background and purpose: the first step in educational planning is identification of educational needs. the increasing scientific movement, information explosion and technology development, especially in medical sciences remind the need to empower faculty members as specialized human power. in this regard, in this study initially a valid and reliable tool was designed to investigate educational ...

background and purpose: the first step in educational planning is identification of educational needs. the increasing scientific movement, information explosion and technology development, especially in medical sciences remind the need to empower faculty members as specialized human power. in this regard, in this study initially a valid and reliable tool was designed to investigate educational ...

In the past five years, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has completed several different aativities aimed at reducing the risk of chemical spills and exposures in schools, including chemical collections, training workshops, and a mercury needs assessment. IDP found that many schools store and use hazardous chemicals in ways that increase the risk of accidents and exposures. As a ...

This thesis is based on a six year research study and is set against the implementation of Local Management of Schools and the formula funding arrangements for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). The main aim of the research is to investigate the principles and practice for allocating additional resources to provide for pupils with SEN but without statements. Two theoretical perspectiv...

In this paper, we assume that learning to comprehend the geospatial environment would be significantly facilitated by developing a multi-level task ontology that identifies various levels and complexities of geospatial concepts. We suggest that, apart from four spatial ‘primitives’ – identity, location, magnitude, and space-time – all geospatial concepts involve ‘inheritance’ characteristics. T...

Recent legislative trends toward early hospital dismissal and cost containment have shifted the setting for health care from the hospital to the home. Consequently, community health nursing supervisors are becoming increasingly responsible both for coordinating care for sicker clients with fewer available resources, and for guiding staff nurses who provide high-tech nursing skills in the home. ...

Free (as in freedom) and open source software have attracted more and more the society attention, specially in academia. The free software idea encourages the cooperative work and it is a strategic factor for scientific development. Under this philosophy, the users have the right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. This foundation (based on freedom) gives a great de...

Educational needs assessments (hereafter NAs) are inattentive to cost considerations and are frequently dominated by elite stakeholder groups. In this article I make a case for adopting a cost-utility approach, illustrating the argument with data generated in a NA of central library services in a Canadian school district. Using survey data from eight stakeholder groups, I found that (1) NAs bas...

BACKGROUND In the area of youth health, peers education is an approach to health promotion. Assess the training needs of peers educators clarifies the components, values, and quality of training protocols. Aim to that we conducted a participatory educational needs assessment of youth peer educators. METHODS Involving youth and key informants in direct collaboration with research team, a quali...