Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs Epistemological Studies across Diverse Cultures - Khine, Myint Swe.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Personal Epistemology and Culture -- Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- Assessing Teachers' Epistemological and Ontological Worldviews -- The Evolution of Self-Authorship -- Assessing the Multidimensionality of Students' Epistemic Beliefs Across Diverse Cultures -- Measurement of Epistemological Beliefs and Learning Strategies of Elementary School Children -- Empirical Studies on Cultural-specific Epistemology -- University Cultures and Epistemic Beliefs: Examining Differences Between Two Academic Environments -- Personal Epistemology in Elementary Classrooms: A Conceptual Comparison of Germany and the United States and a Guide for Future Cross-Cultural Research -- A Sociocultural Exploration of Epistemological Beliefs -- An Exploratory Study About the Role of Epistemological Beliefs and Dispositions on Learners' Thinking About an III-defined Issue in Solo and Duo Problem-solving Contexts -- Family Environment, Epistemological Beliefs, Learning Strategies, and Academic Performance: A Path Analysis -- Global Certainty Beliefs and College Major: How Strong Are Socialization Effects? -- Epistemological Beliefs, Learning, and Teaching: The Hong Kong Cultural Context -- The Use of Internet-based Instruction for the Development of Epistemological Beliefs: A Case Study in Taiwan -- Assessing the Epistemological and Pedagogical Beliefs Among Pre-service Teachers in Singapore -- Perspectives on Domain-Specific Epistemology -- Applying the Theory of an Epistemological Belief System to the Investigation of Students' and Professors' Mathematical Beliefs -- Individual Domain-Specific Epistemologies: Implications for Educational Practice -- Personal Epistemology, Understanding of Multiple Texts, and Learning Within Internet Technologies -- Epistemic Metacognition in the Context of Information Searching on the Web -- Developing Relational Epistemology Through Relational Pedagogy: New Ways of Thinking About Personal Epistemology in Teacher Education -- Knowledge and Epistemological Beliefs: An Intimate but Complicate Relationship -- Conclusion -- Challenges and Future Directions for Personal Epistemology Research in Diverse Cultures.
Keywords: Cognitive psychology; Education-Philosophy.; Cross-cultural psychology; Epistemology; Cognitive Psychology; Educational Philosophy; Cross Cultural Psychology; Epistemology