background and purpose: in education of medical science courses, there has been a growing orientation towards replacing traditional teaching in with e-learning education. since the modern system of education is based on self-directed learning, e-learning requires special powers to deal with new-emerging challenges and professionally encounter the learning environment. the purpose of the present...

<p>In several countries worldwide, the internship is part of teacher education programs and aims at professional personal development teachers. In Greece, Pedagogical Departments Primary Education (PPT) include in their curriculum students’ practical which an supervised supported by teachers - mentors. Through this process, students gain opportunity to acquire more knowledge teaching impr...

world community is always seeking solutions and ways to improve peace and enhance development. human rights education which increases public awareness of human rights is one way for achieving peace and development. such education would result in changing society, understanding other nations and strengthening peace and prosperity. if a society grows up in all economic, social and cultural dimant...

BACKGROUND The number of nurses able to independently prescribe medicines in England has risen steadily in recent years. AIM To evaluate the adequacy of nurses' educational preparation for independent prescribing and to describe nurses' experiences of their continuing professional development as prescribers in practice. DESIGN AND METHOD Postal questionnaire survey. PARTICIPANTS Random sa...

introduction: in this study, the authors aimed to examine the effects of cooperative learning methods using web quest and team-based learning on students’ self-direction, self-regulation, and academic achievement. methods: this is a comparative study of students taking a course in mental health and psychiatric disorders. in two consecutive years, a group of students were trained using the web q...

This study joins recent research that explores the phenomenon of teacher learning through complexity and variability . Our paper furthers this line enquiry by exploring how literacy unfolds in self-directed professional development. In particular, we use concepts from actor-network theory (ANT) to help understand ways two iterations a book club influenced participants’ learning. The first itera...

The evolution of quality assurance as an essential component of a scientific, objective approach to health care delivery, and its implications for the profession of occupational therapy are presented. A review is made of the economic, ethical, psychological, and legislative forces that have influenced the development of quality assurance over the past century, a development that has seen times ...

BACKGROUND In the intracellular environment, motor-driven cargo must navigate a dense cytoskeletal network among abundant organelles. RESULTS We investigated the effects of the crowded intracellular environment on early endosomal trafficking. Live-cell imaging of an endosomal cargo (endocytosed epidermal growth factor-conjugated quantum dots) combined with high-resolution tracking was used to...