BACKGROUND Many instruments for evaluating clinical teaching have been developed but almost all in Western countries. None of these instruments have been validated for the Asian culture, and a literature search yielded no instruments that were developed specifically for that culture. A key element that influences content validity in developing instruments for evaluating the quality of teaching ...

in the field of language teaching, the use of “knowledge” and “culture” as two integral parts of a language is undeniable. in other words, there is a necessity for an efficient cognitive and cultural interaction in foreign languages. within the bounds of this article we have attempted to examine knowledge and culture, their relation and evolution during the history of language teaching, special...

Teachers have many roles to fulfill. One of the most important roles is that of expert in the subject field they teach. Teachers should master the contents of the subject and should be able to deepen understanding and insight in these contents. Language teachers do not only teach the foreign language. They are also responsible for the teaching of the culture of the language. This article report...

In this paper, which is in four parts, I make a plea to those involved in research into mathematics teaching and learning of the need to acknowledge, however their work is framed, that it will be located in a culture, not always visible to a reader, that should be made explicit. In the first part I examine three key models of culture and their significance for education. In the second I further...

The expertise of academic librarians in the area of using and teaching with information technology provides a solid foundation for increasing their level of collaboration with teaching faculty. Of course, differing degrees of collaboration exist in every university system depending upon status of the librarians and faculty culture. Many approaches have been taken by librarians to encourage and ...

The diversity of the culture in world is a given thing. Billions people from different countries have produced varieties civilizations, ways life, lifestyle, custom, heritage, habits, values, and traditions. It hypothesized understanding can be valuable to student’s character building. comprehension multicultural modality more aware cultural dissimilarities. They respect any variance whose back...