CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE: AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

Principles of the ‘Lingua Franca Approach’ and their implications for pedagogical practice in the Iranian context

AbstractThe last thirty five years have created a challenging situation for Iran and its people: on the one hand, the discriminatory British and American policies towards the country have given rise to considerable bitterness; on the other, we continue to teach both British and American English. If Iranian people wish to play a more active role internationally, it is time to review our English ...

Contextual factors that sustain innovative pedagogical practice using technology: An international study

Mashup Poetics as Pedagogical Practice

Combining the vocals and backing tracks of what are usually rather disparate songs—often cognitively dissonant if sonically consonant—mashups explicitly embody musical collisions. Although many offer simple delights in their whimsical recontextualizations, bringing together unlikely collaborators through some clash of genre, mood, or theme, others seem to suggest a more pointed cultural critiqu...

Social Construction and Pedagogical Practice

Practices of education are typically linked to an assumptive network, that is, a set of preliminary beliefs about the nature of human beings, their capacities, and their relationship with the world and each other. In the case of education, perhaps the pivotal concept is that of knowledge itself. How, then, do we define or conceptualize knowledge such that educational processes are desirable or ...

Pericardicentesis and Contemporary Practice

Pericardiocentesis is the evacuation of fluid (which exceeds physiologic levels) from pericardial space. Although it’s generally used as a life saving procedure in cardiac tamponade, it is also used for diagnostic purposes. Together with the advances in imaging modalities, pericardiocentesis techniques are diversed. In this report our aim is to give an idea about the history and indications of ...