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It is almost a truism, today, that knowledge is not just “picked up” from the world, but rather knowledge is actively constructed. Yet the precise meaning and functioning of “active construction” is anything but clear.
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Minnameier, G. (2013). The Inferential Construction of Knowledge in the Domain of Business and Economics. In: From Diagnostics to Learning Success. Professional and VET learning, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-191-7_11
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