Different learners have different needs; they differ, for example, in their learning goals, their prior knowledge, their learning styles, and their cognitive abilities. Adaptive web-based educational systems aim to cater individual learners by customizing courses to suit their needs. In this paper, we investigate the benefits of incorporating learning styles and cognitive traits in web-based ed...

BACKGROUND There is need for 'high-quality' teachers who are equipped to meet the needs of all learners through provision of education for an inclusive society according to equal opportunities to all. OBJECTIVE This paper investigates pockets of good practice in the adaptation of the curriculum for the inclusion of learners with special education needs (SEN) in selected primary schools in the...

Web-based instruction programs are used by learners with diverse knowledge, skills and needs. These differences determine their preferences for the design of Web-based instruction programs and ultimately influence learners’ success in using them. Cognitive style has been found to significantly affect learners’ preferences of web-based instruction programs. However, the majority of previous stud...

Large group teaching has always been the most popular way of teaching from past decades. It is one of the most convenient and economical ways to transfer knowledge from the content expert to the learner. Educationists have always raised concerns about active learning in this method. The use of variety of methods would be included in classroom teaching and active learning should be encouraged. T...

Needs analysis is generally believed to be important in ESP/EAP context because it enables practitioners and materials writers find out about their real learners' needs. Therefore, the aim of study explore need teaching reading English language teaching. has encouraged leaners' needs explored. Teacher involved doing analysis. The results demonstrate that EFL learners have difficulty especially ...

In the first editorial of this year’s issue of Perspectives on Medical Education, Jan Borleffs [1] wrote about medical education being and becoming future proof: ‘Definitely, educational concepts based on previous approaches with proven effectiveness should be preserved, but the content of the programme needs to change in concurrence with the changes in society and the requirements for good hea...