Abstract This qualitative analysis of peer observation practices is part of a larger, comparative case study, “Developing Human Capital Within Schools,” conducted by the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers. Within one city, we interviewed 142 teachers and administrators in six high-poverty schools (traditional, charter, and turnaround), all of which had achieved the highest rating in the...

BACKGROUND The Alberta Project Promoting active Living and healthy Eating in Schools (APPLE Schools) is a comprehensive school health program that is proven feasible and effective in preventing obesity among school aged children. To support decision making on expanding this program, evidence on its long-term health and economic impacts is particularly critical. In the present study we estimate ...

OBJECTIVE Predoctoral dental implant education is included in dental school teaching curricula in most of the developed and some developing countries; however, it was not introduced into undergraduate curriculum of some countries and Iranian dental schools. Our purpose was to investigate the status of the predoctoral dental implant education of dental schools in the world. MATERIALS AND METHO...

Local dementia education initiatives exist in schools but it is unclear what the wider uptake of such programmes are. A self-created survey was sent to staff in a number of secondary schools (teaching ages 11-16) across Sussex, England. Sixty schools responded to the survey (response rate = 58%). While the majority of schools expressed an interest in including some form of dementia education wi...

A comparative study was undertaken to understand the various measures required to strengthen and improve the health record cards (HRC) of various schools that subsequently help in improving the medical examination of children. By using a multi stage stratified random sampling method, 24 schools from Delhi, eight each from three broad categories of (i) corporation schools, (ii) other government ...

This paper measures the extent to which the presence of religious state-funded secondary schools in England impacts on the educational experiences of pupils who attend neighbouring schools, whether through school effort induced by competition or changes in peer groups induced by sorting. National administrative data is used to estimate pupil test score growth models between the ages of 11 and 1...

Outcomes in this area are generally good, with the exception of the rate of reduction in teenage pregnancies. Healthy lifestyles are promoted through partnership between key services; for example, participation in sport is satisfactory overall and is a strength in primary schools. There are good initiatives in primary and secondary schools to promote the drinking of water. The proportion of sch...

Table 1. Faculty Salaries for Fiscal Year 2003 Median % Change From Previous Survey Minimum Maximum No. of Faculty Chairperson All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Female Professor All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Female Associate Professor All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Female Assistant Professor All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Fem...

OBJECTIVES To determine the extent of teaching about tobacco, tobacco-related diseases, and smoking cessation techniques in medical schools around the world; and to ascertain the problems of getting the teaching about tobacco onto the medical curriculum. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. Questionnaires were sent to the 1353 medical schools in 143 countries around the world using the World Health...