On teaching demography: some non-traditional guidelines

Some Non-traditional Approaches to Information Retrieval

In this brief overview of the projects I've worked on, I'd like brieey to describe several approaches to information retrieval which push on the traditional boundaries in various ways in order to provide practical solutions to some of the real challenges facing information retrieval systems. These \experiments", which have often used existing (or borrowed) techniques in sometimes unexpected way...

A Progressive Approach to Discrete Trial Teaching: Some Current Guidelines

Discrete trial teaching (DTT) is one of the cornerstones of applied behavior analysis (ABA) based interventions. Conventionally, DTT is commonly implemented within a prescribed, fixed manner in which the therapist is governed by a strict set of rules. In contrast to conventional DTT, a progressive approach to DTT allows the therapist to remain flexible, making in-the-moment analyses and changes...

Policy Guidelines on Traditional Medicine Development

Teaching Business Demography Using Case Studies

Many faculty members consider using case studies but not all end up using them. We provide a brief review of what cases are intended to do and identify three ways in which they can be used. We then use an example to illustrate how we have used the case study method in teaching business demography. Among other benefits, we note that the case studies method not only encourages the acquisition of ...

Some Thoughts on the Connection between Demography and Development Dynamics

National development levels are still largely measured in terms of GNP per capita, the weak points of which relate to the fact that: • substantial elements of life quality (levels of health, education and nutrition) are not included; • nor are the environmental costs of growth; • actual purchasing power is not considered; • nor is social inequality within the countries; and • economic activitie...