Teacher Candidates' Viewpoints Regarding General Competencies for Teaching Profession and the Necessity Level of Teaching Profession Courses

Are the More Academically Able Agriculture Teacher Candidates Not Entering or Remaining in the Teaching Profession?

The quality of education provided by public schools in America has been under considerable scrutiny in recent years. In his report to the public entitled, A Nation at &&, Gardner (1983) suggested that today’s beginning teachers are not as well qualified as those who previously entered teaching. Studies by Schlecty and Vance (1981) and Weaver (1984) suggested that the academic ability and/or qua...

Teaching as THE Oldest Profession.

Perception of teaching as a profession and UB teacher trainees’ attitude towards training programme and teaching

Though the professionalism of teaching is still a debatable issue, teaching provides an indispensible service to every society and civilization. The service provided by teaching seems to be more indispensible to any society than services provided by any other profession. To those that teach, the way they perceive themselves and the value of their services tend to make a lot of difference. The s...

Performance-related pay and the teaching profession

Teaching Signal Processing to the Medical Profession

Knowledge of signal processing is very important for medical students. A medical signal may be used for monitoring, constructing an image, or for extracting the numerical quantity of a parameter. This information forms a basis for medical decisions. However, the processing of the signal may lead to distortion and an incorrect interpretation. The present article describes an educational practica...