopian social order, especially in British and American literature, allowing for a critique of those societies. The Spanish versions of the Arthurian tales argue for the development of a Spanish national identity, which would help to overcome the obstacles of the cultural differences between the unique regions and, therefore, aid in uniting the country. These original stories prompt questions about the purpose of a British ruler in Spanish society and the role that Arthur plays in that culture. The research investigates these questions and demonstrates how literature is shaped by its political and cultural contexts. This was done through a close reading of Spanish Arthurian texts from each aforementioned period and a comparison of