Modeling competence in science education

Interdisciplinary health science education to promote cultural competence.

Constructivism in cultural competence education.

A graduate course on cultural diversity, based in constructivist theory and structured on the Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services model, was developed and taught through classroom and online methods. The following research questions were explored: 1) Can an educational experience, built on constructivist learning theory tenets, change students' perceptions, att...

From exercise characteristics to competence dimen- sions – exemplified by theoretical computer science in secondary education

Competence models as point of origin for educational standards are the foundation of assessment and evaluation in view of educational goals and thereby provide major information for revision and improvement of instruction. Computer science education is a young discipline, compared to, e. g., the core subjects analyzed in the PISA studies (OECD, 2006), mathematics, reading and science. The appro...

Enhancing cultural competence in medical education

1Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 2Greenwood Institute of Child Health, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 3Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, The Net...

Self-regulation Competence in Music Education

This work starts from a systematic review about music education and self-regulation during learning processes. Then the paper identifies those meta-cognitive strategies that music students should adopt during their instrumental practice. The goal is applying such concepts in order to rethink the structure of a didactic e-book for instrumental music education. Thanks to the adoption of the IEEE ...