This paper argues that the conventional establishment of levels of Beginning, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate for teachers’ IT competency based on IT skill-sets is not be appropriate in enabling teachers for IT in education. Instead an Information-oriented model pegging on the central role of education is proposed.

Using data from 8,951 first-time mothers in the National Survey of Family Growth, the authors analyzed trends in union contexts during the transition to motherhood by social class (proxied by maternal education). Conventional classifications of union contexts as married or cohabiting were extended by classifying births relative to union status at conception. The most conventional married birth ...

Background: Despite the decisive role of nurses in patient’s education, they have limited ability to carry out this responsibility. One of the reasons for this incompetence is insufficient nursing education programs. This study aimed to compare and contrast the effects of multiple teaching methods and conventional methods on knowledge, satisfaction, and performance of bachelorette nursing stude...

The ways in which information and communication technologies are influencing educational systems is the subject of discussion from a number of directions including educational practice, education theory and educational technology, as well as from general commentators. Underlying any discussion is the question of the level of change that is being engendered by these technologies. It is argued he...

In this era of globalization, higher education is under pressure to respond to market demand of the knowledge economy if it has to remain relevant. This contrasts with sustained demand for intellectual leadership in social and political challenges characterized new forms of violence that call for relevant response from the academia. My contribution will briefly introduce the conventional wisdom...

Since human capital is a major driver of growth, the conventional wisdom suggests that the government should direct more resources to education. However, surprisingly the cross country data show little positive correlation between growth and public spending on education. In fact, the pattern is rather puzzling. Public spending on education tends to depress schooling return. The relationship bet...

This paper models voters’ preferences over central versus local education policies when there are private alternatives. Education is financed by income taxes and individuals are mobile between communities. Public education levels are chosen by majority vote. Contrary to conventional wisdom, centralisation may benefit the rich and poor, while the middle class prefer decentralised education. The ...

Unstated and unacknowledged bias has a profound impact on the nature and implementation of integrative education models. Integrative education is the process of training conventional biomedical and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in each tradition such that patient care may be effectively coordinated. A bilateral education model ensures that students in each tradition are cross-taugh...

Background. Physical education learning in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic has a remarkable impact on students’ creativity. Objectives. This study aims to determine the effect of applying the inquiry and discovery models in online physical education learning to develop high school students’ creativity. Methods. The multiple treatment and control with the pre and post-test procedure were used...