Certain researchers suggest that a teaching method which encapsulates collaboration and interaction would likely work well within the framework of Internet based distance education courses. In order to verify how interaction and collaboration work between students in distance education courses, we observed and researched two undergraduate university courses offered via the Internet. All communi...

Practical Application Citation Patrick R. Lowenthal, Ph.D. Boise State University, College of Education Charles B. Hodges, Ph.D. Georgia Southern University, College of Education In Search of Quality: Using Quality Matters to Analyze the Quality of Massive, Open, Online Courses (MOOCs) The concept of the massive, open, online course (MOOC) is not new, but high-profile initiatives have moved MOO...

This article compares the social settings and teaching organization of two differently structured childbirth education courses in Cagliari, Italy, in order to understand how social processes and contexts work to negotiate authoritative knowledge. Although the explicit goal of both courses was to transmit biomedical knowledge, knowledge based in women's experience nonetheless dominated some cour...

Teacher education courses training and participating in school-based field practice are important processes for equipping preservice teachers with technology integration ability. However, preservice teachers still lack the ability and knowledge needed to teach successfully with technology. This paper investigates the significance of, and relationships between, process factors and their direct a...

as medical sciences become more advanced and grow each day, so do the challenges of medical education. to overcome the new obstacles which are an inseparable part of science evolution, it is necessary to renew and improve the educational system .achieving this, requires individuals who are educated in the new methods of learning and therefore can lead others through educational system developme...

This article aims to call into question Public Health as a field for professionalization by systematizing theoretical, social and ethical-political bases for undergraduate education. We also attempt to record the trajectory in formulating undergraduate courses in that field and, more recently, the emergence of these projects in Brazilian Universities. In Brazil, the current projects are a resul...

Calls for greater accountability in terms of graduation rates and increased economic efficiency among higher education institutions have prompted scholars to examine nontraditional factors that might help to explain the retention puzzle. Terenzini and Reason (2005) emphasize the critical importance of examining factors that lead to first-year student attrition, as fouryear institutions, on aver...

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A wide range of post-qualifying education courses exist for community mental health nurses (CMHNs) working in the UK. 'Specialist practitioner' courses emphasize shared learning between CMHNs and members of other community nursing branches. These programmes typically include course content drawing on the social and behavioural sciences, as well as on material more tailored to the clinical needs...

This article shares an approach to teaching mathematics teacher education courses incorporating asynchronous online discussions. Specifically, this research is guided by the following research questions: (a) How would online discussions contribute or hinder teachers’ learning in mathematics methods courses? and (b) What pedagogical strategies need to be considered when incorporating online thre...