Transformative education for sustainable development: A faculty perspective

Transformative Learning Theory: A Possibility for Teachers’ Professional Development

Based on the transformative learning theory, it was sought to develop a procedure for helping teachers develop professionally. 13 elementary school teachers in one of the boys schools in Tehran’s district one participated in a workshop consisting of ten sessions and then interviewed. The content of the sessions was drawn from the theoretical basis of the study. Further field observations led to...

Teacher Education Curriculum and Its Collaborative Implementation Model: A Transformative Strategy for Teacher Education in Iran

This article engages the reader with a critical and challenging issue in teacher education domain. The issue chosen is the structure of the program which extends itself quite naturally to the issue of implementation in terms of institutions involved. The author argues that although there is no definite answer to the question of which pre-service teacher education program assures training of eff...

Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development

Civic issues in a society can be reported through a crowdsourcing web application. People can download the application on their smartphones and report the issues such as a pothole or broken streetlight. The report is submitted by taking a photo of the issue and additional information is entered. At first, the reports are submitted to a call center and after analyzing they will be transferred to...

Explaining the Current and Ideal Situation of the Education Development Centers from the Perspective of Faculty Members: A Quantitative Study

Introduction: Since the education development center are the masterminds in the body of higher education in medical universities, the purpose of this study was to examine the current and ideal situation of the education development centers from university faculty members’ perspective. Methods: The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conducted in 1396 at the level of me...

Mentoring programme for faculty in medical education: South-Asian perspective.