This form of social learning is becoming more relevant because of the speed of change of information, the increasing demand for situation-specific knowledge, and recognition that this knowledge can come from practically anywhere.
"Most of these kids come from privileged backgrounds and have virtually no knowledge of the out-of-doors, " he says.
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But science will come from lots of places, and basic knowledge travels freely.
Today, and even more so tomorrow, most of the public's knowledge of national security issues will come from the media, and disproportionately from the print media.
And they have come here from advanced societies as engineers and scientists that fuel the knowledge-based revolution in the Silicon Valley of California, in the Research Triangle of North Carolina, along Route 128 in Massachusetts, in Austin, Texas, and across this great land.
Being formerly employed by a government agency, I feel I have at least a little bit of applicable knowledge when it comes to where budget cuts would come from.
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In the days to come, the round table will share experience, promote good practice and exchange knowledge from diverse perspectives and partners.
His ideas come from his unique, personal understanding of compassion influenced by his interest in the democratization of knowledge.
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And in an earlier era, MPs might have been minded to vote themselves a bit more dosh and take the hit from hostile tabloids, secure in the knowledge that it would all be forgotten come the next election.
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And it is difficult not to warm to a man who, for all his knowledge, still lists his favourite TMS moment as one which could have come straight from the pages of a Benny Hill script.
He gathers the ingredients from his garden and the nearby jungle, gladly sharing his knowledge with anyone who wants to come and learn.
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