introduction: student admission indicators typically depend on either student fields or community current career needs. in addition, specific fields have particular needs. the main aim was to determine student admission indicators in medical records field in different degrees in isfahan medical sciences university in iran in 2007. methods: this study was analytical in which data were collected ...

International standardization of medical education requires Japanese medical schools to restructure their curricula to include "behavioral science." Two influential documents for Japanese medical education, the "Model Core Curriculum for Medical Education in Japan" and the "Scope of the Japanese National Examination for Medical Doctors" include some key terms regarding behavioral science. Howev...

This work seeks to enhance a user’s experience in a digital library using group-based social navigation. Ensemble is a portal focusing on computing education as part of the US National Science Digital Library providing access to a large amount of learning materials and resources for education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. With so many resources and so many contributing gr...

let us start with an example of health policy analysis in action. within that category of countries loosely known as ‘the west’, quite basic differences exist in attitudes to health policy and also actual health policy. comparing the us with mainland europe and indeed canada, for example, one perceives a difference in attitude on the part of the majority towards collectivism and individualism i...

This study develops a Science-Technology-Society (STS)-based science ethics education program for high school students majoring in or planning to major in science and engineering. Our education program includes the fields of philosophy, history, sociology and ethics of science and technology, and other STS-related theories. We expected our STS-based science ethics education program to promote s...

A review of current thought in science education, especially constructivist perspectives, emphasizing cognitive and neuroscientific theory and research is presented with particular attention to teaching and learning science. A brief historical perspective on antecedent theories that emerged during the latter half of the twentieth century is presented as a context for integrating a neurocognitiv...

This article reviews the significance of the contributions of Ernst von Glasersfeld to research in science education, especially through his theoretical contributions on radical constructivism. As a field shaper, Glasersfeld’s subversive ideas catalyzed debate in the science education community and fuelled transformation of many facets including research methods, ways of thinking about teaching...

information technology (it) is now widely in use in social .economical and cultural domains all over the world. iran has a forty years long experience in academic computer science education besides more than seven years of experience in it education. due to increasing importance of it application in today's human life and its improving and dynamic nature, it seems to be necessary to consid...

Central elements of the Bologna declaration have been implemented in a huge variety of curricula in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering sciences at German universities. Overall the results have been nothing less than disastrous. Surprisingly, this seems to be the perfect time for German universities to talk about introducing a curriculum that is fully compatible with t...