Networks of Knowledge: Collaborative Innovation in International Learning

✍ Scribed by Joy Fitzgibbon; Janice Gross Stein; Richard Stren

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 187
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Examines the 'knowledge network' whose primary mandate is to create and disseminate knowledge based on multidisciplinary research that is informed by problem-solving as well as theoretical agendas.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
About The Authors
CHAPTER ONE. Knowledge Networks in Global Society: Pathways to Development
CHAPTER TWO. Knowledge Production and Global Civil Society
CHAPTER THREE. The Canada International Scientific Exchange Program in Otolaryngology
CHAPTER FOUR. The Coastal Resources Research Network
CHAPTER FIVE. The Global Urban Research Initiative
CHAPTER SIX. The Learning for Environmental Action Program
CHAPTER SEVEN. The Canadian Aging Research Network
CHAPTER EIGHT. Knowledge Networks and New Approaches to 'Development'
Appendix A. Template Questions
Appendix B. Comparative Characteristics of the Five Networks
Bibliography
Index

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