nowadays, adolescent girls live in such a more complex and challengeable world that considering their infinite desires and potential abilities as social, cultural, economical and geographical conditions change their needs and social inclinations become more diverse and dynamic. this study probes into the social, cultural, and educational needs of adolescent girls studying at junior high school ...

INTRODUCTION One urgent goal of countries in sub-Saharan Africa is to dynamically scale up the education and work force of medical doctors in the training institutions and health facilities, respectively. These countries face challenges related to the rapid scale up which is mostly done without proper strategic planning, without the basic elements of infrastructure development, educational as w...

SVA Education commissioned Educational Transformations, led by Professor Brian Caldwell, to conduct a literature review on early career teachers in low socioeconomic status (SES) schools. This research provides an independent evidence-base of the issues facing early career teachers in low SES schools. It also details the practices that are proving effective in attracting, retaining, and develop...

In this paper we study the determinants and distribution of Argentina ́s educational quality measured by PISA 2000 reading test scores. To do that, we estimate educational production functions at the mean of the distribution using survey weighted regressions and at different parts of the score ́s distribution with quantile regressions. We also estimate the Theil 2 Index of inequality applied to t...

The chiropractic educational system in North America is currently in a state of flux. The attempted conversion of some chiropractic schools into "universities" and the want of university affiliation for chiropractic schools suggests that we are searching for a better alternative to the present system. In the early 20th century, the Flexner Report helped transform modern medical education into a...

Is E-Learning in Higher Education, the apparently cutting-edge place in applying and transformig the newest technologies in the educational field, already established and an indespensible part of teaching? The answer seems to be clearly Yes, subject to some contstraints which are immanent to all (educational) evolutions. But does this apply also to secondary education, where the approaches to e...