This study concentrates on the work of special education teachers in mainstream education in Finland, where these professionals work with children from various classes, usually in a separate room. The research reported in this article by Marjatta Takala of the University of Helsinki, Raija Pirttimaa of the University of Oulu and Minna Törmänen, who is studying for her PhD at the University of H...

Andy Hargreaves (Canada) Director and Professor at the International Centre for Educational Change at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. He is founding co-director of Professional Actions and Cultures of Teaching (PACT), from which the content of this issue is drawn. His book Changing teachers, changing times received the 1995 Outstanding Writing Award from the American Association...

AIM The Center for Interprofessional Training in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, has offered courses covering interprofessional material since the winter semester 2014/15. The unusual feature of these courses is that they are co-taught by peer tutors from medicine and nursing. This study investigates the subjective experience...

Teacher identity construction has long been investigated within the field of English language teaching. However, little is known about how particularities and demands co-teaching content in bilingual education (BE) settings may lead to teacher (re)construction, especially preschool contexts. Therefore, we explored, through narrative inquiry, (re)construction one pair homeroom teachers a Turkey....

While employees who have undergone a traumatic life experience (TLE) are often referred for counseling and therapy, most organizations do not prepare managers and co-workers for the unique issues posed by TLE employees when they first return to the workplace. The Study Circle, a "democratic," interactive adult learning format, is introduced to make up for this lack by educating managers and co-...

Arthroscopic injection of corticosteroids into the lining of subchondral cystic lesions in the medial femoral condyle of horses is an effective first-line treatment for this condition. It yields a similar chance of success as debridement but with less chance of the lesion enlarging and less disruption of the articular surface. Authors’ addresses: Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterin...

As a result of ever diminishing teaching resources, an increasing number of architectural educators are setting group design projects, rather then spreading their time thinly over a large number of individual projects. This allows them to co-ordinate longer and more in-depth review sessions on a smaller number of assignment submissions. However, while the group model may offer an authentic lear...