[A training program for dementia trainers: does this program have practical...
BACKGROUND Specific curricula for professionals working in various settings with persons with dementia have been developed and implemented into practice. In this study, the...
Child advocacy training: curriculum outcomes and resident satisfaction.
BACKGROUND Many health problems affecting children today are based in the community and cannot be easily addressed in the office setting. Child advocacy is...
Identification of the difficulties in teaching and learning of introductory organic...
ABSTRACT Identification of the difficulties in Teaching and Learning of Introductory Organic Chemistry in Ireland and the development of a Second-Level Intervention Programme to...
An Alternative Approach: Teaching Evolution in a Natural History Museum Through...
Museums play a vitally important role in supporting both informal and formal education and are important venues for fostering public understanding of evolution. The...
MEMSEdu: a project for developing an Internet course for teaching basic...
MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) including also MOEMS (micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems) represent a progressive area of electrical/mechanical engineering. To supply this field with well-educated engineers, it is...
I, microbiologist: a discovery-based course in microbial ecology and molecular evolution
Inquiry and discovery-based approaches to science education emphasise the importance of engaging students in scientific inquiry, prompting their scientific reasoning, and providing them with...
Wikipedia’s role in science education and outreach
Where do most students get information about space science topics? An informal survey of 300 University of California, Los Angeles freshmen indicates that Wikipedia...
The World Wide Web–a new tool for biomedical engineering education.
An ever-increasing variety of materials (text, images, videos, and sound) are available through the World Wide Web (WWW). While textbooks, which are often outdated...
Connecting Beliefs with Research on Effective Undergraduate Education
In support of its mission, AAC&U's projects and publications, institutes, and network meeting all focus on improving undergraduate student learning. Both the recent Greater...
Exploiting research results in ICT to extend the scope of educational...
The purpose of this work-in-progress paper is to report on the processes that are taking place at ISMB, an Italian research center active in...
An example of project-based learning using a laboratory gantry-crane
This paper discusses project-based learning as a method in which the learning process is focused on accomplishing specific engineering objectives. Through completing projects, students...
Desegregating Multiculturalism: Problems in the Theory and Pedagogy of Diversity Education
The question I wish to pose for you is this: To what extent has multicultural education at the College level become an apology for...
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis: A template for addressing...
Tasos Hovardas is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Primary Education, University of Thessaly, Greece, and at the Department of Education, University of...
Teaching Systems Engineering by Examining Engineering Education Systems
In recent years, there has been a growing demand in industry for undergraduate engineers to develop a stronger understanding of systems engineering concepts and...
Can The Use Of QR Codes Enhance M-Learning InA Blended Learning...
In recent years, with the introduction of smartphones, tablet computers and the advancement of information and communication technology (ICT), there has been a growing...
