WORLD EDUCATION

Decomposing World Education Inequality

We decompose global inequality in educational achievement into withinand betweencountry components. We find that the former is significantly larger. This is different than results for international income inequality, but similar to results for international health inequality.

First World Conference on Medical Education

Occupational therapy education in a technological world.

As occupational therapy curricula prepare students to meet the needs of clients living in a technological world, at SHU we have chosen to emphasize professional survival and practice in a technology learning context. The curriculum is guided throughout by the pedagogy of learning through doing (Dewey, 1916), using technology-based learning that increases in complexity and application as the pro...

Holistic Education: Learning for an Interconnected World

This chapter presents detailed information about the birth of holistic education and the background of the approach. The chapter describes and compares the Waldorf and Montessori educational systems and the beliefs, values, and attitudes of each. Examples of holistic education are provided as well as techniques and strategies that can be used in the classroom during discussions about sustainabi...

Trend of Recent Changes in Medical Education Curriculum in the World: The Location of Iranian Medical Education Curriculum

Introduction: Academic General Practitioner training program has begun in 18th century, although it has a long history initiated before Christ. This study is aimed at investigating the historical trend of GP training program from 1765 to 2011 and exploring influential factors inducing changes in the medical education curriculum. Finally, it is to analyze medical education curriculum in Iran wit...