Introduction: Computer Assisted Instruction has been used widely in nursing and medical education. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of computer assisted instruction in comparison with demonstra-tion on learning vital signs measurement in nursing students. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, all first year nursing students in nursing school of Tabriz (n=30), participated...

to teach english adequately, qualified teachers are needed. unfortunately, there are still teachers who are teaching english without an academic degree in tefl. it is necessary for teachers to have a major in english to have subject knowledge, but it is not sufficient. teachers need to have an understanding of the social, cultural, moral, ethical, and pedagogical issues of education and practic...

the present study aimed at exploring cognitions of iranian english teachers within the context of english for academic purposes (eap). to this end, the cognitions of two groups of eap teachers with respect to their pedagogical content knowledge (pck) and their sense of professional identity (pi) were probed. two language teachers and two content instructors who had at least five years of eap te...