BACKGROUND Continuous training of teachers, in discipline and pedagogical topics, is a key step to improve the quality of educational processes. AIM To report the perception of Chilean teachers of undergraduate health care programs, about continuous training activities. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty teachers working at different undergraduate health care programs in Chile were interviewed. Ma...

1Department of Physiology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, IR Iran 2Department Of Biology, Qom branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, IR Iran 3Department of chemistry, Qom branch, Islamic Azad university, Qom, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Ramesh Ahmadi, Department of chemistry, Qom branch, Islamic Azad university of Qom, 15 Khordad St, Qom, IR Iran. Tel:+98-2537780001, Fax:+982137770...

four reasons for attending in-service training courses were identified: the need for advancement, the need for acquiring occupational skills, cultural factors, and economic reasons and then the opinions of 135 teachers (85 males and 77 females) were surveyed regarding their ranked importance. the sample was randomly selected from among all teachers attending the in-service training centers in t...

Advances in multiagent systems have led to their successful application in experiential training simulations, where students learn by interacting with agents who represent people, groups, structures, etc. These multiagent simulations must model the training scenario so that the students’ success is correlated with the degree to which they follow the intended pedagogy. As these simulations incre...

introduction: due to the use of information technology in libraries and information centers, librarians are faced with many challenges in terms of their roles and needs; hence, they require continuous training to cope with these challenges. the aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of in-service training courses for librarians working in libraries at the isfahan university...

How does the literacy teacher negotiate the tensions between skills and social practice? Negotiation requires engaging with the debate in which literacy is seen as a set of discrete, transferable skills, dependent upon cognitive development, to the notion of literacies which are bound to social practice, and adapting teaching practices which align these two perspectives. Literacy teacher traini...