The teacher's position once looked down upon, is now considered a professional and even stipulated in Law no. 14 of 2005 Chapter II Article 2. Therefore, the teacher no longer just teaching but also educating, fostering, motivating, becoming model for students. Efforts to instill commendable behavior early childhood can be made through character education if understands his position. This study...

Higher education institutions are confronted with a declining growth in the number of students in initial education. At the same time, the market for training of employees has increased significantly. Between 1993 and 1999, the total training volume on this market has doubled. However, at least in the Netherlands, higher education institutes altogether have only a small and stable share in the ...

Distance Education has become widespread in the United States. Many have questioned the appropriateness of distance education when the research clearly demonstrates that most learners prefer to learn in traditional educational settings. Because of the availability of sophisticated telecommunications systems there has been a redefinition of distance education, and an attempt to use technology to...

Since 1984 the WFME has conducted an “International Programme for the Reorientation of Medical Education”. An important cornerstone in this process was the Edinburgh declaration of 1988 [1], adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1989 [2]. In order to promote the programme and in keeping with its constitutional mandate, the WFME Executive Council in 1998 in a position paper launched its Progra...

BACKGROUND Bedside rounds have long been a time-honored component of medical education. Recently, there have been various recommendations that residency-training programs further incorporate bedside teaching into clinical curricula. OBJECTIVES To compare these current attitudes regarding bedside education with the position of traditional Jewish law and ethics. METHODS Relevant medical journ...