The importance of content knowledge on proficiency in teaching practices is well documented (Borko et al., 1992; Shulman, 1986). But is this statement completely unimpeachable? Are there drawbacks for teaching that are specifically due to subject matter expertise? In this paper we draw on evidence from mathematics and language arts education to show ways that advanced knowledge in a content are...

Introduction: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the conscientious,explicit and judicious use of the current evidence in clinicaldecision making. The physiotherapy profession has expressed acommitment to the development and use of evidence. However,very little is known about the extent to which EBP is integrated inphysiotherapy curricula in India. The purpose of this study wasto describe integrat...

OBJECTIVES Our study explored community preceptors' perceptions of their teaching role, to better understand effective ambulatory and community-based teaching. METHODS Bandura's social cognitive theory and Schön's notion of reflective practice guided conceptual development of an interview exploring preceptors' views of their role, teaching goals, teaching techniques, student assessment practi...

The field of medicine is often cited as an area for which content-based visual retrieval holds considerable promise. To date, very few visual image retrieval systems have been used in clinical practice; the first applications of image retrieval systems in medicine are currently being developed to complement conventional text-based searches. An image retrieval system was developed and integrated...

The traditional classroom teaching mode is based on the content of the subject, takes the teacher as the center and gives priority to classroom instruction. While PBL (Problem Based Learning) teaching method breaches the traditional mode, combining the basic science with clinical practice and covering the process from discussion to self-study to re-discussion and re-self-study, and students bec...

As a subset of descriptive studies, the current research focused on learners’ perception of the common teaching methods in translation courses. Accordingly, a multi-item Likert-scale questionnaire with 29 items was developed based on the proposed strategies applied in the three traditional, complex and modern methods of teaching for collecting the research data. Cronbach’s alpha was administere...

Introduction: Advances in human health and welfare ultimately depend on research projects. Healthcare research can provide important information about disease trends and risk factors, outcomes of treatment or public health interventions, functional abilities, patterns of care, and health care costs and use. Teaching healthcare research is done to make change and meet human needs in the communit...