OBJECTIVES The spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) inadolescents and teenage pregnancy rates are increasing. A decrease in the average age of youth's first sexual experience has also been noted. Sexual education programmes in schools have an important role to play in addressing these issues. The objective of this study was to analyse the content of textbooks in the areas of sexuali...

Several years ago, the Texas State Board of Education (BOE) undertook its periodic review of biology textbooks for use in Texas high schools. This is a regular event that most educators in the state have come to dread. The supposed intent of these reviews is for the BOE to determine if textbooks meet the standards set for the Texas high school curriculum, and to determine if the books contain a...

This article is dedicated to Alfred Sindik (1890-1976), the first Croat specialised in epidemiology. As a student he volunteered at the Institute of Hygiene in Zagreb in its early days. He took his degree from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine in 1929. For many years, he worked at the Institute of Epidemiology, of which ten as its director, having succeeded Dr Černozubov on this posit...

The present study investigates the central concerns of the use of visuals within the four EFL textbooks taught at Iranian high schools which have been prescribed by the Ministry of Education. To do this, the four EFL textbooks were evaluated and analyzed. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data quantitatively. The analysis indicated that over the four textbooks, 95.71 percent of all vi...

Political development is among concepts that appeared in the post WW2 literature. To some such development is prerequisite to economic development and as such requires a much more serious attention by the educational system. Only if the curriculum, of which the textbooks are a major part, focuses on political development, one can hope for economic development. To assess the situation in Iranian...

Textbooks have a strong influence on curriculum development, learning approaches, activities and even assessments of mathematics. The aim the research is to describe use mathematics textbooks based Singapore in learning. This qualitative with case study method. participant an elementary school teacher at Tangerang. Data collection was carried out by observation using guide. analysis descriptive...

BACKGROUND There have been a few but not precise surveys of the current status of traditional Japanese Kampo education at medical schools in Japan. Our aim was to identify problems and suggest solutions for a standardized Kampo educational model for all medical schools throughout Japan. METHODS We surveyed all 80 medical schools in Japan regarding eight items related to teaching or studying K...

the present study investigates the central concerns of the use of visuals within the four efl textbooks taught at iranian high schools which have been prescribed by the ministry of education. to do this, the four efl textbooks were evaluated and analyzed. descriptive statistics were used to analyze data quantitatively. the analysis indicated that over the four textbooks, 95.71 percent of all vi...