Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSS] Knowledge Defined
From: Kaylyn Anderson (tech-write@PRODIGY.NET)
Date: Tue 27 May 2003 - 16:11:48 MEST
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 07:11:48 -0700 From: Kaylyn Anderson <tech-write@PRODIGY.NET> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSS] Knowledge Defined
In response to Errol Thompson, I am in total disagreement. Knowledge had better be more than "knowing" or even considerations. I certainly would be very concerned having heart surgery or neurosurgery by a surgeon who considers the practice of surgery or has some knowing about it. I want a surgeon who is knowledgeable, skillful, with a proven track record of quality and success. Knowledge is not what you simply know. Knowledge without use or skill is rote memory. Knowledge is being able to put into practice what you have learned. I am a novice photographer. I do not have knowledge of photography, but I am learning about composition and putting it into practice. The practice of composition, critiqing, and challenging myself is making me more knowledgeable. I am unknowlegeable of lighting in photography and only hope that my pictures turn out the way I intend. I know that when I take a course in lighting and practice its concepts, I will become knowledgeable. It won't make me a!
n expert, but I will be abe to produce good product. I might say I have a "working knowledge of something" to explain that I am not completely skillful. I worked for many years in engineering and technical communication, and I can firmly state that I am knowledgeable in the field of technical writing and design. I can even qualify myself as an expert, but I know that others will not consider me an expert until I am published. Kaylyn Anderson
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