Technology has driven the development of interaction with an emphasis on creating spaces, objects and information which can draw audiences into innovative and entertaining realms. This development can be seen increasingly within the domain of cultural institutions, as new media artefacts start to permeate libraries, galleries and museums. However, questions remain as to whether the postmodern c...

FROM1995 THROUGH 1997, SEVEN CULTURAL HERITAGE repositories and seven universities collaborated on an extensive demonstration project called the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project (MESL) to explore the administrative, technical, and pedagogical issues involved in making digital museum images and information available to educational audiences. This article reviews the MESL project’s metho...

iranian women's economic participation rate is similar to undeveloped countries, while their educational achievements can be compared with developed countries. the aim of this article is to discuss some of the factors related to the situation. according to the policies of third development plan, the rate of employment in government sector should decline and the opportunities for new employ...

This article reports a case study about the process experienced by Japanese International students (JIs) in a suburban high school. The study examined the relation between schooling, multiculturalism and cultural identity. The research explored cultural identity as the outcome of contest: an ideological struggle over values, practices and cultural identity. The major findings of the study were ...

The term ‘underachievement’ is widespread in modern educational discourse, invoked most frequently in relation to a perceived failure to reach ‘potential’. In this paper, it is suggested that such terms, though widely used, are highly problematic, masking ideological assumptions which concern socially constructed, culturally sensitive, subjective, and relative matters. In fact, underachievement...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the causes of inefficiency of educational institutions in the field of knowledge transfer. The type of research is applied in terms of purpose and the research method is qualitatively analytical. Methodology: The study population in this study is the Iranian society and is composed of groups of students, teachers, administrators, education pro...

OBJECTIVE Cultural competency leads to higher quality care for asthmatic children, yet it is not known whether asthma educational materials targeting minority children and families are culturally competent. The study objective was to evaluate the cultural competency of printed asthma educational materials targeting minorities in Wisconsin. PATIENTS AND METHODS The Wisconsin Asthma Coalition D...