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2.2x: Relevant Insights derived from the first stage of the literature reviewIn order to set the scene for my review of the literature surrounding technology, it is appropriateto set out some of the insights derived from the literature review so far. The reasons for doingthis are to articulate the sources of literary support for my hypothesis and to show how myreading contributed to the development of the theoretical framework which underpins the study.Section 2.3 has been written to show where each factor of that framework is found in therelevant literature. It was necessary to start to arrange things in this way so as to limit thevolume of material that might have been included. It is intended that the four factors of theframework are seen in section 2.3 and so the shorthand descriptor (N x ) is inserted where relevantto point this up.The principal finding of the literature survey so far is this: In the 21st Century, it is widely heldthat new knowledge is the outcome of the inter-relationship between pre-existing knowledge thata self holds as a result of learning experiences in formal and informal contexts and its encounterwith sensory phenomena. Selves recognise phenomena in a wide variety of forms and categoriseexperience accordingly. Thus I identify the phenomenon of 'dub step' as a form of music despiteits difference from a Bach Chorale, that which might be by some identified as the perfection ofmusical experience. I categorise Irish Wolfhound and Chihuahua in the same genus as 'dog'despite the very obvious differences and I categorise as 'food' both the experimental hautecuisine of Heston Blumenthal and Tesco Value beans. The point is that all phenomena areassessed by the 'knower' in the way s/he has grown accustomed to so doing. Support for thisnotion comes from Whitehead and McNiff's reportage of the insights of Malcolm Gladwell:"... in Blink (2005), Galdwell sets out the idea that seemingly snap decisions are groundedin complex developmental processes of knowing from experience." (Whitehead andMcNiff, 2006 p.34)73Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thesis (October 2012)